Full-time Faculty
![Aun H. Ali](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/aun_ali_website_pic.jpeg?itok=1jbppnz3)
Aun Hasan Ali
Assistant Professor
Religious Studies
![Loriliai Biernacki](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/img_01952.jpg?itok=7Q1Xqvta)
Loriliai Biernacki
Professor
Religious Studies
![Sam Boyd](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sam_boyd.cc3_.jpg?itok=TWKeae_U)
Samuel Boyd
Associate Professor • Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Religious Studies
![Brian Catlos](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/brian_catlos_2022.jpg?itok=GJ_IvkWe)
Brian A. Catlos
Professor • Director of CU Mediterranean Studies Group
Religious Studies
![Holly Gayley](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/gayley.jpg?itok=im3L0FeX)
Holly Gayley
Director of Graduate Studies • Associate Professor • Co-Director of the Tibet Himalaya Initiative
Religious Studies
![Elias Sacks](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/eli.jpg?itok=TLNUV3GL)
Elias Sacks
Associate Professor
Religious Studies
![Deborah Whitehead](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/whitehead.jpg?itok=lUhpJWfg)
Deborah Whitehead
Department Chair • Associate Professor • Religious Studies Honors Representative
Religious Studies
Instructors
Postdoctoral Fellows
![Allison Kanner-Botan](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kannerbotan300.jpg?itok=sKwstVuk)
Allison Kanner-Botan
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow for Faculty Diversity
Religious Studies
Affiliated Faculty
![Natalie Avalos](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/profile_avalos_0.jpg?itok=pCPKNbQx)
Natalie Avalos
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies • Affiliated Faculty
Religious Studies
![Photo of Prof. Nail Echchaibi](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/nabil2.jpg?itok=LHI4dZH0)
Nabil Echchaibi
Associate Professor of Media Studies • Affiliated Faculty
Religious Studies
![Photograph of Prof. Stewart Hoover](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/stewart-hoover-150x150.jpg?itok=kqIjNN9c)
Stewart M. Hoover
Professor of Media Studies, Emeritus • Affiliated Faculty
Religious Studies
In Memoriam
![David Shneer](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/david_shneer_cu_serious_0.jpg?itok=zj8ZYiET)
David Shneer (1972 - 2020)
Louis P. Singer Chair of Jewish History and Professor of History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Emeritus Faculty
![Ira Chernus](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/chernus-new.jpg?itok=dsRjuEqf)
Ira Chernus
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies
![Frederick Denny](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/denny-new.jpg?itok=iv-Y42M6)
Frederick Denny
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies
![Sam Gill](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/gill-new.jpg?itok=awEmPE0l)
Sam Gill
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies
![Terry Kleeman](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kleeman1.jpg?itok=KNnvAuyE)
Terry Kleeman
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies
![Photo Lynn Ross-Bryant](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/rossbryant.jpg?itok=rltg4aUh)
Lynn Ross-Bryant
Professor Emerita
Religious Studies
![Rodney Taylor](/rlst/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/taylor-new.jpg?itok=6tmEr7Cq)
Rodney Taylor
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies