People
Department Directory
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Andreatta, Michela
Senior Lecturer in Hebrew
michelaandreatta@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7465
420 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Literary and intellectual history of Italian Jews from the medieval to the early modern period; Italian Hebrew poetry, particularly devotional and elegiac; Christian Hebraists of Renaissance Italy; Venetian Jewry
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Beaumont, Daniel E.
Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature
daniel.beaumont@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5224
436 Rush Rhees Library
Website
Interests: Arabic Languages and Literature

Brooks, Douglas R.
Professor of Religion
douglas.brooks@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9369
433 Rush Rhees Library
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Cadorette, Curt
John Henry Newman Associate Professor of Catholic Studies
curt.cadorette@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9368
438 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Catholicism in the Americas; Liberation Theology

Chao, Shin-yi
Associate Professor of Religion
schao6@z.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9644
430A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Chinese Religions

Colantoni, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor of Classics
elizabeth.colantoni@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9360
429 Rush Rhees Library
Website
Interests: Roman, Italic, and Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Roman religion; early Rome
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Dubler, Joshua
Assistant Professor of Religion
joshua.dubler@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4756
428A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Religion in America
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Geier, Alfred
Associate Professor of Classics
alfred.geier@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9360
419 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Greek literature and thought; Plato

Green, William Scott
Philip S. Bernstein Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies
Dean Emeritus of the College
wgreen@miami.edu

Gresens, Nicholas
Associate Professor of Instruction, Classics
nicholas.gresens@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5112
435 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Latin and Greek Language; Imperial Greek Prose; Ancient Geography, Topography, and Historiograpy

Guillory, Margarita Simon
Assistant Professor of Religion
m.guillory@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7780
431 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: African-American Religions; American Religious History
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Hawkins, Cameron
Assistant Professor of Classics
c.hawkins@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9370
432 Rush Rhees
Website

Homerin, T. Emil
Professor of Religion
Chair for Department of Religion and Classics
emilhomerin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4760
424 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Islam; Arabic Literature; Mysticism

Hughes, Aaron W.
Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies
aaron.hughes@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9359
430 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Jewish Studies; Islam; Method and Theory of Religion
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Jusino, Emily
Assistant Professor of Classics
ejusino@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3595
419 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Greek tragedy; Performance and reception of ancient drama
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Merideth, Anne
Professor of Instruction, Religion
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Department of Religion and Classics
anne.merideth@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9367
434 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: New Testament; History and Literature of Early Christianity
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Rood, Caleb
Administrative Assistant
caleb.rood@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5378
427 Rush Rhees

Rubel, Nora
Associate Professor of Religion; Director, Susan B Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
nora.rubel@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7215
425 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: American Judaism; Religion and Foodways
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Wierenga, Edward
Professor Emeritus of Religion and of Philosophy
edward.wierenga@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9370
432 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Philosophy of Religion; Philosophical Theology