![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/MahaPhoto-300x300.jpg) | Agha Kalsoum, MahaArea: Islamic Studies; Women in Islamic law | m_aghakalsoum@ucsb.edu |
| Armine-Klein, Zak | zarmine-klein@ucsb.edu | | Ballmes, Victoria | vballmes@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/p2185416442_opt-268x300.jpg) | Baoagudamu, UudamArea: Tibetan Buddhism; Mongolian Buddhism; Transregional Buddhism; Tibet-Mongol Interface in the late imperial period. | uudam@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2393-298x300.jpeg) | Bussières, BastienArea: New Religious Movements, Contemporary Satanism, Religion and Popular Culture | bbussieres@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/28-225x300.jpg) | Carpinteri, MariangelaArea: Japanese Buddhism and Confucianism. Concepts and ideas of nature and ecology in Japanese religions of the Edo period. | m_carpinteri@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4072-258x300.jpeg) | Cooper, KelseyArea: Religion and Politics in Brazil; Queer and Trans Studies in Religion; Ethnography; Afro-Diasporic Religions; Latin American Christianity | kelseycooper@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/48395673_2325326964146407_5099193509789827072_n-300x300.jpg) | Dawadi, JyohomsonArea: Comparative Religion, Hindu Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy | jyohomson@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Deslippe-Philip-Profile-2018-08-sm-300x300.jpg) | Deslippe, PhilipArea: Religions in North America, Asian American Religions, New Religious Movements | pdeslippe@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Daigengna_Duoer_DO_2021-300x300.jpeg) | Duoer, DaigengnaArea: Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism in modern Northeast Asia; Buddhism and Colonialism; Buddhism and War; Transnational and Diasporic Buddhism; Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism in Taiwan; Religion in Manchukuo | daigengna@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fotograf-14-300x259.jpg) | Eksici, Abdulmecid YasirArea: Islamic Law and Theology, Ethics, Philosophy of Law and Politics | abdulmecidyasir@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0132-300x200.jpg) | Ellerton, DavidArea: Buddhist Studies, Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Prophecy, Buddhist Theories of Mind | davidellerton@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/profile-pic-152x300.jpg) | Fisher, NathanArea: Jewish Studies, Cognitive Science of Religion, Contemplative Studies | Nathan_fisher@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/DSC_3865-200x300.jpg) | Forer, Chelsea EArea: Indigenous Ways of Knowing; Indigenous Peoplehood; Religion and Law; Religious Freedom | ceforer@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/photo-2.36.44-PM-300x275.jpg) | Fredrickson, NathanArea: Religions in North America, Religion and Literature, Cognitive Science of Religion, Translation Studies, Writing Studies, Global Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Studies | nfredrickson@umail.ucsb.edu | | Fujihara, Tomoya | | | Gilbert, Dominique | | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot2024-300x300.jpg) | Goddard, EileenArea: Hindu Traditions; Comparative Indian Philosophy; Sanskrit literature & poetics; Bhakti; Gender and Sexuality; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition | eileengoddard@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG-8522-Original-219x300.jpg) | Hahn, Jennifer LoisArea: Religions in North America and Cognitive Science of Religion | jhahn@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5881-scaled-e1698079123248-190x300.jpg) | Hale, ElizArea: Religion in North America, Islamic Studies, Psychology of Religion | ehale@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot-copy-153x300.jpg) | Hamburger, MiriamArea: Indigenous Religion(s), Repatriation, Secularity, Materiality | miriamhamburger@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot2023-200x300.jpg) | Hanlon, EmmaArea: American Religion, Secularism, Political Economy | ehanlon@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/ghanshaw_profile-266x300.jpg) | Hanshaw, GraceArea: Religion and the Environment, Indigenous Religions, Understanding Life and Death in the climate crisis | gracehanshaw@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Foto-pequea-cabello-largo-300x288.jpg) | Hawley Suárez, AbrahamArea: Religion and the Secular in Latin America; Church-State Relations in Modern Mexico; Religion and the Public Sphere; Sociology of Religion. | ahawleysuarez@ucsb.edu | | Hickman, MitchelArea: Philosophy and Religion, Philosophy of Technology, Virtuality, Religion and Video Games | mitchelehickman@ucsb.edu | | Johnson, Mason | mason_johnson@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/fullsizeoutput_66d-235x300.jpeg) | Kang, Samantha L. C.Area: Continental Philosophy and Religion; Nostalgia | samanthakang@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_7082-263x300.jpg) | Kaplan, KyleArea: Buddhist Studies, Medieval Chinese Religion | kylekaplan@ucsb.edu | | Kestenbaum, SamArea: Religions in North America | kestenbaum@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022-dept-profile-pic-284x300.jpg) | King, ShelbyArea: Religion in North America, New Religious Movements, Religion and Popular Culture, History of Religions, Secrecy and Religion in the Cold War | sking@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-01-13-at-12.54.01-PM-285x300.png) | Knight, KolbyArea: Religions in North America; Catholic Studies; Religion, Visual Culture, and Economy | kknight@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1198_sRGB-300x275.jpg) | Kodani, MayumiArea: Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism, Tibetan translation | mayumi@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3039-e1605158981144-286x300.jpeg) | Lambelet, PatrickArea: Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist ethics | pglambelet@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1819-291x300.jpg) | Lanahan-Kalish, DamianArea: American Religion, New Religious Movements, Science Fiction and Religion, Invented Religions | damian@umail.ucsb.edu | | Mansouri, Soodeh | soodehmansouri@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8631-300x287.jpg) | Mondragón, DeloresArea: Native American & Indigenous Religious Traditions | mondragon@umail.ucsb.edu | | Papoliyazdi, Ali | alipapoliyazdi@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahaj-Parikh-Profile-Picture-2023-225x300.jpg) | Parikh, SahajArea: History of Religions, South Asian Religions, Hindu Traditions, Bhakti Traditions, Vernacular Bhakti Traditions, Lived Religious Traditions | sahajparikh@ucsb.edu | | Ramsurat, Sarita | | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/YPR_2888_cropped-300x298.jpg) | Runkevich, YevgeniyArea: Archaeology in the study of early Christianity and other ancient Mediterranean religions; New Testament and the Book of Revelation; mobility, migration, and diasporas in the Roman Empire | runkevich@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/21730909_10159332325915710_4422618855791623131_n-300x300.jpg) | Sibley, CollinArea: Modern South Asian Religion, Tamil Religion, Caste, Ethnicity and Race, Dravidian Social Movements | cmsibley@umail.ucsb.edu | | Sikandar, Sarah | | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2978-225x300.jpeg) | Smith, MacyArea: American Religion, Religion and Reality TV, Religious Influencers | macymsmith@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9881-2-227x300.jpg) | Snediker, TimothyArea: Philosophy of Religion | tsnediker@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2595-239x300.jpg) | Snell, LauraArea: Religion of the Americas/Japanese American Religion; Shinto in the United States, secularism, space/place, visual and material culture, transpacific | laurasnell@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/E7714CEF-26B4-45A8-824D-6A7CC32B6F32-300x225.jpeg) | Solakoglu, EnesArea: Anthropology of Religion, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Legal Studies | enessolakoglu@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/8B304DD1-49E0-49C3-B2F7-99F454999AB5-225x300.jpeg) | Spadafora, NealArea: Continental Philosophy, History and Theory of Mystical Literatures, Political Theology | nealspadafora@ucsb.edu | | Stephen, ShakirArea: Religions in North America, Secularism, Christianity in the US, Religion and Science | shakirstephen@ucsb.edu | | Stephenson, JacksonArea: South Asian Religions, Esoteric Buddhism, Tantra, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Sociolinguistics | jbj@ucsb.edu | | Thonnart, Morgane | m_thonnart@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/dec2020-AAR-scaled-e1615976546677-268x300.jpg) | Toribio, ShannonArea: Asian American Religion, Southeast Asian Religion, New Religious Movements, Mystic Traditions, Material Religion, Transnationalism | shannon_toribio@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/profile-pic-copy-272x300.jpg) | Veeck, SarahArea: Religion in contemporary China, Popular religion, Religion and economy | sveeck@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/watsapp-264x300.jpg) | Vyas, MaharshiArea: Hinduism, South Asia, Subaltern Studies, Anthropology of Religion | mvyas@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ban_Zhao2-169x300.jpg) | Westland, IsadoraArea: Chinese Religion | isadoraw@ucsb.edu | | Whitesides, Kevin | kevinwhitesides@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/UG-Daniel-Zimmerman-261x300.jpg) | Zimmerman, DanielArea: Early Christianity, Late Antique Christianity, New Testament Literature, Nag Hammadi Literature | dszimmerman@umail.ucsb.edu |