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Derk Renwick, Executive Office and Administrative Assistant
Program in Religious Studies
University of Minnesota
245 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0229
Phone: 612-624-2797
Fax: 612-624-4894
renwick@umn.edu

Director

Jeanne H. Kilde, Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Religion in America, Religious Space and architecture
150C Nicholson Hall
612-625-6393
jkilde@umn.edu

Steering Committee Members

Calvin J. Roetzel, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Professor and
Sundet Chair in New Testament and Christian Studies
Pauline Theology
roetz002@umn.edu

Iraj Bashiri, Department of History
Islam, Central Asian Studies, Middle East
bashi001@umn.edu

Ann B Waltner, Institute for Advanced Study and Department of History
Law, World History, Gender, Traditional Chinese Social History
waltn001@umn.edu

Penny A Edgell, Department of Sociology
Culture, Gender, Religion
edgell@umn.edu

Bernard M. Levinson, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible
levinson@umn.edu

Nabil I Matar, Department of English
English 17th-century religious literature, Mysticism, Modern Arabic literature
matar010@umn.edu

Natan Paradise, CLA Student Services

Core Faculty and Staff

Alex Jassen, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Dead Sea scrolls, Hebrew Bible, Study of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity
jassen@umn.edu

Jasper Hopkins, Department of Philosophy
History of Medieval and of Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
hopkins@umn.edu

Kirsten Fisher, Department of History
American Religious History, Women, Gender, and sexuality in early America
kfischer@umn.edu

Paul F Rouzer, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
Buddhism, traditions of the supernatural in East Asia
prouzer@umn.edu

Peter Harle, CLA Advising

Philip H. Sellew, Classical & Near Eastern Studies
Greek and Roman Religion, New Testament Studies, Early Christianity
psellew@umn.edu

Riv-Ellen Prell, Department of American Studies
Anthropology of America, Cultural studies of American Jews and Judaism
prell001@umn.edu

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Daniel J Schroeter, Department of History
Jewish studies, Middle East, North Africa
schro800@umn.edu

Susan J Noakes, Department of French and Italian
Women's Studies, The Global Middle Ages
noake001@umn.edu