Areas of Expertise

Faculty

Bilal W. Ansari bansari@hartfordinternational.edu
Associate Professor of Practice 
Director, Islamic Chaplaincy Program
Co-Director, MA in Chaplaincy
Areas of Study
Arts of Ministry
Contemporary Islamic Ethics
Institutional Leadership
Islamic Law
Muslim Pastoral Theology
Spirituality

Lisa Dahill ldahill@hartfordinternational.edu 
Miriam Therese Winter Chair for Transformative Leadership and Spirituality,
Director of the Center for Transformative Spirituality
Areas of Study
Ecological Spiritualities
Place, Embodiment, and Interspecies Relationships
Christian Spirituality
Theology and Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ritual and Liturgy
Spirituality and the Arts

David D. Grafton dgrafton@hartfordinternational.edu (860) 509-9538
Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
Areas of Study
Christian-Muslim relationships
History of Christianity in the Middle East
American Christian perspectives on religion and society in the Middle East
19th and 20th Protestant missionary thought on Islam

Deena Grant dgrant@hartfordinternational.edu
Academic Dean and VP of Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Areas of Study
Hebrew Bible
Israelite Religion
Anthropomorphism
Jewish Interpretive Traditions

Walter Earl Fluker wfluker@hartfordinternational.edu
Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center
Areas of Study
The Life of Howard Thurman
Ethical Leadership
Black Church Tradition

Janet E. Fuller jfuller@hartfordinternational.edu
Co-Director of MA in Chaplaincy
Areas of Study
Chaplaincy
Higher Education Chaplaincy
Bereavement and Grief

Hossein Kamaly hkamaly@hartfordinternational.edu
Professor of Islamic Studies and Interreligious Studies
Areas of Study
Quranic Studies
Shi’a Studies
Islamic Studies
Interfaith Interpretive Traditions
Theology
Philosophy of Religion
Deontic Logic
Intellectual History
Literature

Suheil Laher slaher@hartfordinternational.edu
Faculty Associate in Qur’anic Studies
Areas of Study
Islamic intellectual history
Qur’anic and Hadith studies
Arabic language, literature, and rhetoric

Amy-Jill Levine alevine@hartfordinternational.edu
Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies
Areas of Study
New Testament
Christian-Jewish Relations
Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

Joel N. Lohr, President Emeritus presidentsoffice@hartfordinternational.edu
Professor of Bible and Interreligious Dialogue
Areas of Study
Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Sacred Texts
Jewish-Christian Relations
Interreligious Dialogue, Relations, and Conflict Management
Intercultural Competence, Diversity, and Leadership in Higher Education

Phoebe Milliken pmilliken@hartfordinternational.edu
Senior Instructor in International Peacebuilding
Areas of Study
Conflict Transformation
Mediation
Experiential Education
Intercultural Communication

Lucinda Mosher lmosher@hartfordinternational.edu (646) 335 2951
Professor of Interfaith Studies
Areas of Study
America’s Religious Diversity
Theology: Christian and Comparative
Christian-Muslim Relations
Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations

Allison Norton anorton@hartfordinternational.edu
Associate Professor of Migration Studies and Congregational Life
Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Co-Director, D.Min. Program
Areas of Study
Transnationalism
Religious Identities
The New Second Generation
African Pentecostalism

Cleotha Robertson crobertson@hartfordinternational.edu
Director of the Howard Thurman Center
Associate Professor
Areas of Study
Old Testament
New Testament
Hebrew
Black Church

Scott Thumma sthumma@hartfordinternational.edu (860) 509-9537
Professor of Sociology of Religion
Co-Director, D.Min. Program
Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Areas of Study
Megachurch characteristics and dynamics
The increase in nondenominational churches
The impact of the Internet on congregational dynamics
Congregational studies of healthy growth and member engagement
Congregational/Denominational trends of Religion in America

Benjamin Watts bwatts@hartfordinternational.edu (860) 509-9514
Faculty Associate in Religion and Community Life
Director of the Black Ministries Program
Areas of Study
Arts of Ministry
Homiletics
Spirituality