Professor of Religion
171 Church Street
860-685-2293

Chair, Religion Department

pgottschalk@wesleyan.edu

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

RELI221 - 01
Islam and Muslim Cultures

RELI221 - 02
Islam and Muslim Cultures

RELI205 - 01
Hindu Lives

RELI259 - 01
Islam and/in the West

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

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012: </strong>M &amp;amp; TH-1:10-2:00 &amp;amp; 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 &amp;amp; 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 University of Toronto
MA University of Toronto
PHD Duke University

FGSS305 - 01
Gender and Islam

FGSS401 - 03
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

FGSS409 - 08
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RELI295 - 01
Cosmopolitan Islams

FGSS244 - 01
Gendered Transnational Movemen

FGSS410 - 07
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RELI306 - 01
Varieties of Reli. Expressions

RELI402 - 07
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

Office Hours:
RELIGION Office Hours: <strong>Spring 2012</strong> - Mon. 1:00-3:00 &amp;amp; by appointment

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

rcameron@wesleyan.edu

BA Western Kentucky University
PHD Harvard University
MAA Wesleyan University

RELI215 - 01
Early Christianity

RELI380 - 01
Mark & Christian Origins

RELI212 - 01
Introduction to New Testament

RELI398 - 01
Majors Colloquium

RELI404 - 03
Dept/Program Project or Essay

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

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012: </strong>TTH-1:00-2:00, W-4:00-5:00 &amp;amp; by appointment

BA Hampshire College
MA University of California, Santa Barbara
PHD University of California, Santa Barbara

RELI201 - 01
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

RELI479 - 01
Judaism and Race

RELI204 - 01
Judaisms

RELI484 - 01
Religion and Law in the U.S.

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012: </strong>Wednesday 3:00-5:00 &amp;amp; by appointment

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

HEBR412 - 01
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

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

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012</strong>: Monday &amp;amp; Friday: 12:00-1:00 &amp;amp; by appointment

RELI480 - 01
Buddhist Sacred Mountains

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

emcalister@wesleyan.edu

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

RELI151 - 01
Introduction to Religion

RELI151 - 02
Introduction to Religion

RELI280 - 01
Mixed Race, Religion & Memoir

RELI391 - 01
Religion and Race

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

Office Hours:
Fall 2011: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 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/

BA University of Chicago
MA Columbia University
PHD University of Chicago

RELI299 - 01
Nationalism and Religion

RELI282 - 01
Shamanism

RELI395 - 01
The Anthropology of Religion

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012</strong>: Wednesday 9:00-noon &amp;amp; by appointment

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

Affiliated Faculty
860-685-3594

mrubenstein@wesleyan.edu

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

RELI292 - 01
Reason and Revelation

RELI292 - 02
Reason and Revelation

RELI377 - 01
Worlding the World

RELI151 - 01
Introduction to Religion

RELI151 - 02
Introduction to Religion

RELI379 - 01
Christianity and Sexuality

RELI402 - 06
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

RELI404 - 05
Dept/Program Project or Essay

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

Office Hours:
<strong>Spring 2012:&amp;nbsp;</strong> Wednesday 2:45-4:45 &amp;amp; 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

RELI242 - 01
Buddhism

RELI388 - 01
Engaged Buddhism

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

Office Hours:
Fall 2011: Wednesday 3:00-5:00 &amp; by appointment

http://www.janwillis.net

Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus

eklaaren@wesleyan.edu

BA Hope College
MA Emory University
BD Western Theological Seminary
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

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.