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Department of Religion and Culture Faculty

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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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    Taulby Edmondson , bio

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

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    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

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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

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

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    Emily Satterwhite , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Taulby Edmondson , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Danille Christensen , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Amaryah Shaye Armstrong , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Aaron Ansell , bio

    Sociocultural Anthropology, Northeast Brazil, Alternative Democracy, Political Discourse

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  • Bio Item
    Zhange Ni , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    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

  • Bio Item
    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Shaily Patel , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

  • Bio Item
    Candace Buckner , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Brian Britt , bio

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

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  • Bio Item
    Dominique Polanco , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Shaily Patel , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Matthew Gabriele , bio

    Medieval Studies, Violence, Apocalypse, Nostalgia

  • Bio Item
    Candace Buckner , bio

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

  • Bio Item
    Brian Britt , bio

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