FACULTY AND STAFF

Kevin L. Hughes, Ph.D.
Chairperson, Theology & Religious Studies
Professor, Historical Theology

Brett Grainger, Th.D.
Associate Professor, Study of Spirituality; American Religious History; Director, Undergraduate Program

Jennifer Jackson, Th.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Director of Graduate Programs, Master's and Certificate

Rachel J. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Christian Spirituality Co-director, PhD program--Programming and Advising

Héctor M. Varela Rios, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theology
Raquel and Alfonso Martínez-Fonts Endowed Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies
Co-Director, Ph.D. Program - Admission

Timothy Hanchin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Practical Theology, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Director, The Heart of Teaching - Religious & Theological Education

Michelle Maloney
Senior Administrative Assistant

Lauren McLaughlin
Program Coordinator

Yasemin Akis, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor

Gerald J. Beyer, Ph.D.
Professor, Christian Ethics
Vice-President, Villanova Chapter of the American Association of University Professors

Timothy M. Brunk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology and Practical Theology

Francis J. Caponi, O.S.A., Th.D.
Associate Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology

Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Ph.D.
Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Christian Theology

Allan Fitzgerald, O.S.A. - S.T.D.
Professor, Historical Theology
Director of Special Projects, Augustinian Institute

Kathryn Getek Soltis, STL, PhD
Director, Center for Peace and Justice Education
Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies

Mark Graham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Christian Ethics

Brett Grainger, Th.D.
Associate Professor, Study of Spirituality; American Religious History; Director, Undergraduate Program

Gregory M. Grimes, S.T.L.
Associate Instructor, Fundamental & Systematic Theology, Faculty Advisor, OUS

Timothy Hanchin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Practical Theology, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Director, The Heart of Teaching - Religious & Theological Education

Edward Hastings, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor

Kevin L. Hughes, Ph.D.
Chairperson, Theology & Religious Studies
Professor, Historical Theology

Shams C. Inati, Ph.D.
Professor, Islamic Philosophy & Theology

Jennifer Jackson, Th.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Director of Graduate Programs, Master's and Certificate

Jaisy Joseph, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology

Emma McDonald Kennedy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Christian Ethics

Stefanie Knauss, Th.D.
Professor, Systemic/Constructive Theology, Theories & Methods of Culture
Co-Director, Ph.D. Program - Programming & Advising

Martin Laird, O.S.A., S.T.L., Ph.D.
Professor, Early Christian Studies

Rev. Christiane Lang Hearlson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious and Theological Education
Director of The CLEAR Project: Children, Liturgy and Ecology

Vincent Lloyd, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Africana Studies

Joseph Loya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History of Christianity

Jessica M. Murdoch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
New Testament

Kerry P. C. San Chirico, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Global Religions; Theories & Methods; Interfaith and Interreligious Studies; Global Christianities; South Asian Religions

Ethan Schwartz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible

Rachel J. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Christian Spirituality Co-director, PhD program--Programming and Advising

Peter Spitaler, Th.D.
Associate Professor, Biblical Studies

Héctor M. Varela Rios, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theology
Raquel and Alfonso Martínez-Fonts Endowed Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies
Co-Director, Ph.D. Program - Admission

John Cacchione

Jillian Langford

Rebecca Makas, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor

Mary Ellen O'Donnell, Ph.D.

Ailie Posillico

Arthur Purcaro, OSA
Assistant Vice President
Adjunct Professor - Theology and Religious Studies

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart

Trevor B. Williams

Brett T. Wilmot, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Ethics Program

Asil Yaman, Ph.D.