Classics & Religious Studies Faculty Research Areas
Neil Bernstein
- Roman Epic, Drama, and Rhetoric
- Kinship in Roman Literature
- Digital Analysis of Classical Literature
- Reception of Classical Literature
Brian Collins
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Comparative Mythology
- Intellectual History of Religious Studies
- Religion, the Paranormal, and the Occult
Cory Crawford
- Hebrew Bible
- Ancient Near Eastern Iconography
- Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology
- Religion and Material Culture
- Ritual
Fred Drogula
- Ancient History (Greece and Rome)
- Roman Republic and Empire
- Power, Authority, and the State
- Ancient Religion
- Ethnicity and Gender in the Ancient World
- Military History
Loren Lybarger
- Religion, State Violence, and Political Identity
- Secularism and Religious Resurgence
- Diaspora, Nationalism, and Religion
- Memory, Trauma, and Labors of Justice
- Utopia and Dystopia in Climate Disaster Spiritualities
- Middle Eastern Religions (Islam, Christianity, and Judaism)
- Ecstasy and Renunciation in Islam (Sufism)
- Islamist Political Movements
- What Is Religion Anyway and Why Does It Matter?
Jaclyn Maxwell
- Mediterranean; Ancient Period
- Roman Empire
- Religion; Social History
Ruth Palmer
- Greek, Roman and Egyptian Archaeology
- Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age Economy
- Linear B and other Aegean Scripts
- Food Studies for the Ancient Mediterranean
Myrna Perez
- History of U.S. Christianity
- Feminist Science Studies
- Sexuality Studies
- Critical Race Studies
- History of Science
- 19th and 20th Century U.S. History
- Science and Religion