Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Department Administrative Assistant
Vicky Gonzalez
Senior Administrative Assistant
Faculty
Pearl Maria Barros, Th.D.
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Christian Theology; Feminist Theories; Latina/o Cultural Studies
James B. Bennett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies
American Religious History
Socorro Castañeda-Liles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mark Fusco, S.J.
Assistant Professor
Diana Gibson, M.Div., D.Min.
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Scripture and Theology Using Liberation and Feminist Approaches
Teresia Mbari Hinga, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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
Roberto Mata, Th.D.
Assistant Professor
Joseph A. Morris, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Program of Pastoral Ministry
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
Thao Nguyen, S.J.
Assistant Professor
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
Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Ph.D.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Religion and Ecology, Religion and Food, Comparative Religions, Women’s Studies in Religion
Rob Scholla, S.J.
Lecturer
Francis R. Smith, S.J.
Associate Professor
Sarita Stella Tamayo-Moraga, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
