Faculty & Staff

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Faculty

Douglas Hicks

  • President | Professor of Religious Studies
Douglas Hicks speaking at Orientation 2022

Doug Ottati

  • Craig Family Distinguished Professor of Reformed Theology and Justice
Douglas Ottati

Rachel Pang

  • Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Tibetan Buddhism
  • Buddhist life writing, song, poetry
  • Non-Sectarianism
  • Shabkar
  • Buddhist nationalism
Rachel Pang

Ved Patel

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • South Asian Religions
  • Religious Ethics
  • Lived Religion
  • Religion and Philanthropy
Ved Patel

Greg Snyder

  • Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Bible, esp. New Testament
  • Ancient Christian life and literature
  • Religion and politics
H. Gregory Snyder

Willa Swenson-Lengyel

  • Holmes Rolston III Chair in Religion and Science | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Religion and the Environment
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Religious Ethics
  • Theology
  • Moral Psychology

wiswensonlengyel@davidson.edu

704-894-4376

Chambers 2011

Pronouns: she/her

Willa Swenson-Lengyel

Anne Wills

  • Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • History of U.S. Religions
  • Sexuality, Gender, and Religion
  • Race and Religion
Anne Blue Wills headshot

Syed Rizwan Zamir

  • Chair & Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Shi’i Islam
  • Islam in South Asia
  • Islamic thought, ethics, and spirituality
  • Islam and modernity
Rizwan Zamir headshot

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Staff

Gladys Guido Newport

  • Departmental Coordinator
Gladys Newport

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