Staff & Religious Advisors
Meet the Spiritual Life team: chat over chai, find community or resources, connect with people, get involved with programs that center on questions of spirituality and meaning, seek spiritual care.
Who we are
Staff
Jigna Shah
Assistant Dean of Rockefeller Chapel and Director of Spiritual Life
773.834.1885
jigna@uchicago.edu
Seher Siddiqee
Assistant Director of Spiritual Life and Advisor for Muslim Affairs
773.702.2484
sehers@uchicago.edu
Angela Parkinson
Ceremonial and Special Events Coordinator
773.834.8538
angelaparkinson@uchicago.edu
Brian Dugan, MA in the Humanities, June 2020
Spiritual Life Program Coordinator
Favorite place on campus: Meditation pond
Coffee or tea?: Coffee Favorite candy: M&Ms
Describe yourself: Gryffindor at heart
Fun fact!: I lived in a high school for a year. Yes, in a high school.
Alex Greenwald, MA in the Divinity School 2020
Spiritual Life Program Coordinator
Favorite place on campus: Spiritual Life Office
Coffee or tea?: Coffee Favorite candy: Almond Joy
Describe yourself: I write weird papers
Fun fact!: Cats can be allergic to people (according to Mental Floss)
Erin He, MDiv 2021
Spiritual Life Intern
Favorite space on campus: The Pub
Coffee or tea?: Tea Favorite candy: Chocolate truffles
Describe yourself: Sincere, eager, dependable
Fun fact!: I've been skydiving in Hawaii and took a hot air balloon in Turkey.
Nicole Yan, MDiv 2020
Spiritual Life Program Coordinator
Favorite place on campus: Regenstein
Coffee or tea?: Tea Favorite candy: I don't like candy
Describe yourself: Enjoy life
Fun fact!: I like to learn and experience new things
Spiritual Life Partners
Spiritual Life recognizes individuals from particular traditions who serve the campus as a whole, and also works with campus partners from key offices.
Advisors, listed below, work with Spiritual Life and other campus partners to provide support for members of their own and other traditions. They may be clergy or representatives of non-profit organizations, or faculty or community partners who work with students of traditions where no professional advisor exists. Advisors sign and abide by the Ethical Framework for Religious and Spiritual Life.
Campus Partners
Swapna Chinniah & Jacqueline Gaines
The College
Yu-Yun Liu
Student Counseling Services
Karen Pryor
Center for Leadership and Involvement
Advisors
Rev. Stacy Alan
Episcopal Chaplain and Director, Brent House
Rev. Brad Beier
Pastor and Campus Minister, Living Hope Christian Church
Baila Brackman
Rabbi and Executive Director, Rohr Chabad Jewish Center
Rabbi Yossi Brackman
Rabbi and Executive Director, Rohr Chabad Jewish Center
Rev. Angie Buchanan
Advisor for Pagan Students
Rev. Julian DeShazier
Pastor, University Church
Nicholas Foster
Campus Minister, Cru Global Ministries (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Taylor Franchuk
Pastoral Resident, Living Hope Church
Olivia Jansen
Advisor, Multi-Ethnic InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Jacob Judd
Advisor, Latter-day Saints Student Association
Rachel Kim
Campus Minister, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Alexandra Kutrubis
Campus Minister, Cru
Rev. Dr. Woo Min Lee
United Methodist Campus Ministry at the University of Chicago & Hyde Park Korean United Methodist Church
Fr. Andrew Liaugminas
Chaplain and Director, Calvert House (Catholic Center)
Rabbi Anna Levin-Rosen
Executive Director, Newberger Hillel Jewish Center
Rebecca Luft
Presbytera, Orthodox Christian Chaplaincy and Fellowship
Matthew Moran
Advisor, Calvert House (Catholic Center)
Moises Mendez
Graduate Student Advisor, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Rev. Elijah Mueller
Chaplain, Orthodox Christian Chaplaincy and Fellowship
Bing Nieh
Pastor, Holy Trinity Church
Renee Nicolas
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Charles Nolley
Advisor, Bahá’i Association
David Park
Advisor, MakeNew Christian Fellowship
Joo Won Park
Advisor, MakeNew Christian Fellowship
Angela Parkinson
Advisor, UChicago Confucian Commons
Kathy Shiau
Asian-American InterVarsity
Rev. Matthew Stuhlmuller
Campus Minister, Augustana Lutheran Church
Michael Schnabel
Buddhist Advisor
Ajooni Sethi
Advisor, Sikh Student Association
Rev. Eric Shutt
Advisor, Zen Buddhist Meditation
Nick Urban
Shambhala Meditation Center of Chicago; U Chicago Buddhist Association
Swami Ishatmananda
Hindu Advisor, Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago
HC Yang
Undergraduate Ministry Director, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
