#  Research Professors and Emeriti 

 



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  [### Leila Ahmed

 ](/people/leila-ahmed)Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity Emerita

 

 

 

      ![Leila Ahmed](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/web_051211_leilaahmed_044.jpg?itok=zyP-eZXb) 

 

 

 

   [### John B. Carman

 ](/people/john-braisted-carman)Parkman Professor of Divinity Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![John Braisted Carman](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/carmanjohncswr_anniversary-420.jpg?itok=ndjSneL3) 

 

 

 

   [### Harvey G. Cox, Jr.

 ](/people/harvey-g-cox) [harvey\_cox@harvard.edu](mailto:harvey_cox@harvard.edu)Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![Harvey Cox](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/coxharvey.jpg?itok=0ozCdlKi) 

 

 

 

   [### Diana L. Eck

 ](/people/diana-l-eck) <dianaeck@fas.harvard.edu>Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Emerita

Frederic Wertham Research Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society

 

 

 

      ![Diana L. Eck](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/eckdiana_2007.jpg?itok=tluRoOci) 

 

 

 

   [### Cheryl A. Giles

 ](/people/cheryl-a-giles) [cheryl\_giles@harvard.edu](mailto:cheryl_giles@harvard.edu)Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling Emerita

 

 

 

      ![Cheryl Giles](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/cheryl-giles-portrait-220.jpg?itok=g_Umzntf) 

 

 

 

   [### William A. Graham

 ](/people/william-graham) <wgraham@fas.harvard.edu>Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Emeritus (Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![William A. Graham](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/grahamwilliam_092303_55.jpg?itok=jiJIQq9O) 

 

 

 

   [### David D. Hall

 ](/people/david-d-hall) [david\_hall@harvard.edu](mailto:david_hall@harvard.edu)Bartlett Professor of New England Church History Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![David D. Hall](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/halldavid.jpg?itok=sx3IFKFq) 

 

 

 

   [### Michael D. Jackson

 ](/people/michael-d-jackson) <mjackson@hds.harvard.edu>Senior Research Fellow in World Religions

 

 

 

      ![Michael D. Jackson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/jacksonmichael-2.jpg?itok=GjWVm2PM) 

 

 

 

   [### Baber Johansen

 ](/people/baber-johansen)Professor of Islamic Studies Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![Baber Johansen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/johansenbaber_081308_035.jpg?itok=q4h7OcQb) 

 

 

 

   [### Mark D. Jordan

 ](/people/mark-d-jordan)Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Research Professor of Divinity

 

 

 

      ![Mark D. Jordan](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/mark-jordan-hds-faculty-220px.jpg?itok=uTvfpyBR) 

 

 

 

   [### Ousmane Oumar Kane

 ](/people/ousmane-oumar-kane) <okane@hds.harvard.edu>Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society Emeritus 

Professor of African and African American Studies Emeritus (FAS)

 

 

 

      ![Ousmane Oumar Kane](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/hds-professor-ousmane-oumar-kane.jpg?itok=dQ27Qgtv) 

 

 

 

   [### Karen L. King

 ](/people/karen-l-king) <kking@hds.harvard.edu>Hollis Research Professor of Divinity

 

 

 

      ![Karen L. King](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/kingkaren-april-2011.jpg?itok=5UQ2jBEl) 

 

 

 

   [### Peter Machinist

 ](/people/peter-machinist) <machinis@fas.harvard.edu>Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![Peter Machinist](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/machinistpeter.jpg?itok=oi_YzjLo) 

 

 

 

   [### Kevin J. Madigan

 ](/people/kevin-j-madigan)Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History

 

 

 

      ![Kevin Madigan](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/kevin_madigan_publicity_photo_180x220.jpg?itok=1ixygNBe) 

 

 

 

   [### Stephanie Paulsell

 ](/people/stephanie-paulsell) <spaulsell@hds.harvard.edu>Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies Emerita

 

 

 

      ![Stephanie Paulsell](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/paulsell-portrait-9-9-2019.jpg?itok=Mg3u9Qwp) 

 

 

 

   [### Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

 ](/people/elisabeth-schussler-fiorenza)Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity Emerita

 

 

 

      ![Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/schusslerfiorenzaelisabeth.jpg?itok=MSA6mBZB) 

 

 

 

   [### Preston N. Williams

 ](/people/preston-n-williams) <pwilliams@hds.harvard.edu>Houghton Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Emeritus

 

 

 

      ![Preston N. Williams](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hds2/files/williamspreston_050906_010a.jpg?itok=4XhOyBBL)