Religious and Theological Studies

Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

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Joseph Thomas Kelley
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
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Warren Kay
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
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Mark Allman
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
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Ed Enright, O.S.A.
Associate Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
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Sr. Jeanne Marie Gribaudo, C.S.J.
Professor of the Practice of Theology
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Dorie Mansen
Lecturer
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Rebecca Sachs Norris
Professor, Religious Studies
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Padraic O’Hare
Professor, Religious and Theological Studies
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Autumn Alcott Ridenour
Assistant Professor, Religious and Theological Studies

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Phone	Email
Anna Choi	978-837-5166	choia@merrimack.edu
Laurie Cozad	978-837-5166	cozadl@merrimack.edu
Amelia Freedman	978-837-5166	freedmana@merrimack.edu
Robert Goldstein	978-837-5166	goldsteinr@merrimack.edu
Trelawney Grenfell-Muir	978-837-5166	grenfellmuit@merrimack.edu
Mary Kantor	978-837-5166	kantorm@merrimack.edu
Chaoluan Kao	978-837-5166	kaoc@merrimack.edu
Howard Mandell	978-837-5166	mandellh@merrimack.edu
Kevin Wilson	978-837-5166	wilsonk@merrimack.edu

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