Swanson's research interests center on religious traditions of the Amazonian and Andean regions.

Karen Bruhn studies late medieval and early modern European religious development, with an emphasis in Tudor and Jacobean England.

Barfoot is an instructor of religious studies.

As a scholar, Weight is fascinated by the interface of religion with media, news, the social construction of reality, and other social institutions like the arts, politics, family, and education.

Bokenkamp specializes in the study of medieval Chinese Daoism, with a special emphasis on its literatures and its relations with Buddhism.

Van Cleave is the Director of Online Programs for SHPRS and an Associate Clinical Professor of History.