Standing Committee


Luis M. Girón-Negrón

Interim Chair 2025-2026, Committee on the Study of Religion

Michelle C. Sanchez

Director of Graduate Studiesmsanchez@hds.harvard.edu

Courtney Bickel Lamberth

Director of Undergraduate Studieslamberth@fas.harvard.edu

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Ali S. Asani

Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Culturesaliasani@fas.harvard.edu

Swayam Bagaria

Assistant Professor of Hindu Studiessbagaria@hds.harvard.edu

Giovanni Bazzana

Professor of New Testamentgbazzana@hds.harvard.edu

Catherine Brekus

Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion (on leave, 2025-2026)Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in Americacbrekus@hds.harvard.edu

Francis X. Clooney

Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theologyfclooney@hds.harvard.edu

Benjamin Dunning

Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of DivinityProfessor of New Testament and Early Christianitybdunning@hds.harvard.edu

Luis M. Girón-Negrón

Interim Chair 2025-2026, Committee on the Study of ReligionWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literaturesgiron@fas.harvard.edu

Mohsen Goudarzi

Associate Professor of Islamic Studiesmgoudarzi@hds.harvard.edu

Ahmad Greene-Hayes

Associate Professor of African American Religious Studiesahmadg@hds.harvard.edu

Janet Gyatso

Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studiesjgyatso@hds.harvard.edu

Jay M. Harris

Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studiesjharris@g.harvard.edu

David N. Hempton

Harvard University Distinguished Service ProfessorAlonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studiesdhempton@hds.harvard.edu

David F. Holland

John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church Historydholland@hds.harvard.edu

Amy Hollywood

Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studiesahollywood@hds.harvard.edu

Nikki Hoskins

Assistant Professor of Religion and Ecologytsprouse@hds.harvard.edu

Terrence L. Johnson

Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies (HDS), Professor of African American Studies (FAS), Director of Religion and Public Life tjohnson@hds.harvard.edu

David C. Lamberth

Professor of Philosophy and Theologydavid_lamberth@harvard.edu

Shaul Magid

Professor of Modern Jewish Studies in Residence

Jacob Olupona

Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies, Faculty of Arts and SciencesProfessor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity Schoololupona@fas.harvard.edu

Kimberley C. Patton

Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religionkpatton@hds.harvard.edu

Felipe Pereda

Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Professor of Spanish ArtDepartment of History of Art + Architecture Director of Graduate Studiesfpereda@fas.harvard.edu

Michael James Puett

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and AnthropologyHarvard College Professorpuett@fas.harvard.edu

Annette Yoshiko Reed

Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity areed@hds.harvard.edu

Julia Rhyder

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizationsjuliarhyder@fas.harvard.edu

Mayra Rivera

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies

James Robson

James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations;Harvard College ProfessorDirector, Harvard-Yenching Institute jrobson@fas.harvard.edu

Panagiotis Roilos

George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literatureroilos@fas.harvard.edu

Michelle C. Sanchez

Director of Graduate StudiesProfessor of Theologymsanchez@hds.harvard.edu

Martha Selby

Sangam Professor of South Asian StudiesSouth Asian Studies Director of Graduate Studiesmarthaselby@fas.harvard.edu
Martha Selby smiling at the camera

Teren Sevea

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studiestsevea@hds.harvard.edu

Charles M. Stang

Professor of Early Christian ThoughtDirector of the Center for the Study of World Religionscstang@hds.harvard.edu

David Stern

Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew LiteratureProfessor of Comparative Literaturedstern@fas.harvard.edu

D. Andrew Teeter

Professor of Hebrew Bibleateeter@hds.harvard.edu

Eugene Wang

Abby Aldrich Rockerfeller Professor of Asian ArtFounding Director of Harvard FAS CAMLabeywang@fas.harvard.edu

Nicholas Watson

Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literaturenwatson@fas.harvard.edu

Raúl Zegarra

Assistant Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studiesrzegarra@hds.harvard.edu

Malika Zeghal

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Lifemzeghal@fas.harvard.edu