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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

Director of Graduate Studies: Professor Simeon Ilesanmi 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, Zachary T. Smith Associate Professor MDiv Union Theological Seminary in New York City, PhD Emory University New Testament and Early Christianity Studies, Feminist and Multicultural Interpretation fo the New Testaement foskettm@wfu.edu

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

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

Charles A. Kimball, Professor MDiv Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; ThD Harvard University Islam, History of Religions kimball@wfu.edu

LeRhonda S. Manigault, 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

Adjunct Faculty

Earl Crow, Visiting 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

Mark Jensen, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
MDiv, PhD Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Pastoral Counseling, Psychology and Religion
mjensen@isnet.is.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

Jonathan Williams, Graduate Office Assistant
Telephone: (336) 758-5461
willjd7@wfu.edu

Matt Imboden, Assistant Web Editor
Telephone: (336) 758-5666
imbomw2@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

Ulrike Wiethaus, Associate Professor, Humanities
MA, PhD Temple
Theology, Mysticism, Women's Studies
wiethaus@wfu.edu

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

rev. 5/16/2007