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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 | |
 | Sophie Bjork-James Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Race and racism, evangelicalism, reproductive politics) | Email 615-875-8331 | Ethics and Society |
| Julia Cohen Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History Associate Professor of History | Email 615.322.6206 | Jewish Studies | |
| 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 | |
 | Michael Eric Dyson Centennial Chair and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society | Ethics and Society | |
 | William Franke Professor of Comparative Literature, Italian, and Religious Studies | Email 615-322-6900 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
 | 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 Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt Divinity School | Email 615-322-0480 | Ethics and Society |
 | Jonathan 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 |