Fareeha Khan, Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in Spring 2008 from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral dissertation is entitled "Traditionalist Approaches to Shari'ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Fatwa on Women's Right to Divorce." A specialist in Islam, she has done extensive work in issues of women and Islam and Islam and the law. She received her M.A from the University of Chicago and a dual degree (B.S. and B.A.) from Loyola University Chicago. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Islamic Law and Culture, Islamica Magazine, and in a volume on Islam in South Asia out of Princeton University Press. Professor Khan will be teaching “Introduction to Islam” and "Women and Islam" during the Fall 2008 semester.

Vincent Lloyd, Assistant Professor, received his Ph.D. in Spring 2008 from the University of California-Berkeley. He is a specialist in modern religious thought, including philosophy of religion, religion and race, and religion and politics. He received his M.A. from Berkeley and his B.A. from Princeton, and also studied at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His first book, Law and Transcendence, will be published in December, and he is currently co-editing a collection of essays on Race and Political Theology. His articles that will be published are forthcoming in journals including Telos, Philosophia Africana, Journal of Religious Ethics, and Theory & Event. Professor Lloyd is teaching "Introduction to Religion" and "Christianity and Democracy" during the Fall 2008 semester and in Spring 2008 will be teaching "Religion, Ethics, Politics" and "Topics in Philosophy of Religion."

David Bell just joined the Religious Studies faculty as a permanent lecturer. He earned his M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. at Emory University. His dissertation was titled "Religious Identity: Conceptualization and measurement of the religious self," and his research focuses on psychology of religion. More specifically, David is interested in the cognitive foundations and psychological functioning of religious identity. In addition to offering World Religions and Perspectives courses, David will offer an upper-level undergraduate/graduate course on Psychology and Religion in Spring 2009.