![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/albanese.png) | Albanese, Catherine L.J.F. Rowny Distinguished Professor Emerita in Comparative ReligionsArea: American Religious History | |
![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jose-Cabezon-small.jpg) | Cabezón, JoséDistinguished Professor EmeritusDalai Lama Professor EmeritusArea: Tibetan Buddhist Studies | jcabezon@religion.ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/friedland.png) | Friedland, Roger O.Professor Emeritus of Religious StudiesArea: Sociology of Religion | | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Richard-Hecht-194x300.jpg) | Hecht, RichardProfessor Emeritus of Religious StudiesArea: Hebrew Judaic Studies, History of Religion | ariel@religion.ucsb.edu | | Pearson, Birger A.Emeritus Professor of Religious StudiesPh.D., Harvard UniversityArea: Early Christianity and Gnosticism | | | Powell, WilliamEmeritus Professor of Religious Studies & Research ProfessorArea: Chinese Religious Studies | | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4969-cropped-JPG-220x300.jpg) | Taves, AnnResearch ProfessorDistinguished Professor (Emerita)Area: Scientific Worldview Studies; Experience and Mind; Theory and Method | anntaves@ucsb.edu | ![](https://religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/dgw-headshot-for-consulate--300x300.png) | White, DavidDistinguished Emeritus ProfessorJ. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative ReligionArea: South Asian Religions; Connected Histories of Eurasian Religions | white@religion.ucsb.edu |