Jessica A. Boon
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Field(s) of specialization: Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Religion and Culture
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Latin America and the Caribbean
Traditions: Catholicism, Inter-religious Interactions
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Historical Methods
Topics: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Materiality and Embodiment, Mysticism, Science Studies

Youssef Carter
Assistant Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, North America
Traditions: Islam, Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Mysticism, Race and Ethnicity

Carl W. Ernst
William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, South Asia and the Himalayas
Traditions: Islam, Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Historical Methods, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Mysticism, 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

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