Name (Last, First) Email
Agha Kalsoum,
Maha
Area: Islamic Studies; Women in Islamic law
m_aghakalsoum@ucsb.edu
Albert,
Amber
Area: American Religions; Death and Dying; Religion and Gender
amberalbert@ucsb.edu
Amidi,
Kassra
Area: Near & Middle Eastern Traditions, Iranian Languages
kamidi@ucsb.edu
Armine-Klein,
Zak
zarmine-klein@ucsb.edu
Asano,
Momoka
Area: Christianity in Japan; Materiality, Images
momoka@ucsb.edu
Bacon,
Sarah
sarahbacon@ucsb.edu
Ballmes,
Victoria
vballmes@umail.ucsb.edu
Baoagudamu,
Uudam
Area: Tibetan Buddhism; Mongolian Buddhism; Transregional Buddhism; Tibet-Mongol Interface in the late imperial period.
uudam@ucsb.edu
Bhandara,
Zerkxis
Area: Zoroastrian Studies; Diaspora; Decolonization; Rituals and Liturgy
zerkxis@ucsb.edu
Bussières,
Bastien
Area: New Religious Movements, Contemporary Satanism, Reproductive Rights
bbussieres@ucsb.edu
Carpinteri,
Mariangela
Area: Japanese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto. Religion and Ecology
m_carpinteri@umail.ucsb.edu
Cooper,
Kelsey
Area: Religion and Politics in Brazil; Queer and Trans Studies in Religion; Ethnography; Afro-Diasporic Religions; Latin American Christianity
kelseycooper@ucsb.edu
Dawadi,
Jyohomson
Area: Comparative Religion, Hindu Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy
jyohomson@ucsb.edu
Deslippe,
Philip
Area: Religions in North America, Asian American Religions, New Religious Movements
pdeslippe@ucsb.edu
Deta,
Krisharyanto Umbu
Area: Indigenous religions, ecology, religious freedom, Indonesia
k_deta@ucsb.edu
Ellerton,
David
Area: Buddhist Studies, Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Prophecy, Buddhist Theories of Mind
davidellerton@umail.ucsb.edu
Fredrickson,
Nathan
Area: 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
t_fujihara@ucsb.edu
Gahvareband,
Marzieh
Area: Islam, women’s movement, gender-based violence, Middle East
Mgahvarband@ucsb.edu
Goddard,
Eileen
Area: Hindu Traditions; Comparative Indian Philosophy; Sanskrit literature & poetics; Bhakti; Gender and Sexuality; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition
eileengoddard@umail.ucsb.edu
Hale,
Eliz
Area: Religion in North America, Islamic Studies, Psychology of Religion
ehale@ucsb.edu
Hamburger,
Miriam
Area: Indigenous Religion(s), Repatriation, Secularity, Materiality
miriamhamburger@ucsb.edu
Hanlon,
Emma
Area: American Religion, Secularism, Political Economy
ehanlon@ucsb.edu
Hawley Suárez,
Abraham
Area: Religion and the Secular in Latin America; Secularism in Mexico; Religion and Public Sphere; Sociology of Religion.
ahawleysuarez@ucsb.edu
Hickman,
Mitchel
Area: Philosophy and Religion, Philosophy and Technology, Virtuality, Religion and Video Games
mitchelehickman@ucsb.edu
Horner,
William
Johnson,
Mason
mason_johnson@umail.ucsb.edu
Kang,
Samantha L. C.
Area: Continental Philosophy and Religion; Nostalgia
samanthakang@ucsb.edu
Kaplan,
Kyle
Area: Buddhist Studies, Medieval Chinese Religion
kylekaplan@ucsb.edu
Kestenbaum,
Sam
Area: Religions in North America
kestenbaum@ucsb.edu
Medina,
Rubia
Area: Islam, Sufism, Women in Islam, American Religions, Arabic
rubiamedina@ucsb.edu
Mitruev,
Bembya
Area: Buddhist Studies, Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist tantra
bmitruev@ucsb.edu
Mondragón,
Delores
Area: Native American & Indigenous Religious Traditions
mondragon@umail.ucsb.edu
Pan,
Jingzhi
Area: Confucianism, Women's Studies, Spirituality, Religious practice in everyday life
jingzhi_pan@ucsb.edu
Papoliyazdi,
Ali
alipapoliyazdi@umail.ucsb.edu
Parikh,
Sahaj
Area: History of Religions, South Asian Religions, Hindu Traditions, Bhakti Traditions, Vernacular Bhakti Traditions, Lived Religious Traditions
sahajparikh@ucsb.edu
Parker,
Jacques
Area: North American religion, cults and NRMs, anti-cultism, metaphysical religion
jacquesparker@ucsb.edu
Ramsurat,
Sarita
Runkevich,
Yevgeniy
Area: Archaeology in the study of early Christianity and other ancient Mediterranean religions; New Testament and the Book of Revelation; migrations and religion
runkevich@umail.ucsb.edu
Sibley,
Collin
Area: Modern South Asian Religion, Tamil Religion, Caste, Ethnicity and Race, Dravidian Social Movements
cmsibley@umail.ucsb.edu
Smith,
Macy
Area: American Religion, Religion and Reality TV, Religious Influencers
macymsmith@umail.ucsb.edu
Snell,
Laura
Area: Religion of the Americas/East Asian Religion/Japanese American Religion; Shinto in the United States, secularism, space/place, visual and material culture, transpacific
laurasnell@ucsb.edu
Solakoglu,
Enes
Area: Anthropology of Religion, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Legal Studies, Restorative Justice
enessolakoglu@ucsb.edu
Stephen,
Shakir
Area: Secularism, American Christianity, Religion and Science, Nonreligion
shakirstephen@ucsb.edu
Stephenson,
Jackson
Area: South Asian Religions, Esoteric Buddhism, Tantra, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Sociolinguistics
jbj@ucsb.edu
Toribio,
Shannon
Area: Asian American Religion, Southeast Asian Religion, New Religious Movements, Mystic Traditions, Material Religion, Transnationalism
shannon_toribio@ucsb.edu
Torres,
Lizbeth
Area: Witchcraft in Latin America; Ethnography; Afro-Diasporic Religions; Santa Muerte; Cultural Diversity and Syncretism
lat@ucsb.edu
Tugwell,
Patrick
Area: Religions of the Americas
patricktugwell@ucsb.edu
Vyas,
Maharshi
Area: Hinduism, South Asia, Subaltern Studies, Anthropology of Religion
mvyas@umail.ucsb.edu
Wallin,
Terra Sage
Area: Indigenous Philosophies, American Christianity and Culture, Religion and Environment, Language and Culture, Environmental Humanities
terrawallin@ucsb.edu
Westland,
Isadora
Area: Chinese Religion
isadoraw@ucsb.edu
Whitesides,
Kevin
kevinwhitesides@umail.ucsb.edu
Zabel,
Rob
Area: Sanskrit Literature, Bhakti, Tantra, Asceticism
zabel@ucsb.edu
Zimmerman,
Daniel
Area: Early Christianity, Late Antique Christianity, New Testament Literature, Nag Hammadi Literature
dszimmerman@umail.ucsb.edu