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Name	Interest Area(s)
Wande Abimbola Ifá Institute of Atlanta Conyers, GA	Yoruba Religion
Efraín Agosto New York Theological Seminary New York, NY	New Testament Latino Studies
William Andrews University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC	African American Literature
Mark Aronoff State University of New York Stony Brook, NY	Contemporary Linguistics
Hector Avalos Iowa State University Ames, IA	Biblical and Near Eastern Studies Latino/a Religion and Literature, Religion and Violence, Religion and Science
Margaret Aymer Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, GA	New Testament
Mahmoud M. Ayoub Temple University Philadelphia, PA	Islamic Studies
Randall Bailey Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, GA	Hebrew Bible
Carol Bakhos University of California Los Angeles, CA	Antique Rabbinic Compilations Medieval Jewish and Islamic Scriptural Interpretations
Shahzad Bashir Stanford University Stanford, CA	Islamic Studies, Messianism, Sufism Intellectual History of Islamic East
Katherine Clay Bassard Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	African American Literature Race, Religion, and Gender
Angela Bauer-Levesque Episcopal Divinity School Cambridge, MA	Race, Gender & Bible
Kimberly Benston Haverford College Haverford, PA	African-American Literature Renaissance Literature
James Bielo Miami University Oxford, Ohio	Anthropology of Religion Discourse Analysis Christianity in the USA
Brian K. Blount Union Theological Seminary and & Presbyterian School of Christian Education Richmond, VA	New Testament African American Hermeneutics
Daniel Boyarin University of California Berkeley, CA	Jewish Studies Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Women, Sexuality, Gender Studies
Athalya Brenner Tel Aviv University Israel	Feminist Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Early Judaisms Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Hebrew Bible and Cultures Semitic Philology
Denise Kimber Buell Williams College Williamstown, MA	Race and Christian Origins
Richard Bushman Columbia University New York, NY	American Social and Cultural History History of Mormon Theology Lived Religion among Mormons
Rudy Busto University of California Santa Barbara, CA	Asian American/Pacific Islander Religions Chicano/a/Latina/o Religions
Gay L. Byron Howard University School of Divinity	New Testament and Early Christianity back to top
Claudia V. Camp Texas Christian University Fortworth, TX	Gender Ideology and Its Intersections with Canon Consciousness Religious Texts and Ideas
Christopher Key Chapple Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Renouncer Religious Traditions of India
Ronald Charles University of Toronto Toronto, CANADA	Early Christian Literature Postcolonial Studies Scriptures in Haiti
David Chidester University of Cape Town Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA	Comparative Religions
Sathianathan Clarke Wesley Theological Seminary Washington, DC	World Christianity Tales of Jesus in Asia Religious Fundamentalism
Alan Cole Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	Cultural and Literary History of Medieval Buddhism in China Indian Buddhism
Herbert "Skip" Cole Professor Emeritus University of California Santa Barbara, CA	African American, Native American, Oceanic, and Indonesian Art in Festivals, Shrines, and Performance
Jean Comaroff Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Anthropology and Social Sciences
Valerie Cooper University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	African American Religious history Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism Religion and Society Religion and Popular Culture African American Women's Religious Narratives
Cécile Coquet-Mokoko Université François Rabelais Tours, FRANCE	African American Studies
Vincent Crapanzano CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY	Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology Ethno-psychology Anthropology and Literature Theories of Interpretation
Thomas Crawford	Curating Gnosis: Discovery, Power and the Creation of (a) Discipline
Lara Deeb Scripps College Claremont, CA	Gender Religion (with a focus on Islam) Modernity Time/Temporality Transnational Feminist Analyses Middle East Studies Arab American Studies
Ana María Díaz-Stevens Professor Emerita Union Theological Seminary New York, NY	Sociology Churches, Education and the Family Religious and Literary Production of Peoples in Migration
Laura E. Donaldson Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Native American Literature Literature and Culture Native American Women Postcolonial studies, Gender, Race and Law
Musa Dube University of Botswana Gabarone, BOTSWANA	HIV/AIDS Biblical Hermeneutics Feminist Hermeneutics
Kathy Eden Columbia University New York, NY	History of Rhetorical and Poetic Theory in Antiquity, including Late Antiquity and the Renaissance within the larger context of Intellectual History and with an Emphasis on the Problems of Reception
Lori Anne Ferrell Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	Early Modern Britain
Gampiot, Aurélien Mokoko The Capitol School, Inc. Tuscaloosa, AL	African Religions in Central Africa and Europe Ethnicity and Migrations in Europe
Grey Gundaker College of Willliam & Mary Williamsburg, VA	African American Vernacular Practices Expressive Culture Visual Anthropology
Paul Charles Gutjahr University of Indiana Bloomington, IN	American Literature and Culture American Religious and Intellectual Thought History of the Book in America Religious Publishing Literacy Studies
Sandra Graham University of California Davis, CA	Ethnomusicology Negro Spirituals Music of Central Europe
Charles Hallisey Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA	Buddhist Studies Pali Language and Literature
Michelle M. Hamilton University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Medieval Iberian Literature and Culture Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Literature from the Iberian Peninsula Manuscripts and the History of the Book Confessional Identities
Susan F. Harding University of California Santa Cruz, CA	Rural Political Economy and Culture Religious and Political Communities and Discourses
Leonard Harris Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	American Philosophy African American Philosophy Race and Racialism
Ronne Hartfield Chicago, IL	Independent Consultant in Museum Education and Planning
Jione Havea United Theological College North Parramatta, NSW Australia	Oceanic Cultures Island Hermeneutics Postcolonial and Crosscultural Studies
Chanta Haywood North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	English and American Literature
Gina Hens-Piazza Jesuit School of Theology Berkeley, CA	Prophets Deuteronomic History Feminist Readings New Historicism and Cultural Studies
Jacqueline Hidalgo Williams College Williamstown, MA	U.S. Latina/o Religions Religion and Culture Scriptures and Communities Utopias and Utopianism Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Apocalypticism
Robert Hill University of California Los Angeles, CA	Marcus Garvey and Garveyite Movement Pan Africanism
Alonzo (Lon) Huntsman Salt Lake City, UT	Early Christian Literature Greco-Roman Religions Mormonism The relationship of texts and power back to top
Jane N. Iwamura University of the West Rosemead, CA	Asian American Religions Race and ethnicity Popular Culture in the United States
Johari Jabir University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL	African American Religions Culture (Music)
John L. Jackson, Jr. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Ethnographic Methods in Media Analysis Visual Studies Racial Disparities and Media Technology Globalization and the Re-making of Ethnic/Racial Diasporas
Phyllis Jackson Pomona College Claremont, CA	Arts and Cinema of Africa and African Diaspora
Andrew S. Jacobs Scripps College Claremont, CA	Early Christian History Biblical Interpretation Jewish-Christian 'Relations' in Antiquity Gender and Cultural Studies
Leslie R. James DePauw University Greencastle, IN	African Diaspora, Religion and History
Sylvester A. Johnson Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Colonialism and African American Religions Scriptures and Cultural theory Religion Race and Historiography Missionary Religion in the United States
P. Kimberleigh Jordan Marble Collegiate Church New York, NY	Religion, Dance and African American Culture
Israel Kamudzandu Saint Paul School of Theology Kansas City, MO	Cross-cultural Methodology for twenty-first century Biblical Interpretation Peace and Justice issues
Tazim R. Kassam Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Islamic Tradition Muslims in South Asia: Gender, Ritual, Devotional Literature, Syncreticism and Cultural Heritage
Shawn Kelley Daemen College Amherst, NY	Synoptic Gospels Bible and Racialism
Karen Leigh King Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA	Women's Studies Cultural Studies Heresy in Ancient Christianity
Leslie King-Hammond Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore MD	African American Art History
Jennifer Wright Knust Boston University School of Theology Boston, MA	Gender and Ancient Christianity
Wesley A. Kort Duke University Durham, NC	Religion and Literary Studies
Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan Drew University Madison, NJ	Asian American Biblical Interpretation back to top
Gyung-won Lee Daejin University Korea	Korean Narrative Religions Daesoon Thought Conflict and Peace Issues
James Kyung-Jin Lee University of California Irvine, CA	Asian American Literature and Literary Studies Comparative Race Studies
Sidney Lemelle Pomona College Claremont, CA	Pan-Africanism Slavery South Africa African History
Tat-Siong Benny Liew Pacific School of Religion Berkeley, CA	Identity, Community and Interpretation
Velma Love ETS Study of Black Congregational Life Howard University School of Divinity Washington, D.C.	African American Religious Traditions African Traditional religions Scriptures and Ethnography
Kirk D. Lyons New York Theological Seminary New York, NY	African American Worship & Ritual Cultural Hermeneutics
Burton L. Mack Claremont, CA	Christian Origins, Social Formation and Early Christian Myth-Makings
Brian Malley University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Anthropology of Evangelical Biblicism
Fedwa Malti-Douglas Indiana University Bloomington, IN	Gender Arabic Literary Studies Immigration
Gurinder S. Mann University of California Santa Barbara, CA	Sikh Studies Bhakti Literature Religion and Society in the Punjab
Sylvia Marcos University of the State of Morelos Morelos, MEXICO	Gender and Society Women's Studies Indigenous Religious Traditions
Mustapha Marrouchi University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV	Post-colonial Literature
Martin Marty Chicago, IL	American Religion Religion and Culture
Jane D. McAuliffe Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Islamic Studies
Colleen McDannell University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Material Religion and Popular Culture
Claudine Michel University of California Santa Barbara, CA	Comparative and International Education Race and Gender Studies Morality and Religion in Haiti
Daniel Michon Claremont Mckenna College Claremont, CA	South Asian Religion and Culture Sikh and Punjab Studies
Wilson J. Moses Pennsylvania State University State College, PA	US Intellectual History African American European Intellectual History
Valentin Y. Mudimbe Duke University Durham, NC	Literature African philosophy African religions
Ida R. Mukenge Moorehouse College Atlanta, GA	Identity and Mental Health Africa and the Diaspora Sociology of Religion
Nadine Naber University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Arab American Studies Feminist Transnational and Diaspora Studies
Vasudha Narayanan University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Sri Vaishnava Tradition Hindu Traditions in India, Cambodia, America Hinduism and Environment
Peter T. Nash Wartburg College Waverly, IA	Intercultural Readings of the Bible Global Communities Africa & the Ancient Near East Northwest Semitic Philology
Laura S. Nasrallah Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA	Colonialism, Gender, Status and Politics in the production and Ancient History of Interpretation of New Testament and Early Christian writings, contemporaneous Literature, Archaeological materials
Mark A. Noll University of Notre Dame, IN	Intellectual; Religious; United States
Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha California State University Northridge, CA	Religious Studies Human Rights
Sylvester Ogbechie University of California Santa Barbara, CA	Classical, Modern and Contemporary African and African Diaspora Arts Visual Culture Knowledge Systems Theory
Olademo Oyeronke University of Illorin Illorin, Nigeria	African Religious Traditions Gender Issues
J. Patrick Olivelle University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Sanskrit Ancient Indian Religious History
Kofi A. Opoku African University Accra, Ghana	Traditional African Religion and Culture Religious Movements in Ghana and West Africa Akan Culture Oral Literature and History Christianity and African Culture Islam and African Culture African Cultural Retentions in the Americas
Hugh R. Page, Jr. University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	African American Biblical Interpretation Religious Traditions and Black Identity Construction Mysticism and Esotericism in African And African-Diasporan Communities
Joseph Parker Pitzer College Claremont, CA	East Asian Religion Zen Buddhism Feminist and Gender Studies Transnational Cultural Studies
Stephen J. Patterson Willamette University Salem, OR	New Testament Christian Origins Gospel of Thomas
Laurie Patton Duke University Durham, NC	Interpretation of Early Indian Ritual and Narrative Women and Hinduism in Contemporary India
Minda Perangin-angin Ecumenical Dept., Karo Batak Protestant Church North Sumatra, Indonesia	Religion and Culture in Indonesia
Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo University of Oslo Norway	History of Religions Cultural Studies
Patrick Polk University of California Los Angeles, CA	Folk Religion Material Behavior Popular Culture Urban Visual Traditions back to top
Michelle Raheja University of California Riverside, CA	Native American Literature Autobiography Film and Visual Culture
Marc Redfield Brown University Providence, RI	Literary Theory Postmodern Pedagogies
Jennifer Reid University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, Maine	Colonial and Post-Colonial Religion History and Theory of Religion
Stephen Reid Baylor University Waco, TX	African American Biblical Hermeneutics
John Renard Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	Islamic Studies
Rosamond C. Rodman California State University Northridge, CA	Bible and American Culture Women and Religion
Jean-Pierre Ruíz St. John's University Queens, NY	Biblical Studies Hispanic/Latino/a Theology
Erin Runions Pomona College Pomona, CA	Bible and Film Hebrew Bible Women and Religion back to top
S. Michael Saad Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	Coptic Studies
Ranu Samantrai Indiana University Bloomington, IN	Cultural Studies Postcolonial Literature Contemporary Britain Black Britain
Boykin Sanders Virginia Union University Richmond, VA	New Testament Studies African American Traditions
Susanne Scholz Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Hebrew Bible Feminist Interpretations
Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA	New Testament Feminist Biblical Interpretations
Thomas M. Scott Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA	Ancient Africa and New Testament and Christian Origins Contemporary Metaphysical Thought Poetry as Theology
Yan Shoucheng National Institute of Education Singapore	Chinese History and Religion
Pashaura Singh University of California Riverside, CA	Sikhism Canon Formation and Religion in Indian society
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Colby College Waterville, ME	Sikhism Eastern Sikhism Eastern Sexuality Indian Women's Issues Literary Analysis of Scripture Role of Women in Religious Literature
Santiago Slabodsky Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA	Global ethics Intersections between Jewish and Postcolonial Social Theories
Andrea Smith University of California Riverside, CA	Violence Against American Indian Women Christian Right; American Indian Activism Religion/Spirituality and Political Activism
Kathryn Smith Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	Postcolonial Biblical Criticism Christian/Jewish Relations Theology and Gender
Althea Spencer-Miller Drew University Madison, NJ	Biblical Studies Liberation Theologies Feminist Pedagogy
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Catholicism
Roberto Strongman University of California Santa Barbara, CA	New World African Religions
Sterling Stuckey University of California Riverside, CA	American Slavery Afro-American Intellectual and Cultural History
Olúfémi Táíwò Seattle University Seattle, WA	Philosophy of African Religions Sociology of African Relgions African Diaspora Colonialism Theory of Law
Hal Taussig Union Theological Seminary New York, NY	New Testament and Christian Origins
Linda E. Thomas Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, IL	Cultural Issues Theology
Valorie D. Thomas Pomona College Claremont, CA	Cultural Studies African American Literature African Diaspora Film and Literature African Diaspora Spiritualities
George (Tink) Tinker Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO	American Indian Culture, History and Religious Traditions Cross-Cultural and Third-World Theologies Justice and Peace Studies
Lako Tongun Pitzer College Claremont, CA	African and Third-World Politics Political Economy Developmental Economics
Benedict O. Ushedo Homerton College of Technology London, ENGLAND	African and African Diaspora Studies
Leif Vaage Emmanuel College University of Toronto Toronto, ON Canada	English Bible: New Testament Christian Metaphors New Testament Exegesis Sermon on the Mount
Katrina Van Heest Portland, OR	Pauline Epistles post-colonialismpopular culture studies intellectual property issues
Maria Cristina Ventura Campusano Universidad Biblica Latinoamericana San Jose, COSTA RICA	Hebrew Bible Class, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Burton L. Visotzky Jewish Theological Seminary New York, NY	Midrash and Rabbinic Literature
Sze-kar Wan Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Paul and Empire Postcolonial Studies of the New Testament Philo and Hellenistic Judaism Neo Confucianism
James W. Watts Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible Ancient Religious Rhetoric Iconic Books
Gerald Oakley West School of Religion and Theology University of KwaZulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA	Bible and Theologies of Liberation South African Biblical Readers
Kathleen O'Brien Wicker Professor Emerita, Religious Studies Scripps College Claremont, CA	Feminist Perspective on Biblical Tradition Philosophic and Religious Traditions of Antiquity African Religions
David Wright University of Guanajuato MEXICO	Pre-Hispanic and Early Colonial Period Mexican Culture, Language and Writing Native Central Mexican Writing Systems
Gale Yee Episcopal Divinity School Cambridge, MA	Hebrew Bible Cultural Criticism of the Bible Feminist Interpretation
Phil Zuckerman Pitzer College, Claremont, CA	Sex and Religion W.E.B. Dubois and Religion Atheism
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