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Religious Studies Faculty

Chair

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
David Maldonado Rivera Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise History of Christianity, Religions in Late Antiquity	Campus Address O'Connor House 107 Phone Number (740) 427-5059 Email maldonadorivera1@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Latino/a Studies

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Joy Brennan Associate Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Buddhist philosophy and psychology, Yogacara, Zen Buddhism	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5290 Email brennanj@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Asian and Middle East Studies
Krista Dalton Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies, Religions in Late Antiquity, Women's and Gender Studies	Campus Address O'Connor House 207 Phone Number (740) 427-5352 Email dalton1@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Women's & Gender Studies
Spencer Dew Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Religion and law, religion and race, religion and literature	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5368 Email dew1@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies
Ennis Edmonds Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion and Caribbean society and culture.	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5726 Email edmondse@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies American Studies International Studies African Diaspora Studies
Jud Murray Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Chinese religions, early Chinese thought, comparative thought and religions	Campus Address O'Connor House 205 Phone Number (740) 427-5275 Email murray6@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Asian and Middle East Studies
Vernon Schubel Professor of Religious Studies	Campus Address Ascension Hall 001 Phone Number (740) 427-5801 Email schubel@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies International Studies Islamic Civilizations and Cultures Asian and Middle East Studies

Emeriti

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Joseph Adler Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Religious Studies Areas of Expertise Chinese religions, Neo-Confucianism	Campus Email adlerj@kenyon.edu	Asian and Middle East Studies Religious Studies International Studies Environmental Studies
Miriam Dean-Otting Professor Emerita of Religious Studies	Campus Address English Cottage 006 Phone Number (740) 427-5655 Email deanotting@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Environmental Studies
Royal Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Newman Advisor	Campus Address Treleaven House 102 Phone Number (740) 427-5330 Email rhodesr@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Office of Spiritual & Religious Life
Mary Suydam Assistant Professor Emerita of Religious Studies	Campus Email suydam@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies Women's & Gender Studies