Directory

Faculty and Staff

Kent Brintnall
Religious Studies
Associate Professor / Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Chair

Kent Brintnall

Macy 214
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
Kent.Brintnall@uncc.edu

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David Clausen
Religious Studies
Adjunct Lecturer
Eric Hoenes del Pinal
Religious Studies
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director

Eric Hoenes del Pinal

Macy 202D
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
ehoenes@uncc.edu

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Alexandra Kaloyanides
Religious Studies
Assistant Professor

Alexandra Kaloyanides

Macy 202A
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
akaloyan@uncc.edu

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Tina Katsanos
Religious Studies
Senior Lecturer

Tina Katsanos

Macy 221
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
fgkatsan@uncc.edu

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Joanne Maguire
Religious Studies
Professor and Department Chair

Joanne Maguire

Macy 210A
704-687-5198
jmrobin2@uncc.edu

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Sean McCloud
Religious Studies
Professor

Sean McCloud

Macy 215
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
spmcclou@uncc.edu

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Janet McDaniel
Janet McDaniel
Religious Studies
Adjunct Lecturer

Janet McDaniel

RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
jsmcdani@uncc.edu

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Sally Mesibov
Religious Studies
Administrative Support Associate

Sally Mesibov

Macy 210
704-687-5188
smesibov@uncc.edu

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Sally Mesibov
Sally Mesibov
Religious Studies
Administrative Support Associate

Sally Mesibov

Macy 210
704-687-5188
smesibov@uncc.edu

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Julia Moore
Julia Robinson Moore, (Dr. Rob)
Religious Studies
Associate Professor

Julia Robinson Moore, (Dr. Rob)

Macy 208C
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
Julia.Moore@uncc.edu

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John C. Reeves
Religious Studies
Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies

John C. Reeves

Macy 204B
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
jcreeves@uncc.edu

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Janna Shedd
Religious Studies
Lecturer

Janna Shedd

Macy 213
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
jkshedd@uncc.edu

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William Sherman
Religious Studies
Assistant Professor

William Sherman

Macy 202C
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
wsherma2@uncc.edu

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Celia Sinclair
Religious Studies
Senior Lecturer

Celia Sinclair

Macy 220
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
cbsincla@uncc.edu

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Barbara Thiede
Religious Studies
Assistant Professor

Barbara Thiede

Macy 208B
RELS Main Office # 704-687-5188
bthiede@uncc.edu

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Current Graduate Students

Reverend J R Atkinson
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
Anne Brown
Anne Brown
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
Annie Burchill
Annie Burchill
Religious Studies
Graduate Student (on leave)
Sarah Crouse
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
Shannon Dailey
Religious Studies
Emily Faggart
Emily Faggart
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
David Flaherty
Religious Studies
Graduate Student (on leave)
Vicky Harris
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Administrative Support Associate, Global Studies
Albert Hodges
Albert (Otis) Hodges
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
Abby Marks
Religious Studies
Graduate Student
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Shai Nickerson
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Tabitha Rice
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Oliver Richards
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Douglas Samson
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Data Coordinator, CCI
Casey Sheetz
Religious Studies
Graduate Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant

Retired Faculty

Kathryn Johnson
Religious Studies
Associate Professor, Retired
Edward St. Clair
Professor Emeritus
James Tabor
Professor

James Tabor

See Dr. Tabor's work on jamestabor.com and on his Youtube channel

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Herman Thomas
Professor Emeritus

In Memoriam

Jeffrey Meyer
Jeffrey Meyer
1938-2020
Professor Emeritus
J. Daniel White
1945-2018
Associate Professor Emeritus
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Loy H. Witherspoon
1930-2017
Professor Emeritus and Founder of the Religious Studies Department

Dr. Julia Moore on Charlotte's Brooklyn Neighborhood

   March 2, 2023

Please take a moment today to watch Dr. Julia Moore talk about the heartbreaking history of Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood on WBTV's On Your Side

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Guarded by Two Jaguars: A Blog Post by the Author

   January 17, 2023

Dr. Hoenes del Pinal published some thoughts on his monograph, Guarded by Two Jaguars: A Catholic Parish Divided by Language and Faith (University of Arizona Press, 2022). Read here

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Dr. Sherman Is Heading to Heidelberg

   January 17, 2023

Dr. William E.B. Sherman has been awarded a fellowship to the ...

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What is E2M?

   January 16, 2023

Dr. Julia Robinson Moore is very busy working on the various facets of her new project, E2M: Equity in Memory and Memorial. 

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Dr. Thiede and The Shiloh Project

   January 9, 2023

The Bible and Violence is a whole lot more than a two-part book; it’s a wide-ranging scholarly endeavor that includes creating intellectual community through workshopping, mentoring, training, and research events. Scholars involved are reading each other's works, meeting and talking through their interests and concerns, and learning directly from one another in a host of different...

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Learn About Material Culture

   January 3, 2023

Dr. Kaloyanides and Dr. Kati Curts's special issue explores four key categories: “Material,” “Economies,” “Religion,” and “America(s).” The ambition of this issue is that the collective inquiries of its 21 authors, which span various interpretive histories and genealogical fragments, can offer...

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Reviews of Dr. Thiede's Monograph

   July 15, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Thiede on her recent publication of Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible: Malignant Fraternities. Routledge, 2021.

Brief summary:

"Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared...

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