Full Time Faculty
Eric Bain-Selbo
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Comparative religion, methodology, religious ethics, religion and popular culture
Professor, Department Head
Cherry Hall 300C
(270) 745-5744
E-Mail: Eric.Bain-Selbo@wku.edu
Web: http://works.bepress.com/eric_bain_selbo
Paul Fischer
Ph.D., University of Chicago
East Asian languages and civilizations
Assistant Professor
Cherry Hall 321
(270) 745-5758
E-Mail: Paul.Fischer@wku.edu
Web: http://people.wku.edu/paul.fischer/home.html
Ingrid Lilly
Ph.D., Emory University
Hebrew, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, women and religion
Assistant Professor
Cherry Hall 319B
(270) 745-5755
E-Mail: Ingrid.Lilly@wku.edu
Web: http://works.bepress.com/ingrid_lilly/
Bella Mukonyora
Ph.D., University of Oxford
Early and Modern Christian Thought, African Religions and Postcolonial Theologies
Associate Professor
Cherry Hall 319A
(270) 745-5754
E-Mail: Bella.Mukonyora@wku.edu
Web: http://works.bepress.com/isabel_mukonyora
Jeffrey Samuels
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Theravada Buddhism, South Asian religions, history of religions, religion and culture
Associate Professor
Cherry Hall 314
(270) 745-5748
E-Mail: Jeffrey.Samuels@wku.edu
Web: www.wku.edu/~jeffrey.samuels
Lawrence Snyder, Jr.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
American religious history, religion and contemporary culture, religious pluralism, Western Christianity
Associate Professor
Fine Arts Center 200
(270) 745-2344
E-Mail: Lawrence.Snyder@wku.edu
Joseph Trafton
Ph.D., Duke University
New Testament, Greek, Second Temple Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls
University Distinguished Professor
Cherry Hall 308
(270) 745-5750
E-Mail: Joseph.Trafton@wku.edu
Web: http://works.bepress.com/joseph_trafton/
Nahed Zehr
Ph.D., Florida State University
Islam, Religious Ethics
Cherry Hall 314
(270) 745-5752
E-Mail: Nahed.Zehr@wku.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Elizabeth Gish
Assistant Professor in the Honors College
American evangelicalism, feminist/sexual ethics, New Testament
Garrett Conference Center 119
(270) 745-5155
E-Mail: elizabeth.gish@wku.edu
Beth Plummer
Associate Professor in History
Renaissance and Reformation Europe
Cherry Hall 223B
(270) 745-5739
E-Mail: beth.plummer@wku.edu
Tamara Van Dyken
Assistant Professor in History
History of Religion in America
Cherry Hall 230C
(270) 745-2994
E-mail: tamara.vandyken@wku.edu
Transitional Retirees
Alan Anderson
Professor, Transitional Retiree
Cherry Hall 317
(270) 745-3136
E-Mail: Alan.Anderson@wku.edu
Web: www.wku.edu/~alan.anderson/
Part-time Instructors
Stephen Kershner
Instructor, Latin
E-mail: Stephen.Kershner@wku.edu
Ryan Korstange
Instructor, Biblical Studies
E-mail: ryan.korstange@wku.edu
Professor Emeriti
Margaret Curtis
Professor Emeritus
E-Mail: Margaret.Curtis@wku.edu
John Long
Associate Professor
Cherry Hall 318B
(270) 745-5733
E-mail: John.Long@wku.edu
Ronald Veenker
Professor Emeritus
E-Mail: Ronald.Veenker@wku.edu
Staff
Paula Williams
Office Associate
Cherry Hall 300A
(270) 745-3137
E-Mail: Paula.Williams@wku.edu
