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Chico, CA 95929-0125
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Religious Studies

College of Humanities and Fine Arts
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5351)

Religious Studies
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5661)

James Anderson, Lecturer, Religious Studies
EdD, Harvard University
Religion and education, religion and global issues
530-898-5662
JAnderson@csuchico.edu

Marcia L. Bryant, Lecturer Humanities Program
PhD, University of Iowa
18th century British literature, prosefiction, travel literature
530-898-5263
MBryant@csuchico.edu

Rubbi Julie Hilton Danan, Lecturer, Religious Studies
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Modern Jewish studies, Rathnic literature, Judaism
530-898-5108
JDanan@csuchico.edu

Michelle DeBeixedon, Lecturer, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Religion and society/ women and religion
530-872-8336
MDebeixedon@csuchico.edu

Andrew M. Flescher, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Brown University
Contemporary Religious thought, Ethics
530-898-5534
AFlescher@csuchico.edu

Bruce Grelle, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Religion in schools, interfaith dialogue, religion and politics, ethics and society
530-898-4739
BGrelle@csuchico.edu

Donald Heinz, Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Religion in public life, death and dying, ethics, sociology of religion
530-898-5351
DHeinz@csuchico.edu

Shigeo Kanda, Professor, Religious Studies,
PhD, Claremont
religion and minorities, Buddhism, Japanese religious history, New Testament studies
530-898-5108
SKanda@csuchico.edu

Patricia M. Lennon, Lecturer, Religious Studies
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington
American religious history, Catholicism, religion and sexuality, women and religion
530-898-5661
PLennon@csuchico.edu

Loren Lybarger, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Islam, modern Islamist movements, religion and social theory, religion and nationalism
530-898-4165
LLybarger@csuchico.edu

Kate McCarthy, Associate Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
feminism; women, and religion; interfaith relations
530-898-4485
KMcCarthy@csuchico.edu

Sarah Pike, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
MA, Indiana University
Women and religion, new religious movements, adolescents and religion
530-898-6341
SPike@csuchico.edu

Daniel Veidlinger, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Hinduism, Buddhism, history of writing
530-898-4637
DVeidlinger@csuchico.edu

George Williams, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Iowa
Hinduism, Japanese Buddhists, Transylvania
530-898-5860
GWilliams@csuchico.edu

Jed Wyrick, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, Harvard University
Judaism, biblical interpretation, classics comparative literature, history of ideas
530-898-5860
JWyrick@csuchico.edu

Joel Zimbelman, Professor, Religious Studies
PhD, University of Virginia
ethics, humanities, comparative religion
530-898-4741
JZimbelman@csuchico.edu


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