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Chair of the Standing Committee on the Study of Religion: Catherine Brekus

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Courtney Lamberth

Director of Graduate Studies: David Holland

Ali Asani, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures

Giovanni Bazzana, Professor of New Testament (Divinity School)

Catherine Brekus, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America (Divinity School)

Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America (FAS and Divinity School)

Francis Clooney, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology (Divinity School)

Shaye J. D. Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy

Diana Eck, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society

James Engell, Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Francis Fiorenza, Charles Chauncey Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies (Divinity School)

Luis Girón Negrón, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies (Divinity School)

Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society

David Holland, John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church History (Divinity School)

Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies (Divinity School)

Courtney Lamberth, Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Study of Religion

David Lamberth, Professor of Philosophy and Theology (Divinity School) (on leave 2020-2021)

Jacob Olupona, Professor of African and African American Studies (FAS) and Professor of African Religious Traditions (Divinity School)

Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy

Kimberley Patton, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion (Divinity School)

Matthew L. Potts, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature and of Ministry Studies (Divinity School)

Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History

Mayra Rivera, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies (Divinity School) (on leave spring term)

James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Michelle C. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Theology (Divinity School) (on leave 2020-2021)

Terenjit Sevea, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies (Divinity School)

W. James Simpson, Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English

Charles Stang, Professor of Early Christian Thought (Divinity School)

D. Andrew Teeter, Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Divinity School)

Todne Thomas, Assistant Professor of African American Religions (Divinity School)

Leonard van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies

Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life

Nicholas J. Boylston, Lecturer on Committee on the Study of Religion

Charles E. Lockwood, Lecturer on the Study of Religion

For additional information, please visit https://studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu/

The Study of Religion—Chairs and Directors