Faculty
Core Faculty
![]() | Victor Anderson Oberlin Theological School Professor of Ethics and Society Professor of the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies and Religious Studies On leave Fall 2018 | Email (615) 343-3973 238 | Ethics and Society |
![]() | Ellen Armour Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Teaching leave fall 2019 and spring 2020 E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Feminist Theology Director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality | Email (615) 343-5536 223 | Theological Studies |
![]() | Annalisa Azzoni Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible On leave fall 2019 semester | Email (615) 343-3972 211 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
Stephanie Budwey Luce Dean’s Faculty Fellow Assistant Professor of the History and Practice of Christian Worship and the Arts | Email (615) 343-1316 | Homiletics and Liturgics | |
![]() | James P. Byrd Associate Professor of American Religious History Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Chair, Graduate Department of Religion | Email (615) 343-3976 202A | Historical Studies |
![]() | Paul DeHart Professor of Theology | Email (615) 343-7516 222 | Theological Studies |
![]() | Juan Floyd-Thomas Associate Professor of African American Religious History On leave fall 2019 | Email (615) 322-2619 218 | Historical Studies |
![]() | Stacey Floyd-Thomas E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Ethics and Society On leave Fall 2019 Associate Professor of Ethics and Society | Email (615) 343-4074 221 | Ethics and Society |
![]() | Jay Geller Professor of Modern Jewish Culture | Email (615) 343-3968 207 | Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions |
![]() | Jaco Hamman Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture Director of the Program in Theology and Practice | Email (615) 343-5404 202B | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
![]() | Forrest Harris Professor of the Practice of Ministry Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies | Email (615) 343-0489 237 | Leadership and Ministry |
![]() | James Hudnut-Beumler Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History Professor of History in the College of Arts and Science | Email (615) 343-3978 232 | Historical Studies |
![]() | Amy-Jill Levine University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Mary Jane Werthan Professor in Jewish Studies Professor of New Testament Studies | Email (615) 343-3967 235 | New Testament and Early Christianity |
![]() | Paul Lim Associate Professor of the History of Christianity Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Science Associate Faculty of Religious Studies, College of Arts & Science Associate Faculty of Asian Studies, College of Arts & Science | Email (615) 343-3975 228 | Historical Studies |
![]() | Herbert R. Marbury Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible On leave Spring 2020 | Email (615) 343-3974 240 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
![]() | Viki Matson Assistant Professor of the Practice of Ministry Director of Field Education | Email (615) 343-3995 209 | Field Education |
![]() | John McClure Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship On leave Spring 2020 | Email Website (615) 343-3989 234 | Homiletics and Liturgics |
![]() | David Michelson Associate Professor of the History of Christianity Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, History, and Islamic Studies in the College of Arts and Science | Email Website (615) 343-3990 214 | Historical Studies |
![]() | Bonnie Miller-McLemore E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture | Email Website (615) 343-3970 239 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
![]() | Mark Miller-McLemore Associate Professor of the Practice of Ministry | Email (615) 343-3969 236 | Leadership and Ministry |
![]() | Bruce Morrill Edward A. Malloy Chair of Roman Catholic Studies Professor of Theological Studies | Email (615) 322-4199 208 | Theological Studies |
![]() | Joe Pennel Professor of the Practice of Leadership | Email (615) 343-5528 237A | Leadership and Ministry |
![]() | Graham Reside Executive Director, Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership for the Professions Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Divinity School On leave Spring 2019 | Email (615) 322-4491 213 | Ethics and Society |
Joerg Rieger Distinguished Professor of Theology Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair of Wesleyan Studies Founding Director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice Affiliate Faculty, Turner Family Center for Social Ventures, Owen Graduate School of Management | Email (615) 875-9184 215 | Theological Studies | |
![]() | Bruce Rogers-Vaughn Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Counseling | Email (615) 322-3543 224 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
![]() | Fernando Segovia Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity | Email (615) 343-3992 233 | New Testament and Early Christianity |
![]() | Choon-Leong Seow Vanderbilt, Buffington, Cupples Chair in Divinity Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible On leave Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 | Email (615) 875-9598 220 | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East |
![]() | Phillis Isabella Sheppard Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture | Email (615) 343-3982 210 | Religion, Psychology, and Culture |
![]() | C. Melissa Snarr Associate Professor of Ethics and Society On leave fall 2019-spring 2020 | Email (615) 343-3965 230 | Ethics and Society |
![]() | Trudy Hawkins Stringer Assistant Professor of the Practice of Ministry Associate Director of Field Education | Email (615) 343-3962 212 | Field Education |
![]() | Lisa L. Thompson Associate Professor and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chancellor Faculty Fellow of Black Homiletics and Liturgics On leave fall 2019 | Email (615) 343-5974 258 | Homiletics and Liturgics |
![]() | Emilie M. Townes Dean of the Divinity School E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society | Email (615) 343-3960 | Ethics and Society |
Dual and Secondary Appointment
![]() | Sandra Barnes Assistant Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Professor of Sociology of Religion Professor of Human and Organizational Development | Email 2-8714 Peabody #90 | Ethics and Society |
![]() | Dennis C. Dickerson James M. Lawson, Jr. Professor of History | Email (615) 343-4329 209 Benson | Historical Studies |
Tom Dillehay Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Religion, and Culture | |||
![]() | Peter Lake University Distinguished Professor of History Professor of the History of Christianity, Divinity School | Email 2-3333 211 Benson | Historical Studies |
![]() | Keith Meador Professor, Psychiatry and Health Policy Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt Divinity School Director, Mental Health and Chaplaincy | Email 615-322-0480 | Ethics and Society |
![]() | Richard N. Pitt Associate Professor of Sociology Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology Affiliated Faculty, Women and Gender Studies | Email 615-322-7530 | Ethics and Society |
Long-term Adjunct
Elizabeth F. Caldwell Visiting Professor in Religious Education | Email 221A | ||
Daniel Joranko Lecturer in the Divinity School and Coordinator of the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Program | Email (615) 343-3966 221A | Leadership and Ministry | |
![]() | Victor Judge Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs | Email (615) 343-3964 208 | Administrative Officers and Support Staff |
![]() | Dave Perkins Associate Director, Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture | Email Website (615) 343-3987 140 | Administrative Officers and Support Staff |
![]() | Amy Steele Assistant Dean for Student Life | Email (615) 343-5749 202B | Administrative Officers and Support Staff |