Associate Professor of Religion
171 Church Street
860-685-2289

Associate Professor, African American Studies
860-685-2289

Associate Professor, American Studies
860-685-2289

Chair, Religion Department
860-685-2289

emcalister@wesleyan.edu

BA Vassar College
MA Yale University
MA Yale University
MPHIL Yale University
PHD Yale University

Personal Homepage:
http://emcalister.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  by appointment

Research Interests:

Associate Professor of Religion Elizabeth McAlister is a specialist in the study of African-based religions in the Americas, with a particular focus on Haiti. Her work addresses the broader issues of religion and the social construction of race. She is the author of Rara! Vodou, Power and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora (University of California Press, 2002).

Publications:
http://emcalister.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Professor of Religion
Religious Studies Center 208
860-685-2299

rcameron@wesleyan.edu

BA Western Kentucky Uni
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Harvard University

RELI212 - 01
Introduction to New Testament

RELI215 - 01
Early Christianity

RELI151 - 01
Introduction to Religion

RELI240 - 01
Religion in the Roman Empire

Personal Homepage:
http://rcameron.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  On leave

MA Yale University
MPHIL Yale University
MT Harvard University

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  Thursday 4:00-5:00 & by appointment

Professor of Religion
171 Church Street
860-685-2293

pgottschalk@wesleyan.edu

BA College of the Holy Cross
MA Univ of Wisconsin Fond Du Lac
PHD University of Chicago

RELI151 - 01
Introduction to Religion

RELI151 - 02
Introduction to Religion

RELI381 - 01
Religions Resist Modernity

RELI221 - 01
Islam and Muslim Cultures

RELI221 - 02
Islam and Muslim Cultures

Personal Homepage:
http://pgottschalk.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  Tuesday 2:00-3:00, Thursday 10:30-11:30 & by appointment

Research Interests:

- Hindu-Muslim relations in contemporary India. - British ways of knowing India, Indians, and their religions. - American perceptions of Muslims and Islam.

Scholarly Keywords:

Hindu and Muslim cultures of India

Academic Associations:

American Academy of Religion South Asia Muslim Studies Association

Grants:

- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Grant - (2004-2005). - Mellon New Initiative Grant - (2004-2006).

- co-author with Gabriel Greenberg of Islamophobia: Muslims and Islam in American Political Cartoons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) co-editor with Mathew N. Schmalz of Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations, and Resistances (SUNY, forthcoming) - co-designer with Mathew N. Schmalz of A Virtual Village (http:virtualvillage.wesleyan.edu) - author of Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India (Oxford, 2000)

BA Hebrew University
MA Hebrew University

HEBR101 - 01
Elementary Hebrew

HEBR201 - 01
Intermediate Hebrew

HEBR211 - 01
Hebrew Literature

HEBR102 - 01
Elementary Hebrew

HEBR202 - 01
Intermediate Hebrew

Personal Homepage:
http://dkatz01.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Spring 2013: Monday & Wednesday: 12:00-1:00 & by appointment

BA University of Chicago
MA Columbia University
PHD University of Chicago

RELI239 - 01
Shamanism

RELI270 - 01
Magical Money

RELI151 - 01
Introduction to Religion

RELI395 - 01
The Anthropology of Religion

Office Hours:

Spring 2013: Tuesday 10:00-12:00, Wednesday 1:00-3:00, & by appointment

Associate Professor of Religion
Religious Studies Center 212
860-685-3594

Associate Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
860-685-3594

mrubenstein@wesleyan.edu

BA Williams College
MA Columbia University
MPHIL Columbia University
MPHIL Cambridge University
PHD Columbia University

RELI292 - 01
Reason and Revelation

RELI292 - 02
Reason and Revelation

RELI302 - 01
Parable and Paradox

RELI398 - 01
Majors Colloquium

Personal Homepage:
http://mrubenstein.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  On sabbatical

BA University of Chicago
PHD Harvard University

RELI201 - 01
Intro to the Hebrew Bible

RELI233 - 01
Jewish Cultures, Jewish Canons

RELI286 - 01
The Examined Life

RELI372 - 01
Jewish Politics, Jewish Power

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-10:00 & by appointment

AB Brown University
MT Harvard Divinity School

Office Hours:

Spring 2013:  Monday & Wednesday 11:00-12:30 & by appointment

Professor of Religion
Religious Studies Center 207
860-685-2298

Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-2298

jwillis@wesleyan.edu

BA Cornell University
MA Columbia University
PHD Columbia University

Personal Homepage:
http://jwillis.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:

Retired

http://www.janwillis.net

Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus

eklaaren@wesleyan.edu

BA Hope College
BD Western Theological Seminary
MA Emory University
PHD Harvard University

Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/religion/klaaren.htm

Office Hours:
Prof. Klaaren is retired.

BA
BD University of Chicago
MA University of Chicago
PHD University of Chicago

BA Dartmouth College
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University

Lecturer, CPE

Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus

jzwelling@wesleyan.edu

BA Columbia University
MA Brandeis University
PHD Brandeis University

Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/religion/zwelling.htm

Office Hours:
Retired.