Faculty

Religion
Department

vassar.edu/religion
Associate Professor and Chair of Religion
Kirsten M. Wesselhoeft wearing a black jacket and blue patterned scarf with trees in the background.
BA, Willamette University; MTS, PhD, Harvard University
Professor of Religion on the Mackie P. Davis and Norman H. Davis Chair and Director of Jewish Studies
Marc Michael Epstein
BA, Oberlin College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
Woman with long black hair smiling outside with an outdoor path abd campus brick building in the background.
BA, Harvard University; PhD, University of Chicago
Professor of Religion
A person with short brown hair and a dark blue jacket smiles at the camera.
BA, Princeton University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of Religion
BSocSci, University of Cape Town; MA, PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara
Professor of Religion on the Andrew W. Mellon Chair
BA, University of California-Davis; MA, MTS, PhD, Harvard University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, Ursinus College; MTS, THD, Harvard University

Emeriti

Betsy H. Amaru , PhD
Professor Emerita of Religion (1981–2005)
Lynn R. LiDonnici , PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus of Religion (1994–2016)
H. P. Sullivan , PhD
Professor Emeritus of Religion (1969–1991)
Tova Weitzman , MA
Senior Lecturer Emerita of Religion (1986–2014)