Each AAR Program Unit has two co-chairs who oversee the Program Unit’s activities. Program Unit chairs provide the leadership needed to conduct the AAR’s Annual Meeting. Without them, there simply would not be an Annual Meeting. We are grateful for their service on behalf of the AAR and the field.
Units
African Diaspora Religions Unit
Rachel E. Harding, University of Colorado, Denver
Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Tufts University
African Religions Unit
David Amponsah, University of Pennsylvania
Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds
Afro-American Religious History Unit
Tobin Shearer, University of Montana
Alexis S. Wells-Oghoghomeh, Vanderbilt University
Animals and Religion Unit
Barbara Ambros, University of North Carolina
Eric Meyer, Carroll College
Anthropology of Religion Unit
James Bielo, Miami University
Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit
Zhange Ni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pamela D. Winfield, Elon University
Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Melissa Borja, University of Michigan
SueJeanne Koh, University of California, Irvine
Augustine and Augustinianisms Unit
Matthew Drever, University of Tulsa
Paul R. Kolbet, Yale University
Baha'i Studies Unit
Julia Berger, Baha'i International Community
Robert H. Stockman, Indiana University, South Bend
Bioethics and Religion Unit
Terri Laws, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Hajung Lee, University of Puget Sound
Black Theology Unit
Jawanza Eric Clark, Manhattan College
Eboni Marshall Turman, Yale University
Body and Religion Unit
Megan Adamson Sijapati, Gettysburg College
Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville
Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Unit
Lori Brandt Hale, Augsburg University
Stephen R. Haynes, Rhodes College
Buddhism in the West Unit
Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Scott Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies
Buddhism Unit
Bryan Lowe, Princeton University
Reiko Ohnuma, Dartmouth College
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit
Sid Brown, University of the South
Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy
Buddhist Philosophy Unit
Tao Jiang, Rutgers University
Karin Meyers, Insight Meditation Society
Childhood Studies and Religion Unit
Wendy Love Anderson, Washington University in St. Louis
Sally Stamper, Capital University
Chinese Christianities Unit
Christie Chui-Shan Chow, City Seminary of New York
Alexander Chow, University of Edinburgh
Chinese Religions Unit
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee
Anna Sun, Kenyon College
Christian Spirituality Unit
Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute For Spiritual Formation
Beringia Zen, Saint Agnes Medical Center
Christian Systematic Theology Unit
Oliver Crisp, St. Andrew's Colleege
Junius Johnson, Baylor University
Class, Religion, and Theology Unit
Jeremy Posadas, Austin College
Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College
Cognitive Science of Religion Unit
Hillary Lenfesty, Arizona State University
Paul Robertson, University of New Hampshire
Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit
Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College
Diane Fruchtman, Rutgers University
Comparative Religious Ethics Unit
Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University
Jung Lee, Northeastern University
Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas
Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan, Austin College
Comparative Theology Unit
Bede Bidlack, Saint Anselm College
Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Catholic University of America
Confucian Traditions Unit
Pauline Lee, Saint Louis University
Aaron Stalnaker, Indiana University
Contemplative Studies Unit
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University
Contemporary Islam Unit
Zahra Ayubi, Dartmouth College
Noah Salomon, Carleton College
Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University
Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit
Damon Berry, Saint Lawrence University
Amy Hale, Atlanta, GA
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit
Monica R. Miller, Lehigh University
Daniel White Hodge, North Park University
Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit
Sean McCloud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Kristin Scheible, Reed College
Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit
Elizabeth Ann Pritchard, Bowdoin College
J. Barton Scott, University of Toronto
Daoist Studies Unit
Jessey Choo, Rutgers University
Jonathan Pettit, University of Hawaii
Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit
Candi K. Cann, Baylor University
Amy Defibaugh, Temple University
Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit
Brandon Gallaher, University of Exeter
Ashley Purpura, Purdue University
Ecclesial Practices Unit
Jonas Ideström, Church of Sweden
Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, Emmanuel College
Ecclesiological Investigations Unit
Brian Flanagan, Marymount University
Vladimir Latinovic, University of Tübingen
Ethics Unit
Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological Seminary
Frederick Simmons, Princeton Theological Seminary
Evangelical Studies Unit
Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College
Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit
Tom Berendt, Temple University
Meredith Minister, Shenandoah University
Gay Men and Religion Unit
Marco Derks, Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
Richard McCarty, Mercyhurst University
Hindu Philosophy Unit
Michael Allen, University of Virginia
Parimal Patil, Harvard University
Hinduism Unit
Patton Burchett, College of William and Mary
Deonnie Moodie, University of Oklahoma
History of Christianity Unit
Lloyd Barba, Amherst College
Trish Beckman, Saint Olaf College
Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit
Amy Michelle DeBaets, Hackensack University Medical Center
Calvin Mercer, East Carolina University
Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit
Dan Lusthaus, Harvard University
Karen O'Brien-Kop, Roehampton University
Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit
Gabriel Estrada, California State University, Long Beach
Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College
Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University
Michael Skaggs, Brandeis University
International Development and Religion Unit
John Rees, University of Notre Dame, Australia
Emma Tomalin, University of Leeds
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit
Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary
Feryal Salem, American Islamic College
Islam, Gender, Women Unit
Justine Howe, Case Western Reserve University
Saadia Yacoob, Williams College
Islamic Mysticism Unit
Maria Massi Dakake, George Mason University
Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida
Jain Studies Unit
Mary Whitney Kelting, Northeastern University
Steven Vose, Florida International University
Japanese Religions Unit
Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
Asuka Sango, Carleton College
Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Unit
Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary
Jennifer Veninga, St. Edward's University
Korean Religions Unit
Hwansoo Kim, Yale University
Deberniere Torrey, University of Utah
Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit
Ángel Jazak Gallardo, Southern Methodist University
Lauren Frances Guerra, Loyola Marymount University
Law, Religion, and Culture Unit
Spencer Dew, Denison University
Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Middle Tennessee State University
Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit
Sarah Bloesch, Elon University
Michelle Wolff, Augustana College
Liberation Theologies Unit
Thia Cooper, Gustavus Adolphus College
Maria T. Davila, Merrimack College
Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Unit
Allen G. Jorgenson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Kristen E. Kvam, Saint Paul School of Theology
Men, Masculinities, and Religions Unit
Linda G. Jones, University of Pompeu Fabra
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kalamazoo College
Middle Eastern Christianity Unit
Michel Andraos, Catholic Theological Union
Deanna Womack, Emory University
Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit
Gabriella Lettini, Starr King School - Graduate Theological Union
Zachary Moon, Chicago Theological Seminary
Mormon Studies Unit
Sara Patterson, Hanover College
Taylor Petrey, Kalamazoo College
Music and Religion Unit
Alisha L. Jones, Indiana University
Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University
Mysticism Unit
Jason N. Blum, Davidson College
Margarita Simon Guillory, Boston University
Native Traditions in the Americas Unit
Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien, Pacific Lutheran University
Andrea McComb Sanchez, University of Arizona
New Religious Movements Unit
Joseph Laycock, Texas State University
Lydia Willsky-Ciollo, Fairfield University
Nineteenth Century Theology Unit
Sheila Briggs, University of Southern California
Zachary Purvis, University of Göttingen
North American Hinduism Unit
Tanisha Ramachandran, Wake Forest University
Shana Sippy, Carleton College, Centre College
North American Religions Unit
Kathleen Holscher, University of New Mexico
Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University
Open and Relational Theologies Unit
Krista E. Hughes, Newberry College
Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Center for Process Studies
Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements Unit
Andrea Johnson, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Leah Payne, George Fox University
Philosophy of Religion Unit
Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University
Lori K. Pearson, Carleton College
Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit
Kevin Corrigan, Emory University
Douglas Hedley, University of Cambridge
Political Theology Unit
David Newheiser, Australian Catholic University
Inese Radzins, California State University Stanislaus
Practical Theology Unit
Sabrina Mueller, University of Zurich
Christian Scharen, Auburn Theological Seminary
Pragmatism and Empiricism in American Religious Thought Unit
Karen Rucks, Quinsigamond Community College
Joseph Winters, Duke University
Psychology, Culture, and Religion Unit
Eileen Campbell-Reed, Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Lisa M. Cataldo, Fordham University
Quaker Studies Unit
Jennifer Buck, Azusa Pacific University
Jon Kershner, Pacific Lutheran University
Queer Studies in Religion Unit
Brandy Daniels, University of Virginia
Heather White, University of Puget Sound
Qur'an Unit
Gordon D. Newby, Emory University
Lauren Osborne, Whitman College
Reformed Theology and History Unit
Paul T. Nimmo, University of Aberdeen
Joshua Ralston, University of Edinburgh
Religion and Cities Unit
Elise Edwards, Baylor University
Harold Morales, Morgan State University
Religion and Disability Studies Unit
Heike Peckruhn, Daemen College
David Scott, Iliff School of Theology
Religion and Ecology Unit
Christopher Carter, University of San Diego
Forrest Clingerman, Ohio Northern University
Religion and Economy Unit
Elayne Oliphant, New York University
Daniel Vaca, Brown University
Religion and Food Unit
Derek Hicks, Wake Forest University
Benjamin Zeller, Lake Forest College
Religion and Human Rights Unit
Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Jenna Reinbold, Colgate University
Religion and Migration Unit
Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University
Nanette Spina, University of Georgia
Religion and Politics Unit
John D. Carlson, Arizona State University
Rachel M. Scott, Virginia Tech
Religion and Popular Culture Unit
Rabia Gregory, University of Missouri
Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston
Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit
Jenny Berglund, Stockholm University
Erik Owens, Boston College
Religion and Science Fiction Unit
Laura Ammon, Appalachian State University
Emanuelle Burton, University of Illinois, Chicago
Religion and Sexuality Unit
Nina Hoel, University of Oslo
Jennifer S. Leath, Iliff School of Theology
Religion and the Social Sciences Unit
Nichole Phillips, Emory University
Sara Williams, Emory University
Religion in Europe Unit
Elissa Cutter, Georgian Court University
Carol Ferrara, Boston University
Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit
Brian Catlos, University of Colorado
David Freidenreich, Colby College
Religion in South Asia Unit
Jennifer Ortegren, Middlebury College
Sarah Pierce Taylor, University of Chicago
Religion in Southeast Asia Unit
Etin Anwar, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Alexandra Kaloyanides, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit
Maia Kotrosits, Denison University
Tam K. Parker, University of the South
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit
Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn
Prea Persaud, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Kutter Callaway, Fuller Theological Seminary
Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton
Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit
Kate E. Temoney, Montclair State University
Alana Vincent, University of Chester
Religion, Media, and Culture Unit
Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University
Deborah Whitehead, University of Colorado
Religion, Memory, History Unit
Rachel Gross, San Francisco State University
Tim Langille, Arizona State University
Religion, Sport, and Play Unit
Carmen Marie Nanko-Fernandez, Catholic Theological Union
Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Religions in the Latina/o Americas Unit
Jessica Delgado, Princeton University
Daisy Vargas, University of Arizona
Religions, Medicines, and Healing Unit
Linda L. Barnes, Boston University
Emily Wu, Dominican University of California
Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit
Ellen Ott Marshall, Emory University
Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame
Religious Conversions Unit
Linda A. Mercadante, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Marc Pugliese, Saint Leo University
Ricoeur Unit
W. David Hall, Centre College
Glenn Whitehouse, Florida Gulf Coast University
Ritual Studies Unit
Michael Houseman, École Pratique des Hautes Études
Sarah M. Pike, California State University, Chico
Roman Catholic Studies Unit
Michael Pasquier, Louisiana State University
John Seitz, Fordham University
Sacred Texts and Ethics Unit
Tyler Atkinson, Bethany College
Elizabeth Goldstein, Gonzaga University
Sacred Texts, Theory, and Theological Construction Unit
Jacob Erickson, Trinity College, Dublin
Filipe Maia, Boston University
Schleiermacher Unit
Cathie Kelsey, Iliff School of Theology
Ed Waggoner, Brite Divinity School
Science, Technology, and Religion Unit
Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico
Josh Reeves, Samford University
Scriptural Reasoning Unit
Ashleigh Elser, Hampden-Sydney College
Mark James, Hunter College
Secularism and Secularity Unit
Lucia Hulsether, Yale University
Bradley Onishi, Skidmore College
Sikh Studies Unit
Michael Hawley, Mount Royal University
Nirinjan Khalsa, Loyola Marymount University
Sociology of Religion Unit
Dusty Hoesly, University of Southern Mississippi
Rebekka King, Middle Tennessee State University
Space, Place, and Religion Unit
Susan L. Graham, Saint Peter’s University
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
Study of Islam Unit
Elliott Bazzano, Le Moyne College
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, University of Vermont
Study of Judaism Unit
Paul Nahme, Brown University
Shari Rabin, Oberlin College
Tantric Studies Unit
Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin
Glen Hayes, Bloomfield College
Teaching Religion Unit
Molly Bassett, Georgia State University
David B. Howell, Ferrum College
Theology and Continental Philosophy Unit
Adam Kotsko, North Central College
Beatrice Marovich, Hanover College
Theology and Religious Reflection Unit
Rakesh Peter-Dass, Hope College
Linn Tonstad, Yale University
Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. Unit
Hak Joon Lee, Fuller Theological Seminary
Leonard McKinnis, Saint Louis University
Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit
Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College
Nicole Willock, Old Dominion University
Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit
Devan Stahl, Baylor University
Bryan Wagoner, Davis and Elkins College
Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit
Jason Mokhtarian, Indiana University
Sara Ronis, St. Mary's University, TX
Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit
Michael R. Fisher, Wesley Theological Seminary
Laura Stivers, Dominican University of California
Vatican II Studies Unit
Catherine E. Clifford, Saint Paul University
Kristin Colberg, St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict
Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit
Edgardo Colon-Emeric, Duke University
Cindy K. Wesley, University of Northern Colorado
Western Esotericism Unit
Egil Asprem, Stockholm University
Claire Fanger, Rice University
Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit
Melanie Jones, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Shaw University
Women and Religion Unit
Stephanie May, First Parish in Wayland
K. Christine Pae, Denison University
Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit
Sailaja Krishnamurti, Saint Mary’s University
Deborah Rogers, Lane College
World Christianity Unit
Corey Williams, Leiden University
Briana Wong, Princeton Theological Seminary
Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit
Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University
Yogācāra Studies Unit
Joy Brennan, Kenyon College
Roy Tzohar, Tel-Aviv University
Seminars
Artificial Intelligence and Religion Seminar
Randy Reed, Appalachian State University
Tracy J. Trothen, Queen’s University, Kingston
Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar
Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University
Trung Huynh, University of Houston
Constructive Muslim Thought and Engaged Scholarship Seminar
Martin Nguyen, Fairfield University
Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Chicago Theological Seminary
Contextualizing the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Seminar
Brian Clites, Case Western Reserve University
Megan McCabe, Gonzaga University
Hagiology Seminar
Todd French, Rollins College
Brian Siebeking, Gonzaga University
Intersectional Hindu Studies: Feminist and Critical Race Approaches to Research and Teaching Seminar
Shreena Gandhi, Michigan State University
Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Emory University
Mahābhārata and Classical Hinduism Seminar
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto
Bruce Sullivan, Northern Arizona University
Navarātri Seminar
Ute Huesken, Heidelberg University
Caleb Simmons, University of Arizona
New Directions in the Study of Religion, Monsters, and the Monstrous Seminar
Natasha Mikles, Texas State University
Kelly Murphy, Central Michigan University
Origen and Origen Reception Seminar
Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Aarhus University
Peter Martens, Saint Louis University
Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America Seminar
Marie W. Dallam, University of Oklahoma
Martha L Finch, Missouri State University
Religions and Families in North America Seminar
Samira Mehta, Albright College
Susan Ridgely, University of Wisconsin
Religions, Borders, and Immigration Seminar
Loye Ashton, Tougaloo College
Kristine Suna-Koro, Xavier University
Religious Reflections on Friendship Seminar
Anne-Marie Ellithorpe, Vancouver School of Theology
Hussam Timani, Christopher Newport University
Teaching Against Islamophobia Seminar
Megan Goodwin, Northeastern University
Sajida Jalalzai, Trinity University
Transnational Religious Expression: Between Asia and North America Seminar
Holly Gayley, University of Colorado
Justin Stein, Bukkyo University