Our faculty includes both our department’s core faculty and an extensive network of associated faculty in other departments, including the members of our Graduate Group.
Anthea Butler (*On leave academic year 24-25)
Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought
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Reyhan Durmaz
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
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Jamal J. Elias
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities Professor of Islamic History and Visual Culture, Director, Wolf Humanities Center, Director, Penn Forum for Global Islamic Studies
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Justin McDaniel
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Professor of the Humanities
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Megan Eaton Robb
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
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Donovan Schaefer
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Graduate Chair
he/him
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Jolyon Thomas
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Interim Department Chair
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Steven Weitzman
Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies, Religious Studies Undergraduate Chair
wsteve@sas.upenn.edu215 746-1290
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