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Dual and Secondary Appointment Faculty
Core Faculty by Areas
| Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Law Associate Professor of Religious Studies | Email 615-343-2098 | Jewish Studies | |
 | Sandra Barnes Assistant Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Professor of Sociology of Religion Professor of Human and Organizational Development | Email 2-8714 | Ethics and Society |
| Vanessa Beasley Associate Professor and Dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons | Email 615-875-8838 | Homiletics and Liturgics | |
 | Erik Carter Professor, Dept. of Special Education | Email (615) 875-3398 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
| Beth Conklin Associate Professor; Department Chair (Anthropology) | Email (615) 343-5401 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
 | Dennis C. Dickerson James M. Lawson, Jr. Professor of History | Email (615) 343-4329 | Historical Studies |
| Idit Dobbs-Weinstein Associate Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies | Email 615-322-2265 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
| William Franke Professor of Comparative Literature, Italian, and Religious Studies | Email 615-322-6900 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
 | Kathy Gaca Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies | Email Website (615) 322-2516 | Historical Studies |
| Lenn Goodman Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies; Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities | Email 615-343-3158 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
| Leor Halevi Associate Professor of History; Professor of Law | Email 615-322-6134 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
| Joel F. Harrington Centennial Professor of History Professor of German Studies; Member, Graduate Department of Religion | Email 615-322-3351 | Historical Studies | |
 | Peter Lake University Distinguished Professor of History Professor of the History of Christianity, Divinity School | Email 2-3333 | Historical Studies |
| Thomas McGinn Professor | Email 615-322-2516 | Historical Studies | |
 | Keith Meador Professor, Psychiatry and Health Policy Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt Divinity School Director, Mental Health and Chaplaincy | Email 615-322-0480 | Ethics and Society |
| John Metzl Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society Professor of Psychiatry | Email (615) 343-2504 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture | |
| Tracy Miller Associate Professor | Email (615) 322-0214 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | |
 | Joseph Rife Associate Professor of Classics and Anthropology | Email Website 615-343-3177 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
| Betsey A. Robinson Associate Professor | Email 615-322-3816 | Historical Studies | |
| David Wasserstein Professor of History and Eugene Greener, Jr. Professor of Jewish Studies; | Email 615-322-7801 | Historical Studies |