Left to Right: Eric Thomas, John Huddlestun, Elijah Siegler, Lee Irwin, June McDaniel, Margaret Cormack,
Louise Doire, Zeff Bjerken. Picture taken by Christian Coseru.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES FACULTY
The Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston:
Bjerken, Zeff, PhD, University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Buddhism, Tibetan religions, Asian religious syncretism, Theory & Method in Religious Studies
4B Glebe St., Rm. 202; 843-953-7156; E-mail: bjerken@cofc.edu
Cormack, Margaret, PhD, Yale University, Associate Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Christianity, Scandinavian religion and mythology
4A Glebe St., Rm 102; 843-953-8033; E-mail: cormackm@cofc.edu
Huddlestun, John R., PhD, University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Egyptology, Judaica
4B Glebe St, Rm 203; 843-953-4996; E-mail: huddlestunj@cofc.edu
Irwin, Lee, PhD, Indiana University, Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of specialization: Native American Religions, Western Esotericism & Comparative Spirituality, Theory & Method in Religion
4B Glebe St, Rm 201; 843-953-8034; E-mail: irwinl@cofc.edu
McDaniel, June, PhD, University of Chicago, Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Religions of India, Mysticism and Religious Experience, Women and Religion, World Religions
4A Glebe St., Rm. 101; 843-953-5956; E-mail: mcdanielj@cofc.edu
Siegler, Elijah, PhD, University of Santa Barbara, California, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: American religions, Daoism in North America, New Religious Movements, Religion and popular culture
4C Glebe St., Rm. 103; 843-953-3910; E-mail: sieglere@cofc.edu
Thomas, Eric, PhD, Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: American Religious history, Religion and Science, African American religions
4B Glebe St. Rm 206; 843-953-3911; E-mail: thomase@cofc.edu
Visiting Lecturers and Adjunct Professors
Bossman, David, PhD Saint Louis University, Summer Adjunct in Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Bible, Religion and Ethics, Religious Pluralism; E-mail: bossmand@cofc.edu
Doire, Louise, MDiv, Harvard University, Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies.
Field of Specialization: Christianity, Religion and Ethics, Feminist theory and Religion
4A Glebe St. Rm 104; 843-953-5939; E-mail: doirel@cofc.edu
Associated Faculty in other departments at the College
Boucher, Christophe, PhD University of Kansas, Associate Professor of History
Field of Specialization: Native American history
Coseru, Christian, PhD Australian National University, Assistant Professor in Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Buddhist and Asian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Hermeneutics
Hough, Sheridan, PhD University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Continental Philosophy (Nietzsche and Kierkegaard), feminist philosophy
Krasnoff, Larry, PhD Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor in Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: moral philosophy, Judaism
Perlmutter, Martin, PhD University of Illinois, Professor of Philosophy.
Field of Specialization: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Jewish thought
Poole, W. Scott, PhD, University of Mississippi, Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Carolina Low Country Program.
Field of Specialization: Religion in the South
Rashford, John, PhD, City University of New York, Professor of Anthropology.
Field of Specialization: Anthropology of religion
Shanes, Joshua, PhD University of Wisconsin
Field of Specialization: Jewish mysticism, Zionism and modern Jewish history