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Department of Religion and Culture Faculty

Click on the tabs below for a list of the Department of Religion and Culture faculty members alphabetically and by discipline.

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    Ananda Abeysekara

    Theravada Buddhism & South Asia, Postcolonial Studies & Colonialism, Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies

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    Aaron Ansell

    Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse

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    Amaryah Shaye Armstrong

    Black Studies, Political Theology, Black Feminist Theory, Continental Philosophy of Religion

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    Brian Britt

    Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought

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    Candace Buckner Ducharme

    Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World

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    Danille Christensen

    Gendered & Domestic Labor, Material Culture (Foodways & Craft), Performance Studies, Cultural & Environmental Sustainability

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    Taulby Edmondson

    U.S. South & Appalachian Studies, Historical & Cultural Memory, Race & Whiteness, Nationalism

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    Matthew Gabriele

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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    Sylvester Johnson

    African American Religions, Humanity in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Artificial Intelligence

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    Zhange Ni

    Religion & Literature, Critical Theory & Cultural Criticism, Secularism & Religion-making in East Asia, Transnational Youth Culture

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    Shaily Patel

    Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography

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    Sarah Plummer

    Performativity & Objects, Puppetry, Protest Art, Art in Public Places

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    Dominique Polanco

    Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism

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    Emily Satterwhite

    Appalachian Studies, Community-engaged Scholarship, Environmental & Climate Justice

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    Peter L Schmitthenner

    Modern India & South Asia; Culture, Religion, & Technology; British Colonialism

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    Rachel Marion Scott

    Islamic Law & Personal Status law; Religion, Law, & Constitutionalism; Modern Islamic Political Thought; Religion & Secularism

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    Paula Marie Seniors

    Ethnic & African American Studies; African American & Multi-racial Radical Movements; African American & Multi-racial Theater, Film, & Dance; Gender Studies

 

Name Position Office Phone Email

Jack Bernardi

ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   jwbernardi@vt.edu 

Aline De Souza

ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   aliners@vt.edu

Bai Jiang

ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   baijiang@vt.edu
Vasilije Mesarovic ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   cvrc11@vt.edu 
Rebekah Mui ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   rebekahmui@vt.edu
Cara Patrick MCPH GTA 101 Major Williams   carapat@vt.edu
Muhammed Shah Shajahan ASPECT GTA Lane Hall   muhammedshahs@vt.edu
Name Position Office Phone Email
Matthew Chalmers Adjunct     matthewc90@vt.edu 
Nina Ha Adjunct 142 Squires Student Center   nha@vt.edu
         
Patrick Salmons Adjunct 101 Major Williams   psalmons@vt.edu
Michelle (Marti) Wagnon Adjunct 101 Major Williams   michellew@vt.edu
Name Position Office Phone Email
Wan-Chuan Kao Affiliated Research Faculty     kaowc@vt.edu
Laura Robinson Affiliated Research Faculty     laurabrobinson28@vt.edu
Alexander Perkins Affiliated Research Faculty     aperkins4@vt.edu
Daniel Wise Affiliated Research Faculty     dswise@vt.edu
         
Name Position Office Phone Email

Elizabeth Fine

Professor Emerita, Humanities
   

bfine@vt.edu

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon

Professor Emerita

   

malbon@vt.edu

Faculty by Specialization

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    Emily Satterwhite

    Appalachian Studies, Community-engaged Scholarship, Environmental & Climate Justice

  • General Item
    Dominique Polanco

    Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism

  • General Item
    Sylvester Johnson

    African American Religions, Humanity in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Artificial Intelligence

  • General Item
    Taulby Edmondson

    U.S. South & Appalachian Studies, Historical & Cultural Memory, Race & Whiteness, Nationalism

  • General Item
    Danille Christensen

    Gendered & Domestic Labor, Material Culture (Foodways & Craft), Performance Studies, Cultural & Environmental Sustainability

  • General Item
    Amaryah Shaye Armstrong

    Black Studies, Political Theology, Black Feminist Theory, Continental Philosophy of Religion

  • General Item
    Aaron Ansell

    Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse

  • General Item
    Peter L Schmitthenner

    Modern India & South Asia; Culture, Religion, & Technology; British Colonialism

  • General Item
    Zhange Ni

    Religion & Literature, Critical Theory & Cultural Criticism, Secularism & Religion-making in East Asia, Transnational Youth Culture

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    Ananda Abeysekara

    Theravada Buddhism & South Asia, Postcolonial Studies & Colonialism, Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies

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    Rachel Marion Scott

    Islamic Law & Personal Status law; Religion, Law, & Constitutionalism; Modern Islamic Political Thought; Religion & Secularism

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    Dominique Polanco

    Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism

  • General Item
    Shaily Patel

    Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography

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    Matthew Gabriele

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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    Candace Buckner Ducharme

    Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World

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    Brian Britt

    Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought

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    Dominique Polanco

    Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism

  • General Item
    Shaily Patel

    Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography

  • General Item
    Matthew Gabriele

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

  • General Item
    Candace Buckner Ducharme

    Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World

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    Brian Britt

    Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought