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Department of Religion Faculty & Staff

Officers of the Department

Chair: Stephen B. Boyd, Easley Professor
MDiv, ThD Harvard
History of Christianity and Historical Theology, Early Modern and Modern European Christianity, Gender, Race, Religion and Public Life
Telephone: (336) 758-5458; FAX: (336) 758-4462
boyd@wfu.edu


Kenneth G. Hoglund, Professor
MA, PhD Duke
Hebrew scriptures, Near Eastern Languages
and Literature, Archaeology
hoglund@wfu.edu


Simeon Ilesanmi, Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion
and Director of Graduate Studies:
Ph.D. Southern Methodist, J.D. Wake Forest School of Law
Ethics, African Studies, Religion and Law, Just War Theory
International Human Rights
Telephone: (336) 758-5459
ilesanmi@wfu.edu

Faculty

James L. Ford, Associate Professor
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellow
MTS Vanderbilt; MA, PhD Princeton
Japanese Religions, East Asian Religions, Buddhism, Methodology in the Study of Religion, Comparative Religion, Ritual Studies
fordj@wfu.edu


Mary F. Foskett, Professor of Religion
Zachary T. Smith Associate
B.A. New York University,M.Div. Union Theological Seminary (NY)
Ph. D. Emory University

New Testament and Early Christian Studies,
Feminist and Multicultural Interpretation of the New Testament



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Nelly van Doorn-Harder, Professor - Fall 2009
MA University of Amsterdam, PhD University of Amsterdam
Islam, Arabic Language & Literature, Islam in Southeast Asia, Middle Eastern Christianity
vandoopa@wfu.edu


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Fred L. Horton, Albritton Professor
BD Union Theological Seminary; PhD Duke
New Testament, Near Eastern Languages and Literature, Archaeology
horton@wfu.edu


LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, Assistant Professor
MDiv, Candler School of Theology (Emory), PhD Emory University
African Diaspora Religions, American Religious Culture,
Ethnography, Gender
manigals@wfu.edu


Lynn Neal, Assistant Professor
MTS, Duke Divinity School; PhD UNC Chapel Hill
American Religious History, Evangelical Christianity,
Popular Culture, Gender
nealls@wfu.edu


Tanisha Ramachandran, Assistant Professor
MA, Concordia University, PhD Concordia University
Modern Hinduism, Hindu Art and Architecture, Religion and
Politics in the Diaspora, Women in South Asian Religions,
Colonialism and Religion.
ramacht@wfu.edu


Jarrod Whitaker, Assistant Professor
MA University of Canterbury, PhD University of Texas
South Asian Religions, History, and Culture with a focus on the Rigveda, Atharvaveda, and Epics. Research Areas: Masculinity, Body Theory, Violence, Warrior Ethics, Magic and Ritual Studies, History of Religions
whitakjl@wfu.edu


Ulrike Wiethaus, Professor and
Director of Religion and Public Engagement
MA, PhD Temple University, Religious and Cultural Studies,
Indigenous Studies; Gender, Power, and Justice;
and German Mystical Traditions.
wiethaus@wfu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Earl Crow, Adjunct Professor of Religion
PhD, Manchester; Post-Grad Studies in Edinburgh; BD, BA, Duke University
High Point University Professor Emeritus, Department of Religion & Philosophy
crowep@wfu.edu


Lucas F. Johnston
Ph.D, University of Florida, M.A., Graduate Theological Union, B.A., Wake Forest University
Religion and Nature-Buddhism and Christianity, Religion in popular culture
johnstlf@wfu.edu

Megan Moore, Adjunct Professor of Religion
PhD, Emory University; MA, Wake Forest University
Hebrew scriptures, Near Eastern language and culture, Ancient Israel
mooremb@wfu.edu


Bill J. Leonard, Dean of the Divinity School
PhD, Boston University; MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Theo. Seminary;
American Religious Life
leonabj@wfu.edu

Staff

Sheila Lockhart, Administrative Assistant
119 Wingate
Telephone: (336) 758-4830 * Fax: (336) 758-4462
lockhasm@wfu.edu

Ms. M. Beth Boyd, Instructional Technology Analyst
Telephone: (336) 758-5464
boydmbet@wfu.edu

Associated University Faculty

Michaelle Browers, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Politics
PhD, University of Minnesota; MA, University of Virginia; BA; Whitman College
Arab and Islamic Political Thought, Political Ideologies, Feminist Theory,
Democratic Theory
browerm@wfu.edu

Stewart Carter, Professor & Chair, Department of Music
PhD, Stanford University
Music History, Music Theory
carter@wfu.edu

Andrew Ettin, Professor, Department of English
PhD,MA, Washington University (St. Louis); MSJS, Spertus Institute
Traditional and Contemporary Judaism, Holocaust Studies, Hebrew Literature and Rabbinics
ettinav@wfu.edu

Steve Folmar, Visiting Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anthropology
PhD Case Western Reserve University
Cultural and Applied Anthroplogy
folmarsj@wfu.edu

Robert Hellyer, Assistant Professor, Department of History
MA, PhD, Stanford University; BA, Claremont McKenna College
Japan; Foreign Relations in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Japan;
the Pacific World; Global and Local in the early Modern Era; the Worlds of Tea
hellyer@wfu.edu

Charles Kennedy, Professor, Department of Political Science
PhD, Duke University
The Politics of Pakistan and South Asia
ckennedy@wfu.edu

Win-chiat Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
leew@wfu.edu

Christian B. Miller, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy
PhD, University of Notre Dame; BA, Princeton
Philosophy of Religion, Theory of Action, Moral Psychology, Meta-Ethics
millerc@wfu.edu

Mary L. B. Pendergraft, Professor, Dept. of Classical Languages
PhD, BA, UNC-Chapel Hill
pender@wfu.edu


James Powell, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Classical Languages
PhD, MA, MPhil, Yale University; BA, Emory University
powell@wfu.edu

Jeanne Simonelli, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Anthroplogy
PhD, MA, BA, University of Oklahoma, Norman; MPH, Oklahoma Univ. Health S.C.
Cultural and Applied Anthropology
simonejm@wfu.edu

Patrick Toner, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
PhD, University of Virginia; MA, BA Franciscan University
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy
tonerpj@wfu.edu

Neal Walls, Associate Professor, Divinity School
PhD, Johns Hopkins University; MA, University of Virginia
Old Testament Interpretation
wallsnh@wfu.edu

David Yamane, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
MA, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sociology of Religion
yamaned@wfu.edu

rev. 9/14//2009

 

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