{"id":7457,"date":"2025-12-23T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7457"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:23:00","slug":"directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/religiousstudies\/about\/directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faculty\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-container\" class=\"uwmpeople-grid\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-grid\" class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--5 uwm-u-mb-40\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"uwmpeople-person uwm-u-mb-40\" data-catlist=\"35\"><div class=\"people-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/religiousstudies\/directory\/divalerio-david\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/divaleri.webp?ver=9b6e97f0517157d1750fbf4de8bf922f\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"people-info\"><div class=\"people-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/religiousstudies\/directory\/divalerio-david\/\">Divalerio, David <\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-u-my-0\"><ul class=\"people-title-dept uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong>, <em>History and Religious Studies<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Director<\/strong>, <em>Religious Studies Program<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"people-contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li class=\"people-email\"><a href=\"mailto:divaleri@uwm.edu\">divaleri@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uwmpeople-person uwm-u-mb-40\" data-catlist=\"35\"><div class=\"people-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/religiousstudies\/directory\/williams-demetrius\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/williamd.webp?ver=\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"people-info\"><div class=\"people-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/religiousstudies\/directory\/williams-demetrius\/\">Williams, Demetrius <\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-u-my-0\"><ul class=\"people-title-dept uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li><strong>Professor<\/strong>, <em>Comparative Literature<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"people-contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li class=\"people-email\"><a href=\"mailto:williamd@uwm.edu\">williamd@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li><li class=\"people-phone\"><a href=\"tel:4142294382\">414-229-4382<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lecturers\">Affiliated Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rachel Baum<\/strong><br>Jewish Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joel Berkowitz<\/strong><br>English, and Sam &amp; Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>William Bristow<\/strong><br>Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jue Chen<\/strong><br>Ancient &amp; Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures: Chinese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcus Filippello<\/strong><br>History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mark Freeland<\/strong><br>Electa Quinney Institute and Anthropology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00c1g\u00fast Ingvar Magn\u00fasson<\/strong><br>Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fahed Masalkhi<\/strong><br>World Languages &amp; Cultures: Arabic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Mansson McGinty<\/strong><br>Geography and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meghan Murphy-Lee<\/strong><br>Ancient &amp; Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures: Russian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kevin Muse<\/strong><br>Ancient &amp; Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures: Classics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aragorn Quinn<\/strong><br>World Languages &amp; Cultures: Japanese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sarah Schaefer<\/strong><br>Art History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alan Singer<\/strong><br>Honors College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hilary Snow<\/strong><br>Honors College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tanya Tiffany<\/strong><br>Art History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anika Wilson<\/strong><br>African and African Diaspora Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"admin-staff\">Emeritus Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Judith Beall<\/strong><br>History and Religious Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenneth Bendiner<\/strong><br>Art History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lakshmi Bharadwaj<\/strong><br>Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jeffrey Merrick<\/strong><br>History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Richard Monti<\/strong><br>Foreign Languages &amp; 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