Religious Studies Faculty

Cynthia M. Baker

Professor of Religious Studies

early Christian studies, early Rabbinic Judaism, feminist and queer theory, gender and religion, gender and religion in the late ancient Mediterranean and Middle East, historiography of religion, Jewish studies, material culture and historiography of Jews and Judaism, New Testament, The Bible

Marcus C. Bruce

Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies

African American culture, African Americans in France, African-American studies, American cultural studies, American religious history, American religious studies, cultural studies

Lisa Landoe Hedrick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Alison Melnick

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

18th Century Tibetan History, Asian religious history, Chinese borderland religions, Gender and Authority in Tibet, gender and religion, Hagiography in Asian contexts, Privilege studies, Religion and Gender in Asia, Religions of China, Religions of South Asia, Tibetan religion, Tibetan religion and history

Kyla P. Pasha

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies