Faculty and Staff



Janna Shedd
M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte Liberal Studies Program For my B.A. degree, I double-majored in International Studies and Psychology. My M.A. degree is in Religious Studies with a focus on Chinese religion. My liberal studies courses focus on displaced religious groups (religious diasporas), especially Asian groups but also Jewish and African-American. Also, I’ve […]

William Sherman
William E. B. Sherman (B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Stanford University) joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in fall of 2017. His research approaches the history and literature of Muslim societies with a particular focus upon premodern South and Central Asia. His research engages the imagination of language and revelation in […]

Celia Sinclair
Celia Brewer Sinclair (B.A., Duke University; M.A., Yale Divinity School) is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies. Currently she is teaching courses for the General Education program and the Honors College. Course titles include “A Good Life: What is it? How does one live it?” (LBST 2101) and “Heroes and Warrior Women” (LBST 2102). She is […]
