Religious Studies Faculty

Adler, William, PhD (Pennsylvania) MDiv (Yale) BA (Franklin and Marshall)
Professor of Religious Studies, Member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
Specializes in early Judaism and Christianity, with research interests in Jewish and Christian historiography.
443 Withers Hall
515-6334

Homepage: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/adler/adlerpersonal.htm
email: william_adler@ncsu.edu

Bigelow, Anna, PhD (California, Santa Barbara) MA (Columbia) BA (Smith)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Specializes in South Asian Religions, particularly Islam and inter-religious relations, shared sacred sites, conflict resolution, and religious extremism.
429 Withers Hall
515-6194
Homepage: http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/~bigelow/homepage/
email: anna_bigelow@ncsu.edu

Bivins, Jason, PhD MA (Indiana) BA (Oberlin)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Head of the Department, Member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Specializes in the religions of the United States, particularly the intersections between religion and politics since 1900.
340B Withers Hall
515-6102
email: jcbivins@unity.ncsu.edu

Cunningham, Mary Kathleen, PhD MPhil MA MDiv (Yale) BA (Carleton)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Religious Studies Honors Director, Member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
Specializes in contemporary Western religious thought, theological hermeneutics, and the history of biblical interpretation.
347 Withers Hall
515-6105
email: mk_cunningham@ncsu.edu

Harwood, Karey A., PhD (Emory) MTS (Harvard) BA (Yale)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Main areas of interest include bio-medical ethics, social ethics, feminist theory, and the sociology of religion and morality.
449 Withers Hall
515-6383
email: karey_harwood@ncsu.edu

Jain, Pankaj, PhD (Iowa) MA (Columbia) BS (Karnatak University)
Teaching Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (part time) and Foreign Languages and Literatures
Indic traditions.
204 Withers Hall
515-9307

Homepage: http://www.indicuniversity.org/

email: pjain5@ncsu.edu

Liu, David U. B., PhD (Duke) MDiv (Yale) BA (Stanford)
Teaching Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (part time)
Specializes in non-ontological metaphysics, ancient Mediterranean studies, cultural and critical theory, and biblical hermeneutics.
425 Withers Hall
515-6337
email: duliu@unity.ncsu.edu

Orcutt, Darby, MSLS MA BA (UNC Chapel Hill)
Lecturer in Religious Studies (part time) and NC State Libraries Collection Manager for the Humanities
Specializes in Rhetoric of Religion.
340 Withers Hall
513-0364
email: darby_orcutt@ncsu.edu

Schmid, Neil, PhD (Pennsylvania) DEA (Sorbonne) BS (Georgetown)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Specializes in Chinese religion, Buddhist literature, narrative theory, and cognitive approaches to religion.
427 Withers Hall
515-6460
Homepage: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dnschmid/
email: dnschmid@ncsu.edu

Stewart, Tony K., PhD MA (Chicago) BA (Western Kentucky)
Professor of Religious Studies and Member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Specializes in the religious traditions of India, especially premodern Bengali religious literature in Bengali and Sanskrit languages.
447 Withers Hall
515-6335
email: tony_stewart@ncsu.edu

Professors Emeritus

Fitzgerald, Curtis W.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy & Religious Studies
340 Withers Hall
515-3214
email: fitzwc@aol.com

Highfill, W. Lawrence
Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
340 Withers Hall
515-3214

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