FACULTY AND STAFF

Administrators

 
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
(610) 519-6476
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

Staff

Michelle Maloney
Senior Administrative Assistant
Lauren McLaughlin
Program Coordinator

Full-Time Faculty

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
(610) 519-4703
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
Kevin L. Hughes, Ph.D.
Chairperson, Theology & Religious Studies
Professor, Historical Theology
Shams C. Inati, Ph.D.
Professor, Islamic Philosophy & Theology
(610) 519-7301
Jennifer Jackson, Th.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
Director of Graduate Programs, Master's and Certificate
(610) 519-6476
Jaisy Joseph, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
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
(610) 519-7243
Jessica M. Murdoch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology
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

Affiliated Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Rebecca Makas, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Arthur Purcaro, OSA
Assistant Vice President
Adjunct Professor - Theology and Religious Studies
Brett T. Wilmot, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Ethics Program

Emeritus Faculty

Department of Theology and Religious Studies
800 E. Lancaster Ave.
St. Augustine Center Room 203
Villanova, PA 19085