Meet Us
Staff
Harvey Stark
Associate Professor, Chair of the Humanities & Religious Studies Department
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2011B
- Phone: (916) 278-6261
- harvey.stark@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Islam, American Religion, Chaplaincy
Shelly Bingel
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2011
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- bingels@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Also by email and Zoom.
Faculty
Kengo Akiyama
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- akiyama@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. via zoom 6:00-7:00pm. Mon & Wed 12:00-1:15pm & Mon & Wed 3:00-4:15pm
- Specialty & Interests: Bible; Judaism: Christianity
Alyson Buckman
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2020
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- abuckman@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On sabbatical
- Specialty & Interests: Popular Culture, Gender Studies, American Studies
Jeffrey Brodd
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2024
- Phone: (916) 278-7703
- jbrodd@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: On sabbatical
Jillian Coleman
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2028
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- jillian.coleman@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Email instructor to set up a Zoom meeting.
Mary Doyno
Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2026
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- mary.doyno@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 1:15-3pm. or via Zoom but require that you sign up for an office hour slot no less than 24 hours
- Specialty & Interests: Medieval Europe; Church History; Sanctity
Joel Dubois
Professor, Vice Chair and Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2016
- Phone: (916) 278-5332
- jdubois@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00 -5:00 pm and by appointment.
Maria Jaoudi
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- jaoudim@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-1:00 pm; Thursday 2:00-4:00 pm online only
- Specialty & Interests: Mysticism; World Religions & Cultures; Spiritual Approaches to Ecology
Steven Karnes
Lecturer
- Location: Tahoe Hall 3077 or 3075
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- skarnes@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 1:00 – 2:15 p.m., & by appointment.
- Specialty & Interests: Ancient Greece, Mythology
Brad Nystrom
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2011
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- nystromb@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. & Mondays 8:20 - 9:05 p.m. and by appointment.
Victoria Shinbrot
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2014
- Phone: (916) 278-5336
- vshinbrot@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday 4:20 - 6:20 p.m. in my office 1024 Mendocino, Thursday 4:20 - 5:20 p.m.. Please let me know in advance if you will be visiting.
Allison Solso
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- allison.solso@csus.edu
- Office Hours: By appointment via zoom. Please contact instructor by email for Zoom ID
Wendy Terry
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2012
- Phone: (916) 278-5040
- wendy.r.terry@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please contact instructor by email for Zoom ID
Judy Thoma
Lecturer, Faculty Fellow for Student Advising
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2022
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- thomaj@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. and by email.
Mathias Warnes
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- mathias.warnes@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday 11:00 - 12:00 p.m., Wednesday 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. & by Zoom
- Specialty & Interests: Continental Philosophy, Classical & World Mythology, Spiritual Ecology
Clovis Karam
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- clovis.karam@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 2:00 to 3:00, or by appointment
Renee St. Louis
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- Office Hours: By Zoom Tuesdays 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. and by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Film and television, American Studies, violence
Brian Young
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- Office Hours: Zoom office hours Tuesdays 10:45-11:45AM and by appointment
Rania Shah
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- r.shah@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:00-1:00 pm and at other times by appointment.
- Specialty & Interests: Islam, Classical, and Middle Eastern Humanities
Amelia Ying Qin
Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- a.qin@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 11:00am - 12:30pm.
- Specialty & Interests: China, East Asia
Scott Spitzer
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., and by appointment.
- Specialty & Interests: Early Christian Art