Faculty & Staff Breadcrumb Home Academic Departments Religious Studies Faculty & Staff Jump to Department Contacts Faculty Staff Faculty Emeriti Department Contacts Chair Syed Rizwan ZamirChair of Religious Studies Departmental Coordinator Gladys Guido NewportDepartmental Coordinator for Religious Studies Return to Top Faculty Douglas Hicks President | Professor of Religious Studies douglashicks@davidson.edu 704-894-2203 Chambers 1288 Doug Ottati Craig Family Distinguished Professor of Reformed Theology and Justice doottati@davidson.edu 704-894-2386 Chambers 2005 Rachel Pang Associate Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Tibetan Buddhism Buddhist life writing, song, poetry Non-Sectarianism rhpang@davidson.edu 704-894-2567 Chambers 2010 Ved Patel Visiting Assistant Professor Primary Areas of Expertise South Asian Religions Religious Ethics Lived Religion vepatel@davidson.edu Greg Snyder Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Bible, esp. New Testament Ancient Christian life and literature Religion and politics grsnyder@davidson.edu 704-894-2260 Chambers 2014 Willa Swenson-Lengyel Holmes Rolston III Chair in Religion and Science | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Religion and the Environment Environmental Ethics Religious Ethics wiswensonlengyel@davidson.edu 704-894-4376 Chambers 2011 Pronouns: she/her Anne Wills Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise History of U.S. Religions Sexuality, Gender, and Religion Race and Religion anwills@davidson.edu 704-894-2306 Chambers 2042 Syed Rizwan Zamir Chair & Associate Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Shi’i Islam Islam in South Asia Islamic thought, ethics, and spirituality rizamir@davidson.edu 704-894-2950 Eu Hall 104 Return to Top Staff Gladys Guido Newport Departmental Coordinator glnewport@davidson.edu 704-894-2216 Chambers Return to Top Faculty Emeriti Karl Plank Trent Foley Andrew Lustig Bill Mahony Return to Top In this section Academic Departments Religious Studies - Major and Minor + Honors Program Research and Scholarship + DeVane Award Honors Theses Maloney Endowment Otts Lecture Why Study Religion? Faculty & Staff
