Full Time Faculty

- William Hart
- Chair, Margaret W. Harmon Professor, Religious Studies
- Religion, Ethics, Politics
- whart1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6596

- Susanna Drake
- Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- sdrake@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6544

- James W. Laine
- Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies
- laine@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6789

- Erik Davis
- Associate Professor, Religious Studies
- Current focus: collective and ritual creativity associated with social protest movements in urban Cambodia and Southeast Asia
- davise@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6152

- Ahoo Najafian
- Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies
- anajafia@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6186
Visiting Faculty

- Nicholas Schaser
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- nschaser@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6038
Retired Faculty

- Paula Cooey
- (Retired) Margaret W. Harmon Professor, Religious Studies (Emeritus)
- Christianity and culture, theory of religion, and conflict in the context of religious traditions and secularism
- cooey@macalester.edu

- Rabbi Barry Cytron
- (Retired) Visiting Assistant Professor and Jewish Chaplain
- cytron@macalester.edu
Staff

- Sara Dion
- Department Coordinator
- sdion@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6141