Meet Us
Staff
Harvey Stark
Sabbatical Fall 2025, Associate Professor, Chair of the Humanities & Religious Studies Department
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2011B
- Phone: (916) 278-6261
- harvey.stark@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Islam, American Religion, Chaplaincy
Katrina Roose
Budget & Personnel Analyst
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-7863
- roose@csus.edu
Joel Dubois
Professor, Interim Chair Fall 2025
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2016
- Phone: (916) 278-5332
- jdubois@csus.edu
- Website
Alexis Garcia
Scheduler and Instructional Resources Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-6688
- alexisngarcia@csus.edu
Brittany Gooley-Carson
ASA II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-6424
- b.gooley-carson@csus.edu
Faculty
Kengo Akiyama
Lecturer
- Location: MND 2022
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- akiyama@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Bible; Judaism: Christianity
Jillian Coleman
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- jillian.coleman@csus.edu
Mary Doyno
Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2026
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- mary.doyno@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Medieval Europe; Church History; Sanctity
Maria Jaoudi
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- jaoudim@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Mysticism; World Religions & Cultures; Spiritual Approaches to Ecology
Steven Karnes
Lecturer
- Location: Tahoe Hall 3077
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- skarnes@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Ancient Greece, Mythology
Amelia Ying Qin
Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- a.qin@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: China, East Asia
Scott Spitzer
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2020
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- spitzer@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Early Christian Art
Victoria Shinbrot
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2014
- Phone: (916) 278-5336
- vshinbrot@csus.edu
Renee St. Louis
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- renee.stlouis@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Film and Television, American Studies, Violence
Mathias Warnes
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2026
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- mathias.warnes@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Continental Philosophy, Classical & World Mythology, Spiritual Ecology
