Faculty
The Department of Religious Studies has a diverse and varied research profile. Most of our faculty have won external funding from granting agencies, including current SSHRC Insight Grants (Selby, Stephenson).
Dr. Michael DeRoche
Associate Professor
M.Th. Laval; M.A., Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5010 Arts and Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-3539
Email: mderoche@mun.ca
Research Interests: Biblical studies, narratology, ancient Israelite religion, 2nd temple Judaism, early rabbinic Judaism
Dr. Patricia Dold
Currently Associate Dean of Curriculum and Programs, HSS
Associate Professor
M.A. Calgary; Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5031 Arts and Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-4538
Email: pdold@mun.ca
Research Interests: Hindu religious texts, Hindu goddesses, women and religion
Dr. Jennifer Porter
Associate Professor
M.A., Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5009 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-2469
Email: jporter@mun.ca
Webpage: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~jporter/index.html
Research Interests: Religion and popular culture, Religion and Disney, Alternative religious movements.
Dr. Michelle Rebidoux
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Liaison Officer
M.A. UBC, Ph.D. McGill
Office: 5030 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8172
Email:mrebidoux@mun.ca
Research Interests: Philosophy of religion, comparative religion, theories of religion, history of Christianity, religious ethics
Dr. Jennifer Selby
Professor and Graduate Officer
M.A. Queen's; Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5029 Arts and Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-4046
Email: jselby@mun.ca
Webpage: https://www.mun.ca/faculty/jselby/
Research Interests: Islam in the West, secularisms, gender, method & theory, religion and anthropology
Dr. Barry Stephenson
Associate Professor, Department Head
M.A. Laurier; Ph.D. Calgary
Office: 5005 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8113
Email: bstephenson@mun.ca
Research Interests: Christian thought and history, ritual studies, religion literature and the arts
Retired Faculty
Dr. David N. Bell
Professor Emeritus and Honorary Research Professor
M.A. Leeds; M. A., D.Phil. Oxford, F.R.S.C.
Office: 5030 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8172
Email: dbell@mun.ca
Dr. David J. Hawkin
Professor
P.G.C.E. Leeds; M.A., Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5030 Arts & Administration
Email: dhawkin@mun.ca
Dr. Morley F. Hodder
Professor Emeritus
Dip. in Th. United Theological College; P.G.Dip. in Th. Edinburgh; S.T.M., Th.D. Boston
Dr. Kim Ian Parker
Professor
M.A., Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5005 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8594
Email: kparker@mun.ca
Research Interests: Hebrew Bible, critical theory, post-modernism, religion and political theory
Dr. Hans Rollmann
Professor Emeritus
M.A. Vanderbilt, Ph.D. McMaster
Office: 5027 Arts & Administration
Telephone: (709) 864-8171
Email: hrollmann@mun.ca
In Memoriam
Dr. Lee Rainey
Associate Professor
M.A., Ph.D. Toronto
Research Interests: Daoism, Confucianism, Chinese philosophy
Dr. Michael Shute
Professor
M.T.S. Atlantic School of Theology; S.T.L., S.T.D. Regis; Th.D. Toronto
Research Interests: Social ethics, philosophy of religion, Lonergan, religious aesthetics