{"id":111,"date":"2017-10-11T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-religious-studies\/facultystaff\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:41:22","slug":"facultystaff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-130\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erik Davis\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2017\/10\/erikdavis-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/erikdavis\/\">Erik Davis<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Chair, Professor, Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Current Focus: Development of early Buddhist sectarianism, meditative practices, and philosophical development; Ritual creativity and deployment in contemporary protest movements in Cambodia<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:davise@macalester.edu\" >davise@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6152<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-131\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Susanna Drake\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2021\/10\/IMG_5805-1-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/susannadrake\/\">Susanna Drake<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:sdrake@macalester.edu\" >sdrake@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6544<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-129\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James W. Laine\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2017\/10\/jameslaine-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/jameslaine\/\">James W. Laine<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:laine@macalester.edu\" >laine@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6789<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-520\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ahoo Najafian\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2020\/08\/images-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/ahoo-najafian\/\">Ahoo Najafian<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:anajafia@macalester.edu\" >anajafia@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6186<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-135\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nicholas Schaser\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2017\/10\/nicholasschaser-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/nicholasschaser\/\">Nicholas Schaser<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (NTT)\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:nschaser@macalester.edu\" >nschaser@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6038 <\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-741\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ethan Besser Fredrick\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2024\/09\/Head-Shot-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/ethan-besser-fredrick\/\">Ethan Besser Fredrick<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Assistant Professor of History\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">history of peasants, popular religion and political movements, and the intersection of violence, media, and fascism<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:ebesserf@macalester.edu\" >ebesserf@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-667\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brittany Landorf\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2023\/09\/Landorf_Headshot-4-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/brittany-landorf\/\">Brittany Landorf<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">ethics of madness, gender, and sexuality in North African Islamic Mysticism; narratives of water and relationship of ecology to the divine; digital humanities <\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:blandorf@macalester.edu\" >blandorf@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retired Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-132\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"William Hart\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2017\/10\/williamhart-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/williamhart\/\">William Hart<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Margaret W. Harmon Professor, Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Religion, Ethics, Politics<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:whart1@macalester.edu\" >whart1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6596<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-137\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rabbi Barry Cytron\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2017\/10\/e81e2b12-ff82-4e4c-9867-220337ba0f87-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/rabbibarrycytron\/\">Rabbi Barry Cytron<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            (Retired) Visiting Assistant Professor and Jewish Chaplain\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cytron@macalester.edu\" >cytron@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-260\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sara Dion\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2020\/02\/IMG_2291-2-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/facultystaff\/sara-dion\/\">Sara Dion<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Department Coordinator\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:sdion@macalester.edu\" >sdion@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6141<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Time Faculty Part Time Faculty Visiting Faculty Retired Faculty Staff<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religious-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}