Theology Faculty

Fordham’s distinguished faculty leads the field of theology in scholarly research, publishing, teaching, and service. Collectively, the faculty possesses a breadth and diversity of knowledge and expertise that spans countless methods and topics of theological inquiry.

Rufus Burnett, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Duquesne University
Systematic Theology | [email protected]

Robert G. Davis, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Historical Theology
718-817-3242 | [email protected]

Erez DeGolan, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Classical Rabbinic Judaism
718-817-3240 | [email protected]

George Demacopoulos, Professor
Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Historical Theology; Early, Medieval, and Byzantine Christianity
718-817-3252 | [email protected]

Sarah Eltantawi, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Contemporary Islam, Islamic law, gender, political Islam, Egypt and MENA region, West Africa, interplay of theology and politics, religion and individual subjectivity/psychology of religion
718-817-3240 | [email protected]

Emanuel Fiano, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Duke University
Syriac Christianity
718-817-3240 | [email protected]

Leo Guardado, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Systematic theology, peace studies, liberation theology, Latina/o religious experience
[email protected]

Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Rose Campus
Th.D., Harvard Divinity School
Systematic Theology, Religious Pluralism
718-817-3256 | [email protected]

Bradford E. Hinze, Professor, Karl Rahner Chair in Theology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Systematic Theology, Fundamental Theology, Ecclesiology
718-817-3364 | [email protected]

Christine Firer Hinze, Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Christian Social and Economic Ethics; Catholic Social Teaching and Ethics; Women, Family, and Work
718-817-3363 | [email protected]

Karina Martin Hogan, Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Lincoln Center Campus
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism
212-636-7675 | [email protected]

Ki-Eun Jang, Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,  New York University 
Bible in Global Cultures, Hebrew Bible, Ancient Middle Eastern Studies 
[email protected]

Kathryn Kueny, Professor
Associate chair for Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Islamic Studies
212-636-7143 | [email protected]

Natalia Imperatori Lee, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Systematic Theology
718-817-3260 I [email protected]

Michael E. Lee, Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Systematic Theology, Soteriology, Spirituality, Latin American and Latinx Theology
718-817-3259 | [email protected]

Thomas Massaro, SJ, McGinley Professor of Religion and Society
Ph.D., Emory University
Ethics, Catholic Social Teaching, Spirituality of Social Justice and Peacemaking
718-817-4173 I [email protected]

Bryan N. Massingale, Professor
James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics
S.T.D., Academia Alphonsianum
Ethics
718-817-3369| [email protected]

James McCartin, Associate Professor 
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
U.S. Catholic history; American religious history; cultural history of religion; history of spirituality
212-636-7492 | [email protected]

Brenna Moore, Professor
Chair of Theology Department
Rose Hill Campus
Th.D., Harvard Divinity School
Historical Theology
718-817-4762 | [email protected]

Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Systematic Theology, Eastern Orthodox Theology, Trinitarian Theology, Political Theology
212-636-6249 | [email protected]
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Michael Peppard, Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
New Testament, Early Christian Studies, Religion and Public Life
718-817-3248 | [email protected]
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Kathryn Reklis, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
History of Modern Christianities, Atlantic World, Aesthetics and Modernity
718-817-3258 | [email protected]

Joshua Schapiro, Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Harvard University
Comparative Theology, Buddhist Studies, Tibetan Religion, Religious Pedagogy
718-817-5581 | [email protected]

John Seitz, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
History of Modern Christianity, American Religions, Catholic Studies, and Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
212-636-6398 | [email protected]
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Cristina L.H. Traina, Professor
Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ Chair in Catholic Theology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Christian Theology and Ethics, with an emphasis on Feminist Ethics
718-817-3253| [email protected]

Christiana Zenner, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Theology, Science, and Ethics; Ecology and Environmental Studies; Moral Theology
212-636-6279 | [email protected]
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Other Faculty

Iskander Abbasi, Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Johannesburg
Contemporary Islam, Islamic Liberation Theology, Environmental Ethics, Decolonial Theory, Islamophobia Studies, Critical Muslim Studies, Race and Religion
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Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina, Lecturer
Ph.D., Emory University
Early Christianity
[email protected]

Joshua Schapiro, Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Harvard University
Asian Religions
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Faculty with Joint Appointments

Thomas Beaudoin, Professor with Fordham Graduate School of Education with joint appointment in Theology
Ph.D., Boston College
Theologies, philosophies, and religious studies of practice; religious affiliation/disaffiliation; spiritual exercises; popular music; sacred architecture in secular/postsecular contexts; Pantheon (Rome) studies; practical theology
[email protected] 

Visiting Research Scholar

Elizabeth Anne Meier Tetlow, holds a Doctor of Law degree and five Master of Arts degrees in philosophy, theology, biblical studies, and Semitic languages. She is the author of numerous works, including Women and Ministry in the New Testament (Paulist Press, 1980); Partners in Service: Toward a Biblical Theology of Christian Marriage (University Press of America, 1983); The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola (College Theology Society/UPA, 1987); Women, Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society (2 vols., Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2004–2005); and The Journey of a Knightly Family (Wipf and Stock, 2024).

Faculty Emeriti