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Angelov, Alexander
Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, David L. Holmes Associate Professor of Reformation Studies and American Religious History
Email: [[aangelov]]
Interests: Medieval Christianity; Eastern Orthodoxy; Byzantine and Balkan history; Conversion; Inter-religious relations; Atheism and Secularization; Cultural Anthropology; Theories of Religion
Office: Wren 309

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Blazer, Annie
Associate Professor
Email: [[alblazer]]
Interests: religion in North America; religion and popular culture; gender and sexuality; critical race studies; anthropology of religion; religion and urbanization
Office: Wren 304

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Burchett, Patton
Associate Professor
Email: [[peburchett]]
Interests: Religions of South Asia; Hindu devotion (Bhakti); Yoga; Tantra; Hindu-Muslim relations; Magic, Science, & Religion; Colonialism; "Spirituality" & Neoliberalism; Religion & Ecology; Contemplative Studies; Religious Nationalisms
Office: On leave

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Daise, Michael
Professor of Religious Studies; Department Chair
Email: [[madais]]
Office: Wren 201
Interests: Early Judaism and nascent Christianity.

Fitzgerald, Maureen
Professor Emerita, Religious Studies
Email: [[mafitz]]
Interests: Religion in American life, nationalism, immigration & social movements; sexuality, gender & race

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Fraser Kirsh, Mary
Visiting Assistant 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

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Galambush, Julie
Professor Emerita, Religious Studies
Email: [[jggala]]
Interests: Judaic Studies, sacred texts

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Gupta, Akshay
Visiting Assistant Professor
Email: [[agupta11]]
Office: Wren 305

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Homrighausen, Jonathan
Adjunct Lecturer for Judaic Studies and Religious Studies
Email: [[jdhomrighausen]]
Office: Wren 315B

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McLaughlin, Mark
Senior Lecturer 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

Raphael, Marc Lee
Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies
Email: [[mlraph]]
Interests: Jewish Identity, Judaism, Holocaust

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Rashkover, Randi
Director of Judaic Studies, Sophia and Nathan S. Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies
Email: rlrashkover@wm.edu
Interests: Jewish philosophy, Jewish-Christian Comparative Theology, Jewish Political Thought
Office: Wren 303

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Sheikh, Faraz
Hans Tiefel Associate Professor of Ethics
Email: [[fmsheikh]]
Interests: Comparative Religious Ethics; Ethical Formation; Muslim Ethics; Discourse and Subjectivity
Office: On leave

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Tobolowsky, Andrew
Associate Professor
Email: [[abtobolowsky]]
Office: On leave
Interests: Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel, Greek Mythology, Ancient History

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Topal, Semiha
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: Wren 315B
Email: stopal@wm.edu
Interests: Islam, Women & Gender, Islam & Secularism

Vose, Kevin
Walter G. Mason Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Email: [[kavose]]
Office: Wren 306