Religion
Barbara Cooper
Professor
Department of History
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Culture and political economy, gender, religion, family life, Niger, West African Sahel
Barbara Cooper, Ph.D., is a professor of history. She is interested in the intersections between culture and political economy, focusing upon gender, religion, and family life. Drawing upon archival sources as well as oral interviews in the Hausa…
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Maurice Elias
Professor
Department of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Social-emotional learning, character development, meaning, purpose, and significance, parenting, emotional intelligence, education reform, the achievement gap, prevention of bullying, violence, substance abuse, and related problem behaviors, impact of media on children, Jewish education and Jewish identity.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., is Professor, Psychology Department at Rutgers University, Director, Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab ([http://…
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William FitzGerald
Assistant Professor
English Department
Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Camden
Key topics: Rhetorical theory, rhetoric and religion, writing and media studies, writing program design, the language of prayer
William FitzGerald specializes in rhetorical studies with particular interests in stylistics, speech acts, and the rhetoric of religion. In writing studies, his interests include composition pedagogy, professional communication, and writing…
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Charles Haberl
Professor
Religion, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literature, Jewish Studies, Medieval Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Aramaic, Endangered Languages, Language documentation, and Ethnic, Religious, and Linguistic Minorities in the Middle East and Mediterranean region
Charles G. Häberl, Ph.D., is Professor of Religion and African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL). He is also affiliated with the Jewish Studies Department and the programs in Global Medieval Studies and Middle…
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Tia Kolbaba
Associate Professor
Department of Religion
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Early Christianity, New Testament, history of Christianity before the Reformation, Christian traditions, Christian holy war (crusades and crusading), Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox relations with other churches.
Tia Kolbaba studies early and medieval Christianity, with special emphasis on the Greek-speaking Eastern Church. She is interested in relations between Orthodox and Catholic Christians, as well as relations among various religions in general. Her…
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Deepa Kumar
Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
School of Communication and Information
Key topics: Race, class, and gender with a focus on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism, empire, neoliberalism, organized labor, and representations in culture and the media.
Deepa Kumar is a critical media studies scholar whose work is driven by an active engagement with the complex issues that characterize our era of globalization and war. Her first book, "…
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Michael Rockland
Professor Emeritus of American Studies
Department of American Studies (founder)
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Popular culture, mobility, American ethnicity, American Jewish literature, issues in literature to film adaption, American foreign policy, individualism and communitarianism in American life, New Jersey and the state's 350th anniversary
Michael Aaron Rockland, Ph. D., is a professor and founder of the Department of American Studies and a keynoter for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A graduate of Hunter College and University of Minnesota, he joined Rutgers in 1969…
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