![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/PIC-2015-123x300.jpg) | Afary, JanetProfessorMellichamp Chair in Global ReligionArea: Modern Iran; Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East | HSSB 3047
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![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/ucsb-picture.jpg) | Ahmad, Ahmad AtifProfessor | HSSB 3032
| aaahma@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Blankholm.YSAR_.Headshot.cropped-261x300.jpg) | Blankholm, JosephAssociate ProfessorArea: American Religion, Secularism and Atheism, Sociology and Anthropology of Religion | HSSB 3049 Wednesdays, 1-3pm, or by appointment | blankholm@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/zombiebetter-300x174.jpg) | Busto, RudyAssociate ProfessorDirector of Graduate StudiesArea: American Religion, Race and Religion, Religion and Science Fiction | HSSB 3082 Thursday 1-3 & by appointment | rude@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Juan-Cairo-2018-225x300.jpeg) | Campo, JuanAssociate ProfessorChair, Department of Religious StudiesArea: History of Religions (Islam), Arabic | HSSB 3044 & 3083 T/R, 11-12pm | campo@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/images.jpg) | Campo, MagdaContinuing LecturerArea: Arabic Language | HSSB 3058
| campo@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Carlson.jpg) | Carlson, ThomasProfessorFounding Director, International Center for the Humanities and Social Change, UCSBArea: Philosophy & Religion; History of Christian Thought | HSSB 3036
| tcarlson@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/head-shot-1-e1585269001590-264x300.jpg) | El Omari, RachaAssociate ProfessorArea: Arabic Islamic Studies | HSSB 3059
| elomari@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/UCSB-headshot-2022-II-200x300.jpg) | Elison, WilliamAssociate ProfessorArea: South Asian Religions, Ethnography, Visual Culture, Bollywood | HSSB 3053
| welison@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0946-300x225.jpeg) | Erdene-Ochir, "Baatra" ErdeneBaatarAssistant Adjunct ProfessorArea: Buddhist Studies | HSSB 3075 By appointment | erdenebaatar@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/aazam-300x300.jpg) | Feiz, AazamContinuing LecturerPersian Language and literatureArea: Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Developing Materials for Teaching Persian | HSSB 3054 MW 1:00-2:00 pm and by appointment | afeiz@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Garr.png) | Garr, W. RandallProfessorArea: Northwest Semitic Languages, Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East | HSSB 3050 W 11a.m. -1 p.m. | wrgarr@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/professional-photo-3-200x300.jpg) | Hegazy, WaelArea: Arabic and Islamic Studies | HSSB 3058 Monday and Wednesday 10 - 10:50 Am | wael_hegazy@umail.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/DSC00010-scaled-e1603580962904-300x245.jpg) | Hillis, GregoryContinuing LecturerArea: Tibetan and Sanskrit | HSSB 3060 MW 12-1 | ghillis@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Holdrege.png) | Holdrege, BarbaraProfessorChair, South Asian Studies CommitteeArea: South Asian Traditions and Jewish Traditions | HSSB 3034
| holdrege@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/402956154_10161454672798993_2518062184709977763_n-300x275.jpg) | Jarrett, GregoryContinuing LecturerWalter H. Capps CenterArea: Applied Ethics | HSSB 3061 Zoom 1pm-2pm Fridays. | gjarrett@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-01-15-at-1.40.20-PM-193x300.png) | Johnson, GregProfessorDirector, Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public LifeArea: Indigenous traditions, religion and law, method & theory | HSSB 3001G
| gjohnson@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kauffman-Head-Shot-214x300.jpg) | Kauffman, MitchellLecturerArea: Business Ethics & Managerial (Applied) Economics | HSSB 3065 upon request | mitchk@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/My-Picture-2a1-e1661229585290-300x216.png) | Medina, Richard W.Lecturer of Hebrew and Jewish StudiesArea: Hebrew Language, Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, Jewish Studies | HSSB 3074
| richardmedina@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/beach-walk-2-188x300.jpg) | Moore, KathleenProfessor Associate Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, Director of Legal Humanities InitiativeArea: Islamic Studies, Law and Religion, Religious Liberty, Religious Othering | HSSB 3073
| kmoore@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/8CBFFCAB-1D78-44B2-A026-711F26C38224-223x300.jpeg) | Pérez, ElizabethAssociate Professor | HSSB 3051
| eperez@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Rambelli_photo-226x300.jpg) | Rambelli, FabioProfessor (Religious Studies & East Asian Cultures)International Shinto Foundation Chair in Shinto Studies, Chair of Religious StudiesArea: Japanese religions, semiotics and materiality, music and religion, the sea and religion | HSSB 2258
| rambelli@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Dwight-PRa-290x300.jpg) | Reynolds, DwightDistinguished ProfessorArea: Arabic Language & Literature / Folklore / Ethnomusicology | HSSB 3056
| dreynold@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/dominic-9-2015-214x300.jpg) | Steavu, DominicAssociate ProfessorArea: Chinese Religions and Chinese Buddhism | HSSB 2253
| dsteavu@eastasian.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/PBKPlaceholder2-copy-179x300.jpg) | Thomas, ChristineProfessorCordano Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies, Director of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies ProgramArea: Early Christianity & Religions of the Roman Empire | HSSB 3067 Summer break | cmthomas@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/David-Walker-UCSB-196x300.jpg) | Walker, DavidAssociate ProfessorJ. F. Rowny Chair in Religion and SocietyArea: Traditions of the Americas | HSSB 3086 Wednesday 12-1 and by appointment | davidwalker@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/wallace.png) | Wallace, VesnaProfessorArea: South Asian Studies, Inner Asian Buddhism | HSSB 3045
| vwallace@religion.ucsb.edu | | Wiseman, Wendy |
| wiseman@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/wolfson-picture-225x300.jpg) | Wolfson, ElliotProfessorMarsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish StudiesArea: Jewish mysticism and philosophy; gender construction and the history of religion | HSSB 3061
| ewolfson@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Mayf-pic-249x300.jpg) | Yang, MayfairProfessor, Religious Studies DeptProfessor, Dept of East Asian Languages & Cultural StudiesArea: China: Chinese religions, environmental humanities, modernity and the state, gender, media studies | HSSB 3rd floor Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2023 | yangm@ucsb.edu |