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The faculty of ¶¶Òõpro’s Department of Theological Studies are committed to excellence in teaching, research, and graduate training. In the service of SLU’s Jesuit mission, our faculty engage critically and constructively with the Christian tradition and with the study of religion more broadly. Hailing from the country’s top programs in theology and religious studies, our faculty win national grants and publish with top-tier presses.

Daniel L. Smith, Ph.D.
Department chair

Grant Kaplan, Ph.D.
Associate chair

Faculty 

• Lori Baron, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Sweeny Block, Ph.D.
• Anne Carpenter, Ph.D.
• Kayla Dang, Ph.D.
• Paba Nidhani De Andrado, Ph.D.
• Emily Dumler-Winckler, Ph.D.
• Mary Dunn, Ph.D.
• Matthew Elia, Ph.D.
• Daniel J. Finucane, Ph.D.
• Jay M. Hammond, Ph.D.
• Joan Hart-Hasler, Ph.D.
• Ani Honarchiansaky, Ph.D.
• Chad Kim, Ph.D.
• Atria Larson, Ph.D.
• Pauline C. Lee, Ph.D.
• Rachel Lindsey, Ph.D.
• Peter W. Martens, Ph.D.
• Michael McClymond, Ph.D.
• James Adam Redfield, Ph.D.
• Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Ph.D.
• Randall S. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
• Nicolo Sassi, Ph.D.
• Brian Sholl, Ph.D.
• Reggie Williams, Ph.D.

Faculty Emeriti

• Angelyn Dries, O.S.F., Ph.D.
• Julie Hanlon Rubio, Ph.D.
• J. A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv, Dr. Theol
• Belden C. Lane, Ph.D.
• G. John Renard, Ph.D.
• Kenneth Steinhauser, Dr. Theol.

Secondary Appointments

• Jeffrey P. Bishop, M.D., Ph.D. (Department of Health Care Ethics)
• Amanda Izzo, Ph.D. (Department of Women’s and Gender Studies)
• Filippo Marsili, Ph.D. (Department of History)
• Kate Moran, Ph.D. (Department of American Studies)
• Miguel Romero, Ph.D. (Department of Health Care Ethics)
• Eleonore Stump, Ph.D. (Department of Philosophy)