David Lambert
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Regions: Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Early Christianity, Judaism
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Historical Methods, Philology, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Jewish Studies, Materiality and Embodiment

Lauren G. Leve
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religions of Asia
Regions: South Asia and the Himalayas
Traditions: Buddhism and other religions of Asia, Contemporary and Global Christianities
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Materiality and Embodiment

Jodi Magness
Kenan Distinguished Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Greco-Roman Religions, Judaism
Methods: Archaeology, Historical Methods
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Jewish Studies

Evyatar Marienberg
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Catholicism, Judaism
Methods: Ethnography, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Jewish Studies, Religion and Law

Hugo Méndez
Assistant Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Early Christianity, Orthodox Christianity
Methods: Historical Methods, Philology, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Materiality and Embodiment

Todd Ramón Ochoa
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religion in the Americas
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Traditions: Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Materiality and Embodiment, Race and Ethnicity

Zlatko Pleše
Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Early Christianity, Greco-Roman Religions
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Philology, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Mysticism

Randall G. Styers
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, North America
Traditions: Contemporary and Global Christianities, Inter-religious Interactions
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Religion and Law, Science Studies

Brendan Jamal Thornton
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religion in the Americas
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Traditions: Contemporary and Global Christianities, Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Waleed Ziad
Assistant Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, South Asia and the Himalayas
Traditions: Islam
Methods: Ethnography
Topics: Mysticism, Space and Place