Religious Studies Faculty
RELS faculty Heading link
| Name | Department(s) | Area(s) of Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Becker | cathbeck@uic.edu | Art History Global Asian Studies | Buddhism |
| Joaquín Chávez | chavezj1@uic.edu | History Catholic Studies | Latin American Catholicism Catholic social thought |
| Laura Dingeldein | ldingeld@uic.edu | Catholic Studies | Early Christianity ancient Mediterranean religion and philosophy |
| Sam Fleischacker | sfleisch@uic.edu | Philosophy Jewish Studies | Judaism Jewish-Islamic relations philosophy of religion |
| Rachel Havrelock | raheleh@uic.edu | English Jewish Studies | Biblical Studies Judaism |
| Mitch Hendrickson | mjhend@uic.edu | Anthropology | Buddhism |
| Rosilie Hernández | rosieher@uic.edu | Hispanic and Italian Studies | Spanish Catholicism |
| Johari Jabir | jjabir@uic.edu | African American Studies | African and African American religions and spirituality |
| Robert Johnston | johnsto1@uic.edu | History Jewish Studies | Judaism religion in America |
| Ralph Keen | rkeen01@uic.edu | History Catholic Studies | Christianity Judaism early modern Europe |
| Vince LaMotta | vlamotta@uic.edu | Anthropology | Native American religion |
| Richard Levy | rslevy@uic.edu | History | antisemitism the Holocaust |
| Elizabeth Loentz | loentz@uic.edu | Germanic Studies | German Jewish studies Yiddish culture migrant literature |
| Raphael Magarik | magarik@uic.edu | English | The Protestant Reformation, History of Secularism, Judaism, Biblical Studies |
| Nanno Marinatos | nannom@uic.edu | Classics and Mediterranean Studies | Greek religion Minoan religion |
| Ellen McClure | ellenmc@uic.edu | French and Francophone Studies History | Catholicism Buddhism religion and literature |
| John Monaghan | monaghan@uic.edu | Anthropology | anthropology of religion Mexico and Latin America |
| Nermeen Mouftah | nmouftah@uic.edu | Anthropology | Islam, Anthropology of Religion |
| Norma Claire Moruzzi | nmoruzzi@uic.edu | Political Science Gender and Women's Studies | Islam and the Middle East |
| Junaid Quadri | jquadri@uic.edu | History | Islam |
| Kevin Schultz | schultzk@uic.edu | History Catholic Studies | modern America Protestantism Catholicism Judaism |
| Georgette Sinkler | egalite@uic.edu | Philosophy | Medieval Christianity philosophy of religion |
| Barbara Sostaita | sostaita@uic.edu | Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) | Anthropology of religion; Performance studies; US-Mexico borderlands |
| Keely Stauter‑Halsted | stauterh@uic.edu | History Polish Studies | Eastern Europe Judaism Catholicism |
| Sandy Sufian | sufians@uic.edu | Medical Education (School of Medicine) Disability and Human Development | Zionism Palestine Israel health issues |
| Sultan Tepe | sultant@uic.edu | Political Science | Islam Religion and Politics the Middle East |
| Dolly Weber | edweber@uic.edu | French and Francophone Studies | medieval Catholicism |
| Young Richard Kim | ymrkim@uic.edu | Classics and Mediterranean Studies | Late Ancient Christianity |