Angelov, Alexander Associate Professor Email: [[aangelov]]
Office: Wren 309
Interests: Medieval Christianity; Eastern Orthodoxy; Byzantine and Balkan history; Conversion; Inter-religious relations; Atheism and Secularization; Cultural Anthropology; Theories of Religion
Blazer, Annie David L. Holmes Professor of Reformation Studies and American Religious History, Department Chair Email: [[alblazer]]
Office: Wren 304
Interests: religion in North America; religion and popular culture; gender and sexuality; critical race studies; anthropology of religion; religion and urbanization
Burchett, Patton Associate Professor Email: [[peburchett]]
Office: Wren 308
Interests: Religions of South Asia; Hinduism (specialization: Bhakti, Tantra, & Yoga); Religion & Ecology; Contemplative Studies; Magic, Science, Religion, & Modernity; "Spirituality" & Neoliberalism; Religious Nationalisms
Daise, Michael Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies in Religious Studies On Leave: Fall 2026 Semester
Email: [[madais]]
Office: Wren 201
Interests: Early Judaism and nascent Christianity.
Fischbach, Rahel Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Email: [[rfischbach]]
Office: Wren 313
Interests: Qur'ān Hermeneutics, Interfaith Relations, Postcolonialism, Gender, Islamic Legal Cultures
Fraser Kirsh, Mary Visiting Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies Email: [[mfkirsh]]
Office: Wren 310
Interests: Holocaust history, Jewish identity in post-Holocaust Europe, memorialization of the Holocaust, Jewish childhood, gender and Judaism, Jewish memoirs, refugees and religion
Liggin, Fred Adjunct Professor Email: [[ofliggin]]
McLaughlin, Mark Teaching Professor of South Asian Religions Email: [[mjmclaughlin]]
Office: Wren 312
Interests: South Asian Religions, History and Philosophy of Meditation and Yoga, Sacred Space in South Asia, Tomb and Relic Traditions, Sustainability and Religion
Rainey, Eugenia Assistant Professor Email: [[etrainey]]
Office: Washington Hall Room 123
Interests: African Diaspora religions, medical anthropology, race, lived religion, critical theory, colonialism
Rashkover, Randi Director of Judaic Studies, Sophia and Nathan S. Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies On Leave: 2026-2027 Academic Year
Email: rlrashkover@wm.edu
Office: Wren 303
Interests: Jewish philosophy, Jewish-Christian Comparative Theology, Jewish Political Thought
Sheikh, Faraz Hans Tiefel Associate Professor of Ethics Email: [[fmsheikh]]
Office: Wren 305
Interests: Comparative Religious Ethics; Ethical Formation; Muslim Ethics; Discourse and Subjectivity
Tobolowsky, Andrew Acting Director of Judaic Studies, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies Email: [[abtobolowsky]]
Office: Wren 307
Interests: Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel, Greek Mythology, Ancient History
Vose, Kevin Professor of Religious Studies Email: [[kavose]]
Office: Wren 306
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