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
- Location: MND 2022
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- akiyama@csus.edu
- Office Hours: TBD
- Specialty & Interests: Bible; Judaism: Christianity
Alyson Buckman
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2020
- Phone: (916) 278-5331
- abuckman@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2024
- Phone: (916) 278-7703
- jbrodd@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: FERP
Jillian Coleman
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2028
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- jillian.coleman@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday: 12:30pm-1:30pm.
Mary Doyno
Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2026
- Phone: (916) 278-7329
- mary.doyno@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2016
- Phone: (916) 278-5332
- jdubois@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 pm and by appointment (in person or on Zoom)
Maria Jaoudi
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- jaoudim@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Tahoe Hall 3077 or 3075
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- skarnes@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 1:00 – 1:45pm, Tues. & Thur. 3:00 – 3:45pm, & by appointment.
- Specialty & Interests: Ancient Greece, Mythology
Victoria Shinbrot
Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2014
- Phone: (916) 278-5336
- vshinbrot@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- allison.solso@csus.edu
- Office Hours: By appointment via Zoom. Tues. & Thur. 9-10am
Judy Thoma
Lecturer - Retired Annuitant
- Location: MND 2020
- Thomaj@csus.edu
- Office Hours: To be announced.
Mathias Warnes
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- mathias.warnes@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. & Thur. 10:00am-12:00pm by Zoom..
- Specialty & Interests: Continental Philosophy, Classical & World Mythology, Spiritual Ecology
Peter Gough
Lecturer
- Location: Brighton Hall 217
- Phone: (916) 278-5323
- peter.gough@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 9:30am to 10:45 am and Fri. via Zoom 9:30 am
Renee St. Louis
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- renee.stlouis@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Mendocino Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- brian.young@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Zoom office hours Tuesdays 10:45AM and by appointment.
Rania Shah
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-6444
- r.shah@csus.edu
- 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
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2018
- Phone: (916) 278-7483
- a.qin@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 1:30-3:00 pm.
- Specialty & Interests: China, East Asia
Scott Spitzer
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2030
- Phone: (916) 278-5895
- spitzer@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:15pm, & Zoom by appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Early Christian Art