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Faculty & Staff


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Faculty

Ahmad A. Ahmad, Ph.D., Harvard University; Islamic Studies

Catherine L. Albanese, Ph.D., The University of Chicago; American Religious History, Religion and American Culture
(Department Chair)

Rudy V. Busto, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Asian American/Pacific Islander and Chicano/Latino Religious Traditions (Graduate Advisor)

José Cabezón, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin; Tibetan Religions, Culture, and Language

Juan E. Campo, Ph.D., The University of Chicago; History of Religions (Islam), Arabic

Thomas A. Carlson, Ph.D., The University of Chicago; Philosophy and Religion; History of Christian Thought

Roger Friedland, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Sociology and Religion, Cultural Analysis

W. Randall Garr, Ph.D., Yale University; Northwest Semitic languages, Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East

Richard D. Hecht, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles; Judaic Studies, History of Religions

Barbara A. Holdrege, Ph.D., Harvard University; Comparative History of Religions, South Asian Religions, Judaic Studies

Gurinder Singh Mann, Ph.D., Columbia University; Sikh Studies, South Asian Religions

Racha el Omari, Ph.D., Yale University; Classical Islamic Theology

William F. Powell, Ph.D., UC Berkeley; History of Religions (China)

Dwight F. Reynolds, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Arabic Language and Literature, Folklore and Folklife, Islamic Culture

Wade Clark Roof, Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Sociology and Psychology of Religion, American Religion

Inés M. Talamantez, Ph.D., UC San Diego; Native American Religions

Ann Taves, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Catholic Studies, History of Modern Christianity, American Religious History

Christine M. Thomas, Ph.D., Harvard University; Early Christianity, Religions of the Roman Empire, Archaeology and the Study of Religion

Stefania Tutino, Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore; Reformation

Vesna A. Wallace, Ph.D., UC Berkeley; Sanskrit, South Asian Buddhism (Faculty Undergraduate Advisor)

David G. White, Ph.D., The University of Chicago; South Asian religions

Mayfair Yang, Ph.D., UC Berkeley; Religion in China, Ethnography, Critical Theory, Gender, Media, Religion and State Power

 

Lecturers and Continuing Lecturers

Magda Campo, M.A., The American University in Cairo; Arabic

Gregory A. Hillis, Ph.D., University of Virginia; Tibetan and Sanskrit Languages

 

Visiting Lecturers & Professors

William A. Christian Jr., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Sociology

Olle Qvarnstom, Ph.D., Lund University, Sweden; History of Religions

Stanley Tambiah, Ph.D., Cornell University; Comparative Study of Religion, Religion, Politics and Nation-States, and Buddhism

Catherine Weinberger-Thomas, Ph.D., Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris; Indian Studies and Anthropology of Religion

 

Emeriti

W. Richard Comstock, Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary; Religion in Western Culture

Nandini Iyer, M.A., Oxford University; Sanskrit

Phillip E. Hammond, Ph.D., Columbia University; Sociology of Religion

Gerald J. Larson, Ph.D., Columbia University; Sanskrit, Philosophy and History of Religions (India)

Charles H. Long, Ph.D., The University of Chicago; History of Religions, African and Afro-American Religions

Raimon Panikkar, Ph.D., University of Madrid; Comparative Religion and Philosophy of Religion

Birger A. Pearson, Ph.D., Harvard University; Christian Origins, Hellenistic Religions

 

Students who wish to write for advice to faculty members might make use of the following list of professors and faculty members marked with traditions, areas, or disciplines.

Staff

Front Office Hours: M - F 9:00am-noon and 1:00-4:00pm

Deborah McCleister, Undergraduate Advisor
dmccleister@religion.ucsb.edu, HSSB 3001E, (805) 893-4381
Hours: M-Th: 8-12, 1-5; F: 8-12, 1-4

Sally Lombrozo, Graduate Program Assistant
lombrozo@religion.ucsb.edu, HSSB 3001F, (805) 893-2744
Hours: MWF: 8:30-12, 1-5:30; TTh: 8:30-12, 1-2:30

Joy Davis, Personnel Assistant/ Computer Liaison
joy@religion.ucsb.edu, HSSB 3001E, (805) 893-4381
Hours: M-F: 8:30-noon, 1-3:30

Venus Nasri, Financial Analyst
vnasri@religion.ucsb.edu, HSSB 3001D, (805) 893-2557
Hours: M-F: 8-noon, 1-5

Dawn Fink, Department Manager,
dfink@religion.ucsb.edu, HSSB 3001C, (805) 893-2607

 

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