People
Department Leadership
Irene Oh
Department Chair
Mohammad Faghfoory
Director of Graduate Program in Islamic Studies
Core Faculty
![William Boyce](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-03/wboyce.jpg?h=63bf57a8&itok=9_jRFJws)
![Robert Eisen](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Robert%20Eisen%20small.jpg?h=537f43ad&itok=x8PD8PNY)
![Mohammad H. Faghfoory](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Mohammad%20F%20720%201080.jpg?h=c2b81ad7&itok=mc_MVYPr)
![Xiaofei Kang](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/2014-11-25%20copy.jpg?h=1a83a523&itok=NHNr7_zC)
![Derek Malone-France](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Derek%20Malone-France_240x360.jpg?h=cde25c66&itok=bG9mGLNF)
![Seyyed Hossein Nasr](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/SeyyedHosseinNasr%20720x1080.jpg?h=f108c54e&itok=elojHBsp)
![Kelly Pemberton](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Kelly%20Pemberton%20720x1080.jpg?h=fa0a45d5&itok=fLS1zjvI)
Kelly Pemberton
Associate Professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(202) 994-6363
![Christopher Rollston](https://religion.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6101/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-02/rollston_christopher_-_photo_20220729.jpg?h=08015ec8&itok=0lcW13iE)
Christopher Rollston
Professor of Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
(202) 994-6701
801 22nd St NW
Washington DC 20052