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, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Duquesne University
Systematic Theology | rburnettjr@fordham.edu
Mary Callaway, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Biblical Studies, Old Testament
718-817-3255 | callaway@fordham.edu
Charles C. Camosy, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Christian Ethics
718-817-3207 | camosy@fordham.edu
Robert G. Davis, Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Historical Theology
718-817-3242 | rdavis32@fordham.edu
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 | demacopoulos@fordham.edu
Benjamin Dunning, Professor
PhD, Harvard University
New Testament and Early Christianity, Christianity in Late Antiquity, Early Christian Scriptural Hermeneutics,
Critical Theory and the Study of Religion
212-636-6383 | dunning@fordham.edu
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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 | seltantawi@fordham.edu
Emanuel Fiano, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Duke University
Syriac Christianity
718-817-3240 | efiano@fordham.edu
Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Systematic theology, peace studies, liberation theology, Latina/o religious experience
lguardado@fordham.edu
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Ancient Judaism, Rabbinic Literature, Jewish-Christian Relations
skattangribetz@fordham.edu
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Professor
Th.D., Harvard Divinity School
Systematic Theology, Religious Pluralism
718-817-3256 | hillfletche@fordham.edu
Bradford E. Hinze, Professor, Karl Rahner Chair in Theology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Systematic Theology, Fundamental Theology, Ecclesiology
718-817-3364 | bhinze@fordham.edu
Christine Firer Hinze, Professor
Theology Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Christian Social and Economic Ethics; Catholic Social Teaching and Ethics; Women, Family, and Work
718-817-3363 | hinze@fordham.edu
Karina Martin Hogan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism
212-636-7675 | kahogan@fordham.edu
J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Professor
D. Phil., Oxford University
Historical Theology; Late Medieval and Early Modern Christianity; Contemporary U.S. Roman Catholicism
718-817-3240 | hornbeck@fordham.edu
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Kathryn Kueny, Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Islamic Studies
212-636-7143 | kueny@fordham.edu
Michael E. Lee, Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Systematic Theology, Soteriology, Spirituality, Latin American and Latinx Theology
718-817-3259 | fmilee@fordham.edu
Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ, Professor
Dr. Theol Habil., Freiburg
Historical Theology; Patristics; Origen, Augustine Studies
718-817-3209 | lienhard@fordham.edu
Thomas Massaro, SJ, Professor
Ph.D., Emory University
Ethics, Catholic Social Teaching, Spirituality of Social Justice and Peacemaking
718-817-4173 I tmassaro@fordham.edu
Bryan N. Massingale, Professor
James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics
S.T.D., Academia Alphonsianum
Ethics
718-817-3369 | bmassingale@fordham.edu
Michael C. McCarthy, SJ, Associate Professor and Vice President for Mission Integration and Planning
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Historical Theology
mmccarthysj@fordham.edu
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 | jmccartin1@fordham.edu
Brenna Moore, Professor
Rose Hill Campus
Th.D., Harvard Divinity School
Historical Theology
718-817-4762 | brmoore@fordham.edu
Harry P. Nasuti, Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Biblical Studies, Old Testament
718-817-3362 | nasuti@fordham.edu
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 | papanikolaou@fordham.edu
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Michael Peppard, Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
New Testament, Early Christian Studies, Religion and Public Life
718-817-3248 | mpeppard@fordham.edu
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Kathryn Reklis, Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Yale University
Historical, Modern Protestantism
718-817-3258 | kreklis@fordham.edu
Thomas Scirghi, SJ, Associate Professor
Th.D., Boston University
Systematic Theology
718-817-3249 | scirghi@fordham.edu
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 | jseitz@fordham.edu
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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 | ctraina@fordham.edu
Larry L. Welborn, Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Biblical Studies, Pauline Epistles, Apostolic Fathers
718-817-3250 | welborn@fordham.edu
Christiana Zenner, Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Yale University
Theology, Science, and Ethics; Ecology and Environmental Studies; Moral Theology
212-636-6279 | czenner2@fordham.edu
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Other Faculty
Joshua Schapiro, Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Harvard University
Asian Religions
jschapiro@fordham.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Barbara Hilkert Andolsen, Ph.D.
Bartholomew J. Collopy, Ph.D.
Rev. Dr. Richard J. Dillon, SSL
James T. Fisher
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Judith M. Kubicki, CSSF
Rev. Dr. Donald J. Moore, S.J.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, Ph.D.
Terrence W. Tilley, Ph.D.
Richard R. Viladesau, S.T.D.