Elaine Howard Ecklund
Director
Kerby Goff
Associate Director of Research
Aishwarya Lakshmi
Associate Director of Operations
Rachel C. Schneider
Associate Director of Academic Programs
Director, Religion and Public Life Program
Hayley Hemstreet
Assistant Director of Operations
Kate Eubanks
Communications and Marketing Specialist
Jessica McVey
Senior Research Administrator
Josiah Taru
Postdoctoral Fellow
Azizou Atte-oudeyi
Graduate Scholar
(In Memorium)
Jauhara Ferguson
Graduate Scholar
Eduard van der Merwe
Graduate Scholar
Adrienne Bradley
Undergraduate Scholar
Kennedi Macklin
Undergraduate Scholar
Aditi Velgekar
Undergraduate Scholar
William Wang
Undergraduate Scholar
External Advisory Board
The Boniuk Institute External Advisory Board is appointed by the Rice University president and provost in conjunction with the Institute director and serves as a resource to the Institute director in the formulation of goals, direction and objectives of the Institute, and provides advice to the director. The External Advisory Board also advises the Institute's leadership on external relations, including issues of marketing and communications, public affairs, and community affairs.
L. Charles Landgraf
(Board Chair) Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter
Milton Boniuk
Founding Donor
James W. Crownover
Retired, McKinsey & Company
Faculty Advisory Board
The Boniuk Institute Faculty Advisory Board is comprised of interdisciplinary Rice University scholars. In conjunction with the External Advisory Board, the Faculty Advisory Board serves as a resource to the Institute director in the formulation of the goals, direction and objectives of the Institute. Faculty advisors also select fellowship winners, and contribute advice and oversight to Institute centers and programs.
Elaine Howard Ecklund
(Board Chair) Director, Boniuk Institute
Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences
Mustafa Amin
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Elias Bongmba
Harry & Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology; Professor of Religion
Niki Kasumi Clements
Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
Mahmoud El-Gamal
Professor, Economics & Statistics
Chair, Islamic Economics, Finance & Management
Michael Emerson
Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy
Jeffrey Fleisher
Professor & Department Chair, Anthropology
Director, Center for African & African American Studies
Eric Huntington
T.T. & W.F. Chao Assistant Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
Matthias Henze
Isla Carroll & Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies
Director of the Program in Jewish Studies
Brett Ashley Leeds
Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Political Science
Department Chair, Political Science