Religious Studies Faculty
Esther Chung-Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
B.A. Drew University, M.Div. Princeton, Ph.D. Duke University
Teaching: Poverty, Wealth and Social Change - Examines greatest thinkers on the topic.,The Protestant Reformation - Examines religious, political and social developments in late medieval to early modern Europe, Religion and Politics in East Asia - Examines the historical relationship between religion and politics in China, Japan and Korea, History of World Christianity.
Research: Religion, Immigration and Poor Relief; Poverty and Wealth in Early Modern Era; Wealth, Property and Possessions during the Renaissance and Reformation, Religious Authority and Leadership in the Reformation, Religious Debates over the Eucharist,Reception of the Early Church Fathers,History of the Bible and its Interpretation,
esther.chung-kim@cmc.edu
(909) 607-3880
Gastón Espinosa, Ph.D.
Arthur V. Stoughton Professor of Religious Studies
U.C. Santa Barbara (Ph.D), Dartmouth College (Fellow), Harvard University (Master's), Princeton Seminary (Master's)
Teaching: American Religions; U.S. Latino Religions; Religion & Film; Religion, Politics & Global Violence; Religion & Civil Rights Movement; Religion, Race, and Politics
Research: American Religions; U.S. Latino Religions; Religion & Politics; Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements; Sociology of Religion
gaston.espinosa@cmc.edu
(909) 621-8395
Gary Gilbert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Teaching: Jewish studies, particularly Judaism in the Second Temple and early rabbinic periods,Origins of Christianity and its development before the time of Constantine
Research: Involvement of gentiles in Jewish social and religious life,Influence of Roman political thought on the development of early Christianity,Jewish/Christian relations
gary.gilbert@cmc.edu
(909) 607-1877
Cynthia A. Humes, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer / Associate Professor of Religious Studies
A.B., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Teaching: Method and Theory in Religious Studies,South Asian Religions,Goddess Traditions,Models of Hindu Leadership
Research: Gender and Religion,Modern Hindu Goddess Worship,History of Hinduism in America
cynthia.humes@cmc.edu
(909) 607-8713
Daniel Michon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bowdoin College, BA;
John Carroll University, MEd;
University of California, Santa Barbara, MA and PhD
Teaching: Ancient South Asian Culture and Religion,Archaeology and Religion at Sanghol, Punjab,Religion and Material Culture in South Asia,Digital Humanities, Archaeology, and Religion
Research: - Religion and Material Culture in Ancient India,- Archaeology and Religion at Sanghol, Punjab,- Digital Humanities, Archaeology, and the Production and Representation of Virtual Places
dmichon@cmc.edu
(909) 607-0837
Jamel Velji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Haverford College; M.A. McGill University; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching: "The End of the World as We Know it" (a comparative examination of apocalypticism); Islamic Thought; Islamic Empire and Political Philosophy; Dreams, Visions and the Afterlife in Islam; Contemporary Issues in Islamic Studies; Religion of Islam
Research: Islamic apocalypticism and eschatology; Islamic intellectual history; Shiism; coffee and its reception history
jamel.velji@cmc.edu
Visiting Faculty
Julius Bailey, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies
Teaching:
Research:
jbailey@cmc.edu
Chloe Martinez, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Fellow in Sikh Studies
B.A. Barnard College; M.A. and Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. Boston University; M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
Teaching: Religions of South Asia; Sikhism; Hinduism; Jainism; Buddhism; Islam in South Asia; Asian American Religions; Ramayana; Devotional Worlds of South Asia; Religious Autobiography; Poetry and Religion; Creative Writing
Research: Religion and Literature in South Asia; Medieval North India; Devotional traditions; Rajasthan and Punjab; Autobiography and Hagiography; Asian American Religions; Poetry and Religion.
cmartinez@cmc.edu