Meet Our Faculty

Abhishek Amar, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

B.A., Dyal Singh College; M.A. and M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ph.D., University of London

Areas of expertise: archaeological history of South Asian religions, especially Buddhist and Hindu traditions; research in themes of inter-religious dynamics, syncretism and religious transformation; colonialism and reconfigurations of sacred centers; and religion and water management in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions

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Steve Humphries-Brooks, Chair, Professor of Religious Studies

sbrooks@hamilton.edu

A.B. William Jewell College; M.Div. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.Phil. Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary

Areas of expertise: New Testament studies, literary and social-historical criticism of the Gospels, religion in film, early Christian mysticism, theories and methods for the study of religion

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Quincy Newell, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

qnewell@hamilton.edu

B.A., Amherst College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of expertise: American religious history, religion in the American West, interreligious contact, religious experience of racial/ethnic and religious minorities, Native American religious history, African American religious history, Mormonism, gender and religion

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Heidi Ravven, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies

B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Brandeis University

Areas of expertise: Baruch Spinoza, Moses Maimonides, neuroethics, Jewish studies

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S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies

splate@hamilton.edu

B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.A.T.S., Columbia Seminary; M.Th. University of Glasgow; Ph.D., Emory University

Areas of expertise: religion and media, religion and popular culture, comparative religions, blasphemy and controversial art, religious life in the U.S.

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Seth Schermerhorn, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

jscherme@hamilton.edu

B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., Arizona State University

Areas of expertise: anthropology of religion, global Christianities, religion in American, Native American religious traditions, traditional ecological knowledge, pilgrimage, personhood and place

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Meredith Moss, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

mgmoss@hamilton.edu

B.A., Colorado State University; M.A. and Ph.D., Arizona State University

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Contact Information

Religious Studies Department

198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323

315-859-4460 religiousstudies@hamilton.edu