Luis M. Girón-Negrón
Interim Chair 2025-2026, Committee on the Study of Religion
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Catherine Brekus
Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion (on leave, 2025-2026)cbrekus@hds.harvard.edu
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Ryûichi Abé
Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions
Leila Ahmed
Victor S. Thomas Research Professor in Divinity (HDS) Emeritus
Mafaz Al-Suwaidan
PhD Candidate
Ali S. Asani
Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
Swayam Bagaria
Assistant Professor of Hindu Studies
Sam Bailey
PhD Candidate
Yaa Baker
PhD Candidate
Nancy Barricklo
Graduate Program Coordinator
Giovanni Bazzana
Professor of New Testament
Michelle Bentsman
PhD Candidate
Carleigh Beriont
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Anya Bernstein
Professor of Anthropology


Seyi Bolarin
PhD Candidate

Ann. D. Braude
Senior Lecturer on American Religious History and Director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program
Catherine Brekus
Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion (on leave, 2025-2026)Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America
Briana Brightly
PhD Candidate
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies

Russell Burk
PhD Candidate
Timothy Byram
PhD Candidate
Oana Capatina
PhD Candidate
Davíd Carrasco
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America
Charles Carstens
PhD Candidate
Christy Charnel
PhD Candidate
Joie Chen
PhD Candidate
Elise M. Ciregna, Ph.D.
Director of Admnistration
Francis X. Clooney
Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology
Shaye J.D. Cohen
Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
Harvey Cox
Hollis Professor of Divinity
Joe Currie
PhD Candidate
Morgan Curtis
PhD Candidate
Sunitha Das
PhD Candidate
Emma De Lisle
PhD Candidate
Djelimory Diabate
PhD Candidate
Gio DiRusso
PhD Candidate
John Duffy
Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Philology and Literature
Benjamin Dunning
Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of DivinityProfessor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Peter Dziedzic
PhD Candidate
Diana Eck
Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society
James Engell
Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus
Naomi Fastovsky
PhD Candidate
Brian FitzGerald
Lecturer on Medieval Studies and the Study of Religion

Leren Gao
PhD Candidate
Paola Gaona Salamanca
Staff Assistant III
Alfredo Garcia Garza
PhD Candidate
Fernanda Garcia-Oteyza
PhD Candidate
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 Literatures
Mohsen Goudarzi
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
William A. Graham
Harvard University Distinguished Service ProfessorMurray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Ahmad Greene-Hayes
Assistant Professor of African American Religious Studies
Haley Griese
PhD Candidate
Karlene Griffiths Sekou
PhD Candidate
Janet Gyatso
Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies
Chelsea Hall
PhD Candidate
David Hall
Bartlett Research Professor of New England Church History Emeritus
Harry Hall
PhD Candidate
Charles Hallisey
Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures
Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture
Margaret Hamm
PhD Candidate
Helen Hardacre
Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Emerita
Jay M. Harris
Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies
Steven Harris
PhD Candidate
Jay Hashmi
PhD Candidate

Michael Helmy
PhD Candidate
David N. Hempton
Harvard University Distinguished Service ProfessorAlonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies
Malka Himelhoch
PhD Candidate
Julia Hintlian
PhD Candidate
David F. Holland
John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church History
Amy Hollywood
Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies
Tracey Hucks
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies Suzanne Young Murray Professor (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study)
Susan Hunt
Administrative Coordinator
Seokweon Jeon
PhD Candidate
Baber Johansen
Research Professor of Islamic Religious Studies
Terrence L. Johnson
Professor of African American Religious Studies
Mark D. Jordan
Andrew W. Mellon Research Professor of Christian Thought
Nicholas Judt
PhD Candidate
Ousmane Oumar Kane
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society (HDS) EmeritusProfessor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (FAS)

Satoru Kimura
PhD Candidate
Karen L. King
Hollis Professor of Divinity
Arthur Kleinman
Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and SciencesProfessor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Sara Klingenstein
PhD Candidate
James Kloppenberg
Charles Warren Research Professor of American History, Emeritus
Amadu Kunateh
PhD Candidate
David C. Lamberth
Professor of Philosophy and Theology
Therese Lautua
College Fellow in Indigenous Religions
Jon D. Levenson
Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies (HDS)
Maya Levine
PhD Candidate
Madeline Levy
PhD Candidate
Kellyn Lewis
PhD Candidate
Charles Lockwood
Lecturer in the Study of Religion

Peter Machinist
Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Emeritus
Kevin J. Madigan
Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Sasha Makarova
PhD Candidate
Natalie Malter
PhD Candidate
Michael Mango
PhD Candidate
Jonathan Mason-Wolfe
PhD Candidate
Dan McKanan
Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity

Rebecca Mendoza
PhD Candidate

Joshua Moriarty
PhD Candidate
Sage Moses
PhD Candidate
Theodore Motzkin
PhD Candidate
Laura Mucha
PhD Candidate
Annas Muchlisin
PhD Candidate
Ilgin Nas
PhD Candidate
P. Oktor Skjaervø
Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, Emeritus
Jacob Olupona
Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and SciencesProfessor of African Religious Traditions in the Harvard Divinity School
Gabriel Parlin
PhD Candidate

Jessica Patey
PhD Candidate
Kimberley C. Patton
Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion
Irene Peirano Garrison
Pope Professor of the Latin Language and LiteratureClassics Director of Graduate Studies
Felipe Pereda
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Professor of Spanish ArtDepartment of History of Art + Architecture Director of Graduate Studies
Cristian Piazzetta
PhD Candidate
Chandra Plowden
PhD Candidate
Matthew Potts
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church
Michael James Puett
Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and AnthropologyHarvard College Professor
Julia Rhyder
Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mayra Rivera
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies
Steven Anthony Rizzo
PhD Candidate
James Robson
James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations;Harvard College Professor
Leah Rumsey
PhD Candidate
Byron Russell
PhD Candidate
Toni Sacco
PhD Candidate
Abtsam Saleh
PhD Candidate

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
Charles Chauncey Stillman Research Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies
Natalia Schwien
PhD Candidate
Madeleine Scott
PhD Candidate

Teren Sevea
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studies
Lydia Shahan
PhD Candidate

Charles M. Stang
Professor of Early Christian ThoughtDirector of the Center for the Study of World Religions
Denson Staples
PhD Candidate
David Stern
Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew LiteratureProfessor of Comparative Literature
Lauren Tassone
PhD Candidate
D. Andrew Teeter
Professor of Hebrew Bible
Akhil Thomas
PhD Candidate
Anh Tran
PhD Candidate
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Eugene Wang
Abby Aldrich Rockerfeller Professor of Asian ArtBuddhist Art of Asia; Chinese Art, Architecture, and Media Studies

Preston N. Williams
Houghton Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Emeritus

Chen Wu
PhD Candidate
Joy Wu
PhD Candidate
Shan Wu
PhD Candidate
Annette Yoshiko Reed
Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Raúl Zegarra
Assistant Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies
Malika Zeghal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life
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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.edu617-495-5755



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
Davíd Carrasco
Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin Americadcarrasco@hds.harvard.edu617-384-7953
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.edu617-495-2567





Amy Hollywood
Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studiesahollywood@hds.harvard.edu617-496-5938


Jacob Olupona
Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and SciencesProfessor of African Religious Traditions in the Harvard Divinity Schoololupona@fas.harvard.edu617-495-8221
Kimberley C. Patton
Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religionkpatton@hds.harvard.edu617-496-3395
Irene Peirano Garrison
Pope Professor of the Latin Language and LiteratureClassics Director of Graduate Studies peirano@fas.harvard.edu6174955216
Michael James Puett
Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and AnthropologyHarvard College Professorpuett@fas.harvard.edu6174958360
Julia Rhyder
Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizationsjuliarhyder@fas.harvard.edu6174969049
James Robson
James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations;Harvard College ProfessorWilliam Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center; Chair, Regional Studies East Asia (RSEA), 2019-20jrobson@fas.harvard.edu6174958363

Martha Selby
Sangam Professor of South Asian StudiesSouth Asian Studies Director of Graduate Studiesmarthaselby@fas.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.edu6174953977

Eugene Wang
Abby Aldrich Rockerfeller Professor of Asian ArtBuddhist Art of Asia; Chinese Art, Architecture, and Media StudiesFounding Director of Harvard FAS CAMLabeywang@fas.harvard.edu6174950845

Raúl Zegarra
Assistant Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies
Malika Zeghal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Lifemzeghal@fas.harvard.edu6173848432
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