Santa Clara University

College of Arts and Sciences

Department ofReligious Studies

Faculty & Staff

Department Chair

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David Gray
Bernard J. Hanley Professor
Tantric Buddhism; Asian Religions

Administrative Assistant

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Vicky Gonzalez
Senior Administrative Assistant

Faculty

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Pearl Maria Barros
Assistant Professor
Christian Theology; Feminist Theories; Latina/o Cultural Studies

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Rev. Joseph Benedict, S.T.D.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Moral Theology

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James B. Bennett
Associate Professor and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies
American Religious History

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Rachel Bundang
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

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Denise Lardner Carmody
Professor Emerita
Catholicism/World Religions

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Paul G. Crowley, S.J.
Jesuit Community Professor
Systematic Theology

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David DeCosse
Adjunct Associate Professor
Catholic Social Ethics

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William Dohar
Senior Lecturer
Medieval Church History

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Elizabeth Drescher
Adjunct Associate Professor
Lived Religion/Spirituality

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Mark Fusco, S.J.
Assistant Professor

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Diana Gibson
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Scripture and Theology Using Liberation and Feminist Approaches

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Janet Giddings
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
New Testament; Religious Ethics; Philosophy of Religion

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Corinna Guerrero
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

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Lynn Hillberg
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Contextual & Liberation Christian Theologies; Ethnography as theological method; and Celtic religions

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Teresia Mbari Hinga
Associate Professor

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Clovis Karam
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Semitic & Islamic Studies: Religions, Mythologies, Languages, Philosophies & Cultures

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Karl W. Lampley
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

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Akiba J. Lerner
Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Thought, Religious & Political Philosophy, Ethics & Hope

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Rev. John Mabry
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Spiritual Direction, Comparative Theology, Pastoral Ministry

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Gary Macy
Professor
Historical Theology

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Roberto Mata
Assistant Professor

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Margaret R. McLean
Senior Lecturer
Bioethics; Ethics & Science

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Jean Molesky-Poz, Ph.D.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

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Joseph A. Morris
Director of the Graduate Program of Pastoral Ministries
Biblical Studies; Religion, Media, Popular Culture

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Michelle Mueller
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
New Religious Movements, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Religion, Media Studies

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Catherine M. Murphy
Associate Professor & Associate Director of the Graduate Program of Pastoral Ministries
New Testament & Early Christianity

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Ms. Suzanne E. Neuhaus, M.A.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Restorative Justice, Victim Offender Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence

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Thao Nguyen, S.J.
Assistant Professor

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Rev. James Okafor, Ed.D.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Catechesis and Catholic School Education

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Frederick J. Parrella
Professor
Systematic Theology

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Karen Peterson-Iyer
Assistant Professor
Sexual Ethics, Bioethics, Christian Ethics

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David Pinault
Professor
Islamic Studies; Comparative Christology; Animal Theology

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Ana María Pineda, R.S.M., S.T.D.
Associate Professor
Hispanic Theology, Religiosity, Salvadoran Martyrs
(on leave 2019-20)

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J. David Pleins
Professor
Biblical History; Mythology; Science and Religion

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Philip Boo Riley
Associate Professor
Religion in Silicon Valley

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John Rinaldo, D.Min.
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer

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Eugene R. Schlesinger
Lecturer
Systematic Theology; Sacramental Theology; Ecclesiology; Liturgical Theology

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Rob Scholla, S.J.
Lecturer
Fundamental Theology, Christology, and Christian Spirituality

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Paul J. Schutz
Assistant Professor
Religion & Ecology; Theology & Science; Catholic Systematic Theology

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Francis R. Smith, S.J.
Associate Professor

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Travis Stevens
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
History of Christian Thought, Mystical Theology, Gender and Sexuality

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Sarita Stella Tamayo-Moraga
Senior Lecturer

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Cecilia Titizano
Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Christian theology, Indigenous thought, comparative pneumatology, Latina/o Theology

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Sally Vance-Trembath
Senior Lecturer
Ecclesiology, Vatican II in particular

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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

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I Sil Yoon
Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Christian Ethics and Theological Ethics of Migration

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