Faculty
Christine M. Bochen, Professor
William H. Shannon Chair in Catholic Studies
Phone: 585-389-2728
E-mail: cbochen4@naz.edu
Education: B.A., D'Youville
College
M.A. and Ph.D., The Catholic
University of America
Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Bochen studies and teaches Roman Catholic theology, feminist theology, American religions, and spirituality (particularly the works of Thomas Merton).
Courses:
RES 101 - Exploring Religion
RES 236 - Religion in America
RES 237 - Catholicism Today
RES 239 - Word and Sacrament
RES 304 - Jesus Christ: the Man, the Myth, and the Message
RES 338 - Merton: Mystic and Prophet
RES 339 - Spiritual Autobiography
RES 347 - Women and Christianity
RES 348 - Mysticism East and West
RES 349 - Meaning of Death
LST 503 - Values and Action (Masters of Liberal Studies Program)
Thomas Donlin-Smith, Professor
Phone: 585-389-2729
E-mail: tdonlin1@naz.edu
Education: B.A., The
Ohio State University
M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Donlin-Smith studies and teaches comparative religion, theory and method in Religious Studies, religion and science, Christian ethics, comparative religious ethics, and ethics of the professions. He has a special interest in narrative (story-based) approaches to ethics.
Courses:
RES 101 - Exploring Religion
RES 223 - Religion and Science
RES 233 - Ethics in Christianity
RES 330 - Ethics of the Professions
RES 332 - Living Well: Ethics in the World's Religions
RES 335 - Biomedical Ethics
RES 370 - Junior-Senior Seminar in Religious Studies
LST 503 - Values and Action (Masters of Liberal Studies Program)
George P. Heyman, Lecturer
Phone: 585-389-277 
Email: gheyman3@naz.edu
Education: B.A., St. John Fisher College
M.Div., St. Bernard's Seminary
M.A., St. Bernard's Seminary
Th.M., Harvard University
M.Phil. and Ph.D., Syracuse University
Courses:
RES 213 - Prophets for Today
RES 221 - Matthew, Mark, Luke
RES 301 - John's Message
Janet S. Katz, Lecturer
Phone: 585-389-2767
Email: jkatz3@naz.edu
Education: B.A., Brandeis University
M.A., Columbia University
Courses:
RES 232 - Judaism Past and Present
RES 360 - Judasim and Sacred Text
Sandra Kistler-Connolly, Lecturer 
Phone: 585-389-2767
Email: skistle2@naz.edu
Education: B.A., Alfred University
M.A., Syracuse University
Courses:
RES 103G - Exploring Religion: East
RES 230G - Buddhism
Susan Nowak, Professor and Chair
Phone: 585-389-2731
E-mail: snowak8@naz.edu
Education: B.A., Nazareth
College
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Nowak studies and teaches comparative religion, Jewish-Christian interfaith relations, and feminist studies.
Courses:
RES 101 - Exploring Religion
RES 228 - Islam
RES 320 - Auschwitz and After: Religious Questions and
Ethical Dilemmas
RES 321 - Encountering Evil: Responses from World Religions
RES 331 - Liberation thought: Empowerment, Solidarity,
and Praxis
RES 333 - Peace and Justice
RES 334 - Love, Sex, and the Body in World Religions
LST 501 - Being Human (Masters of Liberal Studies Program)
Donald F. Schwab, Lecturer
Phone: 585-389-2767
E-mail: dschwab5@naz.edu
Education: B.A., St. John Fisher College
M.Div., St. Bernard's Seminary
D.Min., Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Ph.D., Oxford University
Courses:
RES 330 - Ethics of the Professions
Muhammad Shafiq, Professor and Director of
Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue
Phone: 585-389-2763
E-mail: mshafiq5@naz.edu
Education: B.A. and M.A., University of Peshawar
Ph.D., Temple University
Teaching and Research Interests:
Courses:
RES 101 - Exploring Religion
RES 228 - Islam
RES 260G - Studies in the Qur'an
RES 261 - Malcolm and Martin
RES 310 - Introduction to Interfaith Studies and Dialogue
Eglute Trinkauske, Lecturer
Phone: 585-389-2767
Email: etrinka5@naz.edu
Education: B.A., Hunter College, City University of New York
M., Philosophy, M.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse University
Teaching and Research Interests: Native American and indigenous
religions; indigenous peoples and globalization; world religions;
religion and nature; History of Religions; religion and psychology;
religion and literature; Eastern Europe and Baltic area studies.
Lili Zhang, Assistant Professor
Phone: 585-389-2734
E-mail: lzhang2@naz.edu 
Education: B.A., Bejing University
M.A., People's University of China
M.A.T.S., McCormick Theological Seminary
M.Phil., Syracuse University
Ph.D., Emory University
Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Zhang studies and teaches East Asian Religions, comparative religion and literature, and critical theory. Her research is to critically examine the nature of religious practice/experience in Chinese religions.
Courses:
RES 103G - Exploring Religion: East
RES 226G - Religions of East Asia
RES 230G - Buddhism
RES 251G - Religions of China
RES 325G - Classic Texts of China
RES 336G - Journeys Into Emptiness
RES 350G - Zen Meditation and Militarism
RES 363G - Chinese Religions and Performing Arts
Emeriti Faculty:
Joseph G. Kelly
Phone: 585-389-2726
E-mail: jgkelly@naz.edu
Education: B.A., St. Bernard's Seminary
M.A., University of Notre Dame
D.Min., Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Joan Margaret Kunz, SSJ
Education: B.A., Nazareth College
M.A., Catholic University of America
Ph.D., St. Mary's College, Notre Dame Indiana
William H. Shannon
Education: B.A., St. Bernard's Seminary
M.A., Canisius College
Ph.D., University of Ottawa
* Additional instructors
teach courses in the Religious Studies
Department as adjunct members
of the faculty.