Left to Right: Margaret Cormack, Zeff Bjerken, Renee Jones, Louise Doire, Lee Irwin,
John Huddlestun, Elijah Siegler, June McDaniel, Eric Thomas

Picture taken by Natasha Rorrer.

The Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston:

RELIGIOUS STUDIES FACULTY

Bjerken, Zeff, PhD, University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Buddhism, Tibetan religions, Asian religious syncretism, Theory & Method in Religious Studies
4B Glebe St., Rm. 202; 843-953-7156; E-mail: bjerken@cofc.edu

Cormack, Margaret, PhD, Yale University, Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Christianity, Scandinavian religion and mythology
4A Glebe St., Rm 102; 843-953-8033; E-mail: cormackm@cofc.edu

Huddlestun, John R., PhD, University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Egyptology, Judaica
4B Glebe St, Rm 203; 843-953-4996; E-mail: huddlestunj@cofc.edu

Irwin, Lee, PhD, Indiana University, Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Native American Religions, Western Esotericism & Comparative Spirituality, Theory & Method in Religion
4B Glebe St, Rm 201; 843-953-8034; E-mail: irwinl@cofc.edu

McDaniel, June, PhD, University of Chicago, Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Religions of India, Mysticism and Religious Experience, Women and Religion, World Religions
4A Glebe St., Rm. 101; 843-953-5956; E-mail: mcdanielj@cofc.edu

Siegler, Elijah, PhD, University of Santa Barbara, California, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: American religions, Daoism in North America, New Religious Movements, Religion and popular culture
4C Glebe St., Rm. 103; 843-953-3910; E-mail: sieglere@cofc.edu

Thomas, Eric, PhD, Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: American Religious history, Religion and Science, African American religions
4B Glebe St. Rm 206; 843-953-3911; E-mail: thomase@cofc.edu

Doire, Louise, MDiv, Harvard University, Instructor in Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Christianity, Religion and Ethics, Feminist theory and Religion
4A Glebe St. Rm 104; 843-953-5939; E-mail: doirel@cofc.edu

Adjunct Professor

Bossman, David, PhD Saint Louis University, Summer Adjunct in Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Bible, Religion and Ethics, Religious Pluralism; E-mail: bossmand@cofc.edu

Aghapour, Andrew, M.Phil Cambridge University, Summer Adjunct in Religious Studies
Field of Specialization: Religion and Science, Philosophy of Religion, Religion and Culture; E-mail: AghapourA@cofc.edu
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Associated Faculty in other departments at the College

Boucher, Christophe, PhD University of Kansas, Associate Professor of History
Field of Specialization: Native American history

Coseru, Christian, PhD Australian National University, Assistant Professor in Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Buddhist and Asian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Hermeneutics

Hough, Sheridan, PhD University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Continental Philosophy (Nietzsche and Kierkegaard), feminist philosophy

Krasnoff, Larry, PhD Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor in Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: moral philosophy, Judaism

Perlmutter, Martin, PhD University of Illinois, Professor of Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Jewish thought

Poole, W. Scott, PhD, University of Mississippi, Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Carolina Low Country Program.
Field of Specialization: Religion in the South

Rashford, John, PhD, City University of New York, Professor of Anthropology.
Field of Specialization: Anthropology of religion

Shanes, Joshua, PhD University of Wisconsin
Field of Specialization: Jewish mysticism, Zionism and modern Jewish history