Faculty Associates are faculty of Creighton University who work in the areas of religion and society. Their primary appointments are in academic departments of the university, but they have committed their expertise, interests, and skills to the collaborative work of the Center.
The Kripke Center accepts applications for new Faculty Associates. For further information on the responsibilities and privileges of Faculty Associates, see the Faculty Associate Profile.
Current Associates
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Naser Z. Alsharif Islam; Islam and the west; Arab and Muslim-Americans; Muslim-Christian/Muslim-Jewish Relations; Religion and Politics. |
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Erin Averett Classical Archaeology |
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Matthew Averett Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture; Urban Development |
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Dulcinea Boesenberg New Testament; Early Jewish and Christian Community and Identity |
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Sherri Brown Biblical Studies; New Testament and Social Justice |
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Susan A. Calef New Testament and Christian Origins; Feminist Biblical Interpretation; Women in Early Christianity; Body Issues in Early Christianity; Apocryphal Acts; Biblical Spirituality |
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John C. M. Calvert Middle Eastern History; Islamism; Jihadism |
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J. Jay Carney African Christianity, Church History |
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Sabrina Danielsen, Director of the Kripke Center Sociology of Religion; Social Problems and Movements |
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Daniel DiLeo Religion and Environment; Catholic Social Teaching and Climate Change |
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Scott Eastman Spanish Nationalism and Colonialism |
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Leonard Greenspoon, Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Hebrew Bible; Dead Sea Scrolls; Bible Translations; Bible in Popular Culture; Judaism; Jewish-Christian Relations |
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Andrew Gustafson Ethics, Business, and Society |
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Martha Habash Greek Religion, Roman Religion, Ancient History |
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H. Ashley Hall Reformation; Protestant Theology |
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Jeffrey P. Hause Medieval Philosophy; Ethics; Ancient Philosophy |
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Bridget Keegan British Literature; Religion and the Environment |
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Thomas M. Kelly Liberation Theology; Enculturation; Christianity in Cultural Context |
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Richard Collin Mangrum, Yossem Chair in Legal Ethics Constitutional Law; Free Exercise and Establishment Issues; Morman History and Theology |
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Nicolae Roddy Hebrew Bible; Society and Literature of the Second Temple Period; Syro-Palestinian Archaeology; Romanian Apocryphal Literature; Eastern Orthodox Christian Theology and Culture |
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Alexander Rödlach, SVD Medical Anthopology; religion and health; faith community nursing; religious explanations of health and epidemics |
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Ronald A. Simkins Hebrew Bible; Near Eastern Studies; Archaeology of Israel; Creation Myths; Family in the Bible; Political Economy of Israel; Bible and the Environment |
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Zachary B. Smith Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Christianity |