Darla Schumm, associate professor of religious studies
B.A., interdisciplinary studies, Goshen College; M.A., Christian ethics, Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., religion, ethics, and society, Vanderbilt University

• Dissertation title: "The Self Understanding of the Christian Missionary Movement on Prostitution in Thailand: A Critical Analysis."

Schumm is the co-editor of Disability and Religious Diversity: Crosscultural Narratives and Inter-religious Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions, and Social Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and the author of numerous articles and book chapters.

Schumm began teaching at Hollins in 2001. She teaches the course series Introduction to World Religions I and II, as well as the traditions courses in Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. She has also designed courses in Women in Religion, Women in Buddhism, Sexual Ethics, and Jesus and Mary Magdalene in Literature and Film. She enjoys the small class size at Hollins that allows one-on-one interaction with students and provides opportunities for a more creative learning environment.

Ruth Alden Doan, professor; B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Professor Doan primarily teaches courses in early America and social and religious history. She also teaches the survey of U.S. history, seminars on colonial history, the American Revolution, antebellum America, and the American wilderness experience. Her publications include a monograph on Millerism in 19th-century American religious history. Currently, she is working on a study of southern evangelical conversion.