David Gray, Ph.D.

Department Chair/Bernard J. Hanley Professor

Tantric Buddhism; Asian Religions

Vicky Gonzalez

Senior Administrative Assistant

Pearl Maria Barros, Th.D.

Assistant Professor

Christian Theology; Feminist Theories; Latina/o Cultural Studies

James B. Bennett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies

American Religious History

Michael J. Buckley, S.J.

Professor Emeritus

Catholic Theology

Rachel Bundang

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Denise Lardner Carmody, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita

Catholicism/World Religions

Paul G. Crowley, S.J.

Jesuit Community Professor

Systematic Theology

David DeCosse, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Catholic Social Ethics

William Dohar, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Medieval Church History

Elizabeth Drescher, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Lived Religion/Spirituality

Mark Fusco, S.J.

Assistant Professor

Joshua Gentzke

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Diana Gibson, M.Div., D.Min.

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Scripture and Theology Using Liberation and Feminist Approaches

Janet Giddings

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

New Testament; Religious Ethics; Philosophy of Religion

Corinna Guerrero

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Teresia Mbari Hinga, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Brianne Jacobs

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Systematic theology, Catholic social teaching, and gender studies

Lynn Jencks

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Contextual & Liberation Christian Theologies; Ethnography as theological method; and Celtic religions

Karl W. Lampley, M.Div., Ph.D.

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Akiba J. Lerner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Modern Jewish Thought, Religious & Political Philosophy, Ethics & Hope

Gary Macy, Ph.D.

Professor

Historical Theology

Roberto Mata, Th.D.

Assistant Professor

Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Bioethics; Ethics & Science

Sharon McMillan, SNDdeN, S.L.D.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Liturgy: Sacramental Theology, Theology of the Eucharist, Liturgical Year, the Catechumenate Process, along with emphasis on pastoral practice

Jean Molesky-Poz, Ph.D.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Joseph A. Morris, Ph.D.

Director of the Graduate Program of Pastoral Ministries

Biblical Studies; Religion, Media, Popular Culture

Michelle Mueller, Ph.D.

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

New Religious Movements, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Religion, Media Studies

Catherine M. Murphy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Associate Director of the Graduate Program of Pastoral Ministries

New Testament & Early Christianity

Thao Nguyen, S.J.

Assistant Professor

Fr. James Okafor, Ed.D.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Catechesis and Catholic School Education

Frederick J. Parrella, Ph.D.

Professor

Systematic Theology

Karen Peterson-Iyer, Ph.D.

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Sexual Ethics, Bioethics, Christian Ethics

David Pinault, Ph.D.

Professor

Islamic Studies; Comparative Christology; Animal Theology

Jody Pinault, Ph.D.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Greek and Roman literature; Christianity in the Roman Empire; afterlife beliefs in the Western tradition

Ana María Pineda, R.S.M., S.T.D.

Associate Professor

Hispanic Theology, Religiosity, Salvadoran Martyrs
(on leave 2018-19)

J. David Pleins, Ph.D.

Professor

Biblical History; Mythology; Science and Religion

Philip Boo Riley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Religion in Silicon Valley

John Rinaldo, D.Min.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Ph.D.

Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

Religion and Ecology, Religion and Food, Comparative Religions, Women’s Studies in Religion

Eugene R. Schlesinger

Lecturer

Systematic Theology; Sacramental Theology; Ecclesiology; Liturgical Theology

Rob Scholla, S.J.

Lecturer

Paul J. Schutz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Religion & Ecology; Theology & Science; Catholic Systematic Theology

Francis R. Smith, S.J.

Associate Professor

Donald St. Louis, D.Min., M.F.T.

Lecturer

Psychology and spirituality

Sarita Stella Tamayo-Moraga, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Sally Vance-Trembath, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Ecclesiology, Vatican II in particular

Jaime Wright

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Religion and social theory, religion and health/medicine, religion and bodies/embodiment, religion and social movements, theories of ideology, power, and identity