Core Faculty

Mojaddedi, Jawid

Mojaddedi, Jawid

Information: Department Chair; Professor; Islamic Studies

Williams, Joseph W.

Williams, Joseph W.

Information: Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor; American Religious History,
The Pentecostal-Charismatic Tradition,
Religion and Modernization,
Religion and Healing

Ballentine, Debra Scoggins

Ballentine, Debra Scoggins

Information: Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor; Hebrew Bible,
Ancient Israelite History and Religion,
Ancient West Asian Literature
Hebew and Northwest Semitic Languages,
Second Temple Judaism,
Myth-making in the Ancient World

Bryant, Edwin F.

Bryant, Edwin F.

Information: Professor; Religions of India

Fruchtman, Diane Shane

Fruchtman, Diane Shane

Information: Associate Professor; Early and Medieval Christian theology, history, and literature, with a focus on the Latin West.
Martyrdom and sainthood, gender, identity politics, rhetoric, violence, and community formation

Häberl, Charles

Häberl, Charles

Information: Professor (AMESALL & Religion); Languages of the Middle East, both ancient and modern, and ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities from the region

Jiang, Tao

Jiang, Tao

Information: Director of Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies; Professor (Religion & Philosophy); Classical Chinese Philosophy, Mahāyāna Buddhist Philosophy, Cross-Cultural Philosophy

Jones, Sandy Russell

Jones, Sandy Russell

Information: Associate Teaching Professor (History & Religion); Women and Gender in Islam, Islamophobia, Islamic History, Comparative Religion

Kolbaba, Tia M.

Kolbaba, Tia M.

Information: Associate Professor; Early Christianity,
Byzantine Studies

Lammerts, D. Christian

Lammerts, D. Christian

Information: Associate Professor; Buddhist Studies, Southeast Asia, Religion and Law

McGinley, Dugan

McGinley, Dugan

Information: Assistant Teaching Professor; Religion, Culture, and Society;
Gender and Sexuality;
Religious Ethics;
Contemporary Catholicism;
Religion and the Arts;
Spiritual Autobiography;
Death and Dying

Mundra, Anil

Mundra, Anil

Information: Postdoctoral Fellowship

Surowitz-Israel, Hilit

Surowitz-Israel, Hilit

Information: Assistant Professor; Religion in the Americas, Caribbean Religions, Sephardic Jewish History, Atlantic History, Diaspora Theory

Wasserman, Emma J.

Wasserman, Emma J.

Information: Professor; New Testament, Religions of the Greco-Roman World, Second Temple Judaism

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