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
Elizabeth Davenport
Dean of Rockefeller Chapel
773.702.8282
ejld@uchicago.edu
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
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
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)
Jacob Judd
Advisor, Latter-day Saints Student Association
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
Charles Nolley
Advisor, Bahá’i Association
Joshua Oxley
Advisor to Multi-faith/Spiritual students
Angela Parkinson
Advisor, UChicago Confucian Commons
Rev. Kwame Pitts
Campus Minister, Augustana Lutheran Church
Michael Schnabel
Buddhist Advisor
Ajooni Sethi
Advisor, Sikh Student Association
Rev. Eric Shutt
Advisor, Zen Buddhist Meditation
Swami Ishatmananda
Hindu Advisor, Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago
HC Yang
Undergraduate Ministry Director, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
