Department of Religion and Culture

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Name Title Specialty Phone E-mail
Abeysekara, Ananda Associate Professor, Director Religious Studies Modernity, Postcolonial Religion 231-5788 ananda@vt.edu
Becker, Trudy Harrington Senior Instructor Ancient Historiography 231-7817 thbecker@vt.edu
Britt, Brian Professor Religion & Literature, Hebrew Bible, & Critical Theory 231-5118 bbritt@vt.edu
Budowle, Rachael Instructor   231-6490 rbudowle@vt.edu
Fine, Elizabeth Professor, Director Humanities
African American Folklore, Performance, Appalachian Studies 231-9593 bfine@vt.edu
Gabriele, Matthew Assistant Professor Medieval & Early Modern Studies 231-2293 mgabriele@vt.edu
Hahn, Elizabeth Instructor Latin American Culture, Documentary Film 231-6490 bchancey@vt.edu
Henderson, Jennifer Instructor Humanities, Creative Nonfiction 231-0610 henderj@vt.edu
Jackson, Stevan Instructor Appalachian Studies, Music 231-0610 jackson1@vt.edu
Malbon, Elizabeth Struthers Professor The New Testament 231-6112 malbon@vt.edu
Ni, Zhange Visiting Assistant Professor   231-5805 nizhange@vt.edu
Olson, Phil Visiting Assistant Professor Pragmatism, Philosophy 231-0992 prolson@vt.edu
Puckett, Anita Associate Professor, Director of Appalachain Studies Linguistic Anthropology, U.S. South Atlantic 231-9526 apuckett@vt.edu
Reeves, Barbara Instructor Science Studies 231-7687 reeves@vt.edu
Roberts, Janene Senior Instructor Humanities and the Arts 231-7004 janene@vt.edu
Saffle, Michael Professor Musicology, Music in Film 231-6080 msaffle@vt.edu
Samanta, Suchitra Instructor Indian Women, Poverty, Empowerment 231-7528 ssamanta@vt.edu
Satterwhite, Emily Assistant Professor American Studies, Appalachian Studies 231-8779 esatter@vt.edu
Sax, Benjamin Assistant Professor Religious Studies
231-6047 bsax@vt.edu
Schmitthenner, Peter Associate Professor, Department Chair South Asian History 231-8377 pschmitt@vt.edu
Scott, Rachel Assistant Professor Islamic Studies 231-4848 rmh@vt.edu
Vance, Jane Instructor   231-6490 jlvance@vt.edu

Watson, Joan Monahan

 Assistant Director, Undergraduate Studies; Advanced Instructor Interdisciplinarity, Education 231-2897 jmwatson@vt.edu

Staff

Name Title Phone E-mail
Kurtz, Susan Special Events Coord 231-3580 skurtz@vt.edu
Moore, Karen Office Manager 231-6551 kwmoore@vt.edu
Shelor, Doris Budget Manager 231-5016 dshelor@vt.edu
Slusser, Carol Sue Undergraduate Advisor 231-3716 slusserc@vt.edu
Smith, Joyce Financial Assistant 231-5033 jbsmith@vt.edu