| 1964 |
- Loy H. Witherspoon hired by President Bonnie Cone to create the combined Department of Philosophy and Religion at Charlotte College.
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| 1965 |
- Charlotte College becomes The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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| 1970 |
- Edward St. Clair joins faculty to teach religion and modern culture.
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| 1971 |
- J. Daniel White joins faculty to teach religions of India and South Asia.
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| 1972 |
- Ron Gestwicki joins faculty to teach religion and modern culture.
- Religious Studies and Philosophy become two separate departments. The original Department of Religious Studies begins with four fulltime faculty members (Loy Witherspoon, chair; Edward St. Clair; Dan White; and Ron Gestwicki) and Faye Jacques as departmental secretary
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| 1973 |
- Jeffrey Meyer joins faculty to teach religions of China and East Asia.
- Department increases to five faculty members.
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| 1974 |
- Herman Thomas joins faculty to teach religion in American culture.
- Donald Capps joins faculty to teach religion and psychology.
- Department increases to seven faculty members.
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| 1975 |
- Richard A. Underwood joins faculty to teach religion and modern culture and is appointed chair of department.
- Department increases to eight fulltime faculty members.
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| 1976 |
- Faye Jacques moves to Development Office.
- Ronnie Moon Stone becomes departmental secretary.
- Donald Capps moves to Philips University.
- Department decreases to seven fulltime faculty members and remains unchanged for 12 years.
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| 1982 |
- Edward St. Clair appointed chair of the department.
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| 1988 |
- Kathryn Johnson joins faculty to teach Islam and Middle East Studies.
- Department increases to eight faculty members.
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| 1989 |
- Lorine M. Getz joins faculty to teach religion, literature and the arts; also coordinator of the Women's Studies Program.
- James Tabor joins faculty to teach New Testament.
- Department increases to ten fulltime faculty members.
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| 1992 |
- Araminta Johnston joins faculty to teach religion and modern culture.
- Richard Underwood retires after 17 years as a faculty member at UNC Charlotte.
- Jeffrey Meyer appointed chair of the department.
- Tzvee Zahavy holds the Isaac Swift Distinguished Professorship of Judaic Studies for one semester.
- Department increases to 11 fulltime faculty members.
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| 1993 |
- Dan Urman, on leave from Ben-Gurion University, is appointed visiting Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies for one year.
- Ronnie Stone retires after 17 years as secretary for the Department.
- Evelyn Aldridge becomes departmental secretary.
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| 1994 |
- Richard Cohen joins the faculty as the Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies.
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| 1996 |
- John C. Reeves joins the faculty as the Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies.
- Joanne Maguire Robinson joins faculty to teach Christianity and Medieval Studies.
- Loy Witherspoon retires after 30 years as a faculty member at UNC Charlotte. Continues to teach New Testament as emeritus professor.
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| 1997 |
- Judith Fagan appointed visiting assistant professor for a two-year term.
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| 1998 |
- Araminta Johnston moves to Queens College.
- Edward St. Clair appointed chair of the department.
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| 1999 |
- Celia Marshall joins faculty to teach biblical studies.
- Judith Fagan moves to Kenyon College.
- Department increases to 12 fulltime faculty members.
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| 2001 |
- Ron Gestwicki retires after 29 years as a faculty member at UNC Charlotte. Moves to Sanibel Island, FL (winter) and Five Kezar Lakes, ME (summer).
- Evelyn Aldridge retires after eight years as department office manager.
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| 2002 |
- Ann Burlein joins the faculty to teach religion and modern culture.
- Joye Palmer becomes department office manager.
- John C. Reeves appointed director of graduate studies.
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| 2003 |
- Karin Rochester joins the faculty to teach Hebrew bible and religion in Western culture.
- Sean McCloud joins the faculty to teach religion and modern culture.
- Department increases to 13 fulltime faculty members.
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| 2004 |
- Herman Thomas leaves UNC Charlotte after 30 years to become provost of Shaw University.
- James Tabor appointed chair of the department.
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| 2005 |
- Julia Robinson-Harmon joins the faculty to teach African American religions.
- Jeremy Schott joins the faculty to teach courses in early Christianity in the Greco-Roman world.
- Department increases to 14 fulltime faculty members.
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| 2006 |
- Juliane Hammer joins the faculty to teach courses in religious studies and in the College of Arts and Sciences Islamic Studies Program
- Fotini Katsanos joins the faculty to teach courses in liberal studies and indigenous religions.
- Department increases to 16 fulltime faculty members.
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