Faculty
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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General ItemAnanda Abeysekara
Theravada Buddhism & South Asia, Postcolonial Studies & Colonialism, Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies
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General ItemAaron Ansell
Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse
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General ItemAmaryah Shaye Armstrong
Black Studies, Political Theology, Black Feminist Theory, Continental Philosophy of Religion
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General ItemBrian Britt
Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought
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General ItemCandace Buckner
Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World
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General ItemDanille Christensen
Gendered & Domestic Labor, Material Culture (Foodways & Craft), Performance Studies, Cultural & Environmental Sustainability
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General ItemTaulby Edmondson
U.S. South & Appalachian Studies, Historical & Cultural Memory, Race & Whiteness, Nationalism
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General ItemMatthew Gabriele
Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia
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General ItemSylvester Johnson
African American Religions, Humanity in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Artificial Intelligence
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General ItemZhange Ni
Religion & Literature, Critical Theory & Cultural Criticism, Secularism & Religion-making in East Asia, Transnational Youth Culture
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General ItemShaily Patel
Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography
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General ItemDominique Polanco
Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism
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General ItemEmily Satterwhite
Appalachian Studies, Community-engaged Scholarship, Environmental & Climate Justice
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General ItemPeter L Schmitthenner
Modern India & South Asia; Culture, Religion, & Technology; British Colonialism
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General ItemRachel Marion Scott
Islamic Law & Personal Status law; Religion, Law, & Constitutionalism; Modern Islamic Political Thought; Religion & Secularism
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General ItemPaula 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 | |
Taylor Arnold |
MCPH GTA | 101 Major Williams | tarnold4@vt.edu | |
Jack Bernardi |
ASPECT GTA | 118C Surge | jwbernardi@vt.edu | |
Caitlin Crenshaw |
MCPH GTA | 101 Major Williams | mccaitlin@vt.edu | |
| Vasilije Mesarovic | ASPECT GTA | 118C Surge | cvrc11@vt.edu | |
| Muhammed Shah Shajahan | ASPECT GTA | 118C Surge | muhammedshahs@vt.edu | |
| Aline De Souza | ASPECT GTA | 118C Surge | aliners@vt.edu | |
| Olivia Wisnewski | MCPH GTA | 101 Major Williams | livwis@vt.edu |
| Name | Position | Office | Phone | |
| Bestami Bilgic | Adjunct | 101 Major Williams | bsbilgic@vt.edu | |
| David Skelton | Adjunct | dskelto83@vt.edu | ||
| Jo Wolf | Adjunct | 101 Major Williams | 231-5155 | joewolf@vt.edu |
| Patrick Salmons | Adjunct | 101 Major Williams | psalmons@vt.edu | |
| Name | Position | Office | Phone | |
| Tom de Bruin | Research Faculty | tomdebruin@vt.edu | ||
| Mauro J. Caraccioli | Assistant Professor of Political Science | mauroj@vt.edu | ||
| Ashley Reed | Associate Professor | akreed@vt.edu | ||
| Shannon Trosper Schorey | Research Faculty | stschorey@vt.edu | ||
| Name | Position | Office | Phone | |
| Professor Emerita, Humanities |
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| Elizabeth Struthers Malbon |
Professor Emerita |
Faculty by Specialization
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General ItemEmily Satterwhite
Appalachian Studies, Community-engaged Scholarship, Environmental & Climate Justice
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General ItemDominique Polanco
Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism
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General ItemSylvester Johnson
African American Religions, Humanity in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Artificial Intelligence
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General ItemTaulby Edmondson
U.S. South & Appalachian Studies, Historical & Cultural Memory, Race & Whiteness, Nationalism
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General ItemDanille Christensen
Gendered & Domestic Labor, Material Culture (Foodways & Craft), Performance Studies, Cultural & Environmental Sustainability
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General ItemAmaryah Shaye Armstrong
Black Studies, Political Theology, Black Feminist Theory, Continental Philosophy of Religion
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General ItemAaron Ansell
Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse
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General ItemPeter L Schmitthenner
Modern India & South Asia; Culture, Religion, & Technology; British Colonialism
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General ItemZhange Ni
Religion & Literature, Critical Theory & Cultural Criticism, Secularism & Religion-making in East Asia, Transnational Youth Culture
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General ItemAnanda Abeysekara
Theravada Buddhism & South Asia, Postcolonial Studies & Colonialism, Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies
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General ItemRachel Marion Scott
Islamic Law & Personal Status law; Religion, Law, & Constitutionalism; Modern Islamic Political Thought; Religion & Secularism
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General ItemDominique Polanco
Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism
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General ItemShaily Patel
Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography
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General ItemMatthew Gabriele
Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia
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General ItemCandace Buckner
Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World
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General ItemBrian Britt
Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought
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General ItemDominique Polanco
Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Manuscripts, Bibliography & Archival Studies, Decolonism
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General ItemShaily Patel
Ancient Christianity, Graeco-Roman Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Historiography
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General ItemMatthew Gabriele
Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia
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General ItemCandace Buckner
Early Christian Literature, Ancient Biography, Spatial Theory, Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World
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General ItemBrian Britt
Religion & Literature, Theory of Religion & Culture, Hebrew Bible, Modern Jewish Thought