The Dwight H. Terry Lectureship Faculty Committee is convened by Kimberly M. Goff-Crews, secretary and vice president for university life, and is composed of Yale University professors in religious studies, philosophy, and the sciences along with editors from the Yale University Press. The 2026-2027 committee includes the following individuals:
Joanna Radin (Interim Chair 2026-2027)
Associate Professor of History of Medicine and History
Jennifer Banks
Senior Executive Editor, Yale University Press
Deborah Coen
Professor of History and of the History of Science and Medicine
Sarah Demers
Professor of Physics
Chair, Department of Physics
Seth Ditchik
Editorial Director, Yale University Press
Paul Franks
Robert F. and Patricia Weis Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies
Professor of Religious Studies
Chair, Department of Philosophy
Priyamvada Natarajan (Vice Chair)
Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics
Chair, Department of Astronomy
Director of the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities
Laura Nasrallah
Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation
Thomas Near (Chair 2027—)
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology, Peabody Museum of Natural History
Brandon Ogbunu
Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
John Durham Peters
Maria Rosa Menocal Professor of English and of Film and Media Studies
Anna Reisman
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of the Program for Humanities in Medicine
Director of the Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers’ Workshop
Gregory E. Sterling
Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School
Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
Travis Zadeh (ex officio)
Professor of Religious Studies
Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Chair, Council on Middle East Studies
Director of the Program in Iranian Studies
For all inquiries related to the Terry Lectureship, please contact Blake Thorkelson.