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Education Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago B.A., Northwestern University Teaching Interests I teach history for the same reasons that I was drawn to study history in the first place: I want to understand the societies and civilizations of the past in order to better understand our present. In my courses I not only focus on […]

Education Ph.D. and M.A., Cornell University M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School Non-Degree Visiting Graduate Student, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem B.A., Luther College Teaching Interests Students carry assumptions about the content of religion courses that differ from those they bring to other classes.  As a teacher, I believe that disassembling and examining these assumptions are what […]

Education Ph.D. Yale University M.A. University of Pennsylvania B.A. Lafayette College Teaching Interests My teaching interests include Italian language, literature and culture.  I teach elementary-level Italian courses and a range of advanced-level courses on Italian literature and film.  Students and I explore a wide range of topics together, including Dante’s “Divine Comey,” masterpieces of Italian […]

Education Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania M.A., Ancient History, University of Cincinnati B.A., Philosophy and Classical Studies, University of Kentucky Teaching Interests My courses approach religion as an academic discipline. Whether studying Christianity or comparing traditions more broadly, I ask students to develop the skills of a scholar of religion: the capacity to observe, […]

Education Ph.D., Rutgers University M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz B.A., Bennington College Teaching Interests In my classes we learn how to use language, in writing and in conversation, by examining how accomplished writers have used language to understand, explore, question and depict realities, both familiar and unfamiliar. My teaching repertory includes courses in modern […]

Education Ph.D. (ABD), University of Chicago M.Phil., University College Dublin, National University of Ireland B.A., McGill University Teaching Interests I teach courses about Islam and Muslims, and broader comparative courses in which we think about what religion is and what its impact is on our world. Approaching religion academically, we work in class to acknowledge […]