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Department of Humanities & Religious Studies College of Arts & Letters

Meet Us

Staff

Harvey Stark

Associate Professor, Chair of the Humanities & Religious Studies Department

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Islam, American Religion, Chaplaincy

Shelly Bingel

Administrative Support Coordinator II

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  • Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Also by email and Zoom.

Faculty

Kengo Akiyama

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: TBD
  • Specialty & Interests: Bible; Judaism: Christianity

Alyson Buckman

Professor

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  • Office Hours: M 4:15-5pm online, W 4:15-5pm in person, briefly after class, and by appointment.
  • Specialty & Interests: Popular Culture, Gender Studies, American Studies

Jeffrey Brodd

Professor

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  • Office Hours: FERP

Jillian Coleman

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Monday: 12:30pm-1:30pm.

Mary Doyno

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-1:30 (in my office or via Zoom)
  • Specialty & Interests: Medieval Europe; Church History; Sanctity

Joel Dubois

Professor, Vice Chair and Graduate Coordinator

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  • Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 pm and by appointment (in person or on Zoom)

Maria Jaoudi

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 pm; Thursday 1:00-3:00 pm online only.
  • Specialty & Interests: Mysticism; World Religions & Cultures; Spiritual Approaches to Ecology

Steven Karnes

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 1:00 – 1:45pm, Tues. & Thur. 3:00 – 3:45pm, & by appointment.
  • Specialty & Interests: Ancient Greece, Mythology

Victoria Shinbrot

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-4:00 in my office 1024 Mendocino, Thursday 3:30-5:30 in my office. If possible, please let me know in advance if you will be visiting.

Allison Solso

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: By appointment via Zoom. Tues. & Thur. 9-10am

Judy Thoma

Lecturer - Retired Annuitant

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  • Office Hours: To be announced.

Mathias Warnes

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. & Thur. 10:00am-12:00pm by Zoom..
  • Specialty & Interests: Continental Philosophy, Classical & World Mythology, Spiritual Ecology

Peter Gough

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 9:30am to 10:45 am and Fri. via Zoom 9:30 am

Renee St. Louis

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:15-5:15 and by appointment Link: My Zoom Room (class meeting passcode: 247365)
  • Specialty & Interests: Film and television, American Studies, violence

Brian Young

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Zoom office hours Tuesdays 10:45AM and by appointment.

Rania Shah

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00-1:00 pm & Thursdays 11:00-12:00 PM
  • Specialty & Interests: Islam, Classical, and Middle Eastern Humanities

Amelia Ying Qin

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 1:30-3:00 pm.
  • Specialty & Interests: China, East Asia

Scott Spitzer

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:15pm, & Zoom by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Early Christian Art
Total Members: 20