Faculty & Staff
![Person Headshot Placeholder](/sites/default/files/styles/post_thumb/public/2020-05/headshots/Portait_Placeholder.jpg?itok=klpqFMKZ)
Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Honors Program
- Office:
- Spellman Hall, Second Floor
- Phone:
- (914) 637-2743 (914) 637-2743
- Email:
- kpaffenroth@iona.edu
![Elena Procario-Foley](/sites/default/files/styles/post_thumb/public/2020-08/headshots/Elena-Procario-Foley.jpg?itok=PLATmFeu)
Elena G. Procario-Foley, Ph.D.
Br. John G. Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic Studies
Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Core Curriculum
- Office:
- Spellman Hall, Second Floor
- Phone:
- (914) 637-2744 (914) 637-2744
- Email:
- eprocariofoley@iona.edu
![Jim Robinson](/sites/default/files/styles/post_thumb/public/2021-09/headshots/jim-robinson.jpg?itok=n5TKXR3m)
Clinical Lecturer, Religious Studies Department
Associate Director, Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona University
- Email:
- jxrobinson@iona.edu
![Rachana Umashankar](/sites/default/files/styles/post_thumb/public/2023-05/headshots/rachana-umashankar-crop.jpg?itok=c5cEj2DN)
Chair, Religious Studies Department
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- Office:
- Spellman Hall, Second Floor
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2644 (914) 633-2644
- Email:
- rumashankar@iona.edu
![Sharon Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/post_thumb/public/2022-09/headshots/Sharon_Williams.jpg?itok=pXXgDmV2)
Sharon Kimberly Williams, D.Litt
Clinical Lecturer of Religion and Cultures
Coordinator of the Peace and Justice Studies Program
- Office:
- Spellman Hall, Second Floor
- Phone:
- (914) 637-2742 (914) 637-2742
- Email:
- swilliams@iona.edu
Faculty Emeriti
Brian E. Brown, Ph.D.
Sr. Kathleen P. Deignan, Ph.D.