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Robert Winzeler
Religious Studies Advisor
winzeler@unr.edu
Faculty who serve on the Religious Studies Committee and teach courses in Religious Studies:
Robert L. Winzeler (winzeler@unr.edu), Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Religious Studies Committee. Teaches: Anthropology 420 (Magic, Witchcraft and Religion). Specializes in the comparative anthropology of religion with particular reference to Southeast Asia. Author of Anthropology and Religion: What We Know, Think and Question (2008).
James Richardson (jtr@unr.edu), Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies
Teaches: Sociology 333 (Religion and Society). Does research on new and minority religions and religion and the law. Author of Regulating Religion: Case Studies Around the Globe (2004).
Phillip Boardman (boardman@unr.edu), Professor of English and Director of Core Humanities. Teaches English 484A (The Bible of Literature). Specializes in Biblical Studies and Chaucer. Co-author of The Arthurian Annals: The Tradition in English, 1250-2000.
Bernard Schopen (schopen@unr.nevada.edu), Lecturer in Core Humanities. Teaches English 340 (Myth and Archetype).
Linda Curcio (lindacurcio@unr.edu), Associate Professor of History. Teaches History 439 (Religion and Society in Modern Latin America), 439b (The Inquisition in Europe and Latin America), and 439a (The Aztecs). Specializes in Latin American religion and popular culture especially during the 16th and 17th centuries. Author of The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City: Performing Power and Identity (2004) and the forthcoming Grave Sins of Sensuality.
Jane Davidson (jdhexen@unr.edu), Professor of the History of Art. Teaches Art 261R-261 (Survey of Art History) and other courses in art history. Studies occult themes in history and art. Author of The Witch in Northern European Art, 1479-1750.
Guy Axtell (guya@unr.edu), Lecturer in Philosophy and Core Humanities. Teaches Philosophy 210 (World Religions), 323 (Problems in Philosophy and Religion) and 470 (Religion and Science). Studies comparative religious fundamentalism and is working on a book on religious pluralism.
Kenneth Lucey (lucey@unr.edu), Professor and Chair of Philosophy. Teaches Philosophy 210 (World Religions), and 223 (Problems in the Philosophy of Religion). Studies theories of knowledge and the philosophy of religion. Author of What is God (1993).
Eleanor M. Nevins (mnevins@unr.edu). Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Teaches Anth 408 (Language, Religion and Politics) and Anth 439 (Native American Literatures). Studies religion and language as well and relationships between local communities and world religions.
R. ElizaBeth Beyer (rebeyer@unr.edu), RN, JD, Assistant Professor, Nevada Center for Ethics & Health Policy. Rabbi Beyer teaches PHIL 295 Jewish Mysticism: Kabbalah and HCE 495/695 Religious Perspectives in Health, Healing & Ethics. Her areas of interest include kabbalah, chasidism, ancient texts and chants.