Faculty

Christine M. Bochen, Professor

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 - In Search of Jesus Christ
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)

Joseph G. Kelly, Professor

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

Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Kelly studies and teaches Hebrew scriptures, Christian scriptures, ethics, Roman Catholic history and theology, and Jewish-Catholic relations

Courses:
RES 104 - Exploring Religion: West
RES 203 - Introducing the Bible
RES 204 - Biblical Perspectives
RES 213 - The Prophets for Today
RES 214 - Biblical Prayer
RES 221 - Matthew, Mark and Luke: Witnesses to Christ
RES 233 - Making Moral Decisions
RES 240 - Jews and Christians in Dialogue
RES 301 - John's Message
RES 302 - St. Paul and His Letters
RES 303 - The Inner Search for God
RES 305 - In the Beginning
RES 341 - Job's Dilemma and Ours
RES 344 - The Church and Its Art Through the Ages

Susan Nowak, Associate 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)

Joseph R. Schaller, Associate Professor

Phone: 585-389-2764
E-mail: jschall8@naz.edu

Education: B.A., California State University, Northridge
M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Teaching and Research Interests: Dr. Schaller teaches Asian Religions, specializing in the traditions of South Asia.  His research is in the devotional (bhakti) religious tradition of Hinduism, particularly in medieval Hindi bhakti poetry and literature.

Courses:
RES 103G - Exploring Religion: East
RES 226G - Religions of East Asia
RES 227G - Religions of India
RES 230G - Buddhism
RES 327G - Sacred Literature of India
RES 348G - Mysticism East and West
RES 370   - Junior-Senior Seminar in Religious Studies

LST 527    - South Asian Religious Art: Iconography, Mythology and Symbolism (Masters of Liberal Studies Program)

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

* Additional instructors teach courses in the Religious Studies
Department as adjunct members of the faculty.