Western Kentucky University

Religious Studies Faculty

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

 Last Modified 3/13/13