Faculty and Staff
George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible
New Testament
Early Christianity
Stephanie Cobb teaches New Testament and early Christianity. Her current research interests focus on the interrelationship among paganism, Judaism and Christianity in the first and second centuries C.E. In particular, she works on martyrdom and perse...
Lewis T. Booker Professorship in Religion & Ethics
Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies
Ethics
Western Religious Thought
Weinstein-Rosenthal Professor of Jewish and Christian Studies
Old Testament history and thought
American Judaism
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Conceptions of the body and language in early Chinese texts
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in Islam
Islam
Islamic history
Mimi Hanaoka teaches Islam and Islamic history. Her current research interests center on the formation and articulation of Muslim identity in early Islamic Persia. More specifically, she studies local histories, dream theory, traditions of the Prophe...
Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion
Religion in Public Life
Ethics and Economics
Leadership Ethics
International Leadership
Civic Engagement
Common Good
Dr. Douglas A. Hicks is professor of leadership studies and religion. He was the founding leader for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond. He served for five years as director and then executive director before returni...
Professor, George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies
Social Justice and Immigration Policy
Religious Leadership
Popular Religion
Political Culture (Late Antiquity through Early Modern Period)
Dr. Peter I. Kaufman taught for 29 years and was a professor of history and of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the Jepson faculty in 2008. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Kaufman spec...
University Professor
History and philosophy of psychology
The social, cultural, and conceptual context and impact of psychology
The relations between psychology and other disciplines
David Leary has been University Professor at the University of Richmond since 2002. For the previous 13 years, he was Dean of Arts and Sciences at Richmond, and before that he was Professor of Psychology, History, and the Humanities at the University...
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
History of religions
Buddhism
Religions of India
Gender and Religion
Administrative Coordinator
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Interim Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Religion of the Americas