Our People

Cassie Adcock

• Director of Undergraduate Studies in History
• Associate Professor of History and South Asian Studies

• E-mail: cadcock@wustl.edu

Wendy Love Anderson

• Assistant Director of Academic Programs

• E-mail: andersonwl@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9523

Sarah Baitzel

• ​Assistant Professor of Archaeology

• E-mail: sbaitzel@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5252

Pamela Barmash​​

• Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew

• E-mail: pbarmash@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7156

Anna F. Bialek

• Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics

• E-mail: abialek@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8677

​Daniel Bornstein

• ​Professor of History and Religious Studies
• Department of History Study Abroad Advisor

• E-mail: dbornste@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7279

​John Bowen

• Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: jbowen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5680

​Pascal Boyer

• Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Psychology​

• E-mail: pboyer@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4739

​Eric Brown

• ​Associate Professor of Philosophy

• E-mail: eabrown@wustl.edu

​Geoff Childs

• ​Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: gchilds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9429

Carl Conrad

• Associate Professor Emeritus

• E-mail: cwconrad@wustl.edu

Cassidy Cooley

• Administrative & Academic Coordinator

• E-mail: religiousstudies@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8677

​Beata Grant​

• ​Professor Emerita of Chinese and Religious Studies

• E-mail: bgrant@wustl.edu

Rhiannon Graybill

• Assistant Dean and Academic Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences
• Lecturer in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Religious Studies

• E-mail: graybill@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6800

​R. Marie Griffith

• ​Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics

• E-mail: mgriffith@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9345

​Martin Jacobs

• ​Professor of Rabbinic Studies

• E-mail: mjacobs@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4891

Lance Jenott

• Senior Lecturer in Classics and Religious Studies

• E-mail: jenott@wustl.edu

Christine Johnson

• ​Associate Professor of History

• E-mail: cjohns@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7881

​Hillel J. Kieval

• Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
• Professor of History

• E-mail: hkieval@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5461

Stephanie Kirk

• Director of the Center for the Humanities
• Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

• E-mail: skirk@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5175

Elena V. Kravchenko

• Lecturer in Religious Studies

• E-mail: e.v.kravchenko@wustl.edu
• Phone: (314) 935-8488

Jonathan Kvanvig

• Professor of Philosophy

• E-mail: jkvanvig@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3721

​David Lawton

• Professor Emeritus of English​

• E-mail: dalawton@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4407

Rebecca​ Lester

• Chair and Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: rjlester@wustl.edu

Joe Loewenstein

• Professor of English​
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities

• E-mail: jfloewen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4404

​Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

• Interim Vice Provost of Graduate Education

• E-mail: maffly-kipp@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8901

Erin McGlothlin

• Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
• Professor of German and Jewish Studies

• E-mail: mcglothlin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7747

​Aria Nakissa​

• Director of Graduate Studies in Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
• ​Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology

• E-mail: arianakissa@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6162

James Fitzgerald Poag

• Professor Emeritus

• E-mail: jfpoag@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5106

​Nancy Reynolds​

• ​Associate Professor of History, of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate), and of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: nreynolds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4167

Michael Schaefer

• History & Religious Studies Librarian

• E-mail: michaelschaefer@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7365

​Leigh Schmidt​

• E-mail: leigh.e.schmidt@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3952

​Michael Sherberg​

• Professor of Italian

• E-mail: sherberg@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5175

​Mark Valeri​

• Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics
• Interim Director of Religious Studies
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Religious Studies

• E-mail: mvaleri@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9367

​Abram Van Engen

• Dean’s Fellow for Educational Innovations and Initiatives
• Chair and Professor of English Professor of Religion and Politics (by courtesy) Pronouns: he/him/his

• E-mail: vanengen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4403

​Hayrettin Yücesoy

• Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies​
• Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, History (Affiliate), and Global Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies Study Abroad Advisor for Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

• E-mail: yucesoy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4325