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

Professor Sean Sidky presenting and asking questions to students in front of a class with several raised hands.

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    Ananda Abeysekara , bio

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

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    Aaron Ansell , bio

    Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse

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    Amaryah Shaye Armstrong , bio

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

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    Brian Britt , bio

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

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    Candace Buckner , bio

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

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    Danille Christensen , bio

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

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    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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    Scott C. McDaniel , bio

    Appalachian Studies, Environmental Humanities, Religious & Theological Studies, and Continental Philosophy

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    Zhange Ni , bio

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

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    Shaily Patel , bio

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

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    Sarah Plummer , bio

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

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    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

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    Emily Satterwhite , bio

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

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    Rachel Marion Scott , bio

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

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    Paula Marie Seniors , bio

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

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    Sean Sidky , bio

    American Judaism; Modern Jewish History and Culture; Holocaust and Genocide; Yiddish Literature and Culture; Religion & Literature

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 , bio

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

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    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

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    Danille Christensen , bio

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

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    Amaryah Shaye Armstrong , bio

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

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    Aaron Ansell , bio

    Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse

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    Zhange Ni , bio

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

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    Ananda Abeysekara , bio

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

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    Rachel Marion Scott , bio

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

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    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

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    Shaily Patel , bio

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

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    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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    Candace Buckner , bio

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

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    Brian Britt , bio

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

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    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

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    Shaily Patel , bio

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

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    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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    Candace Buckner , bio

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

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    Brian Britt , bio

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