Rossitza Schroeder

Pacific School of Religion                                                                                                                              
Assistant Professor of Art and Religion
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 2009

PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, 2005
MA, Southern Methodist University, 1999
MA, Sofia University, 1995
BA, Sofia University, 1994

Phone: 510/849-8277
Email: rschroeder@psr.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Early Christian and Byzantine Art
• Western Medieval Art
• Islamic Art

Selected Publications

• "Healing the Body, Saving the Soul: Viewing Christ's Healing Ministry in Byzantium."  In Healing in Byzantium: Faith and Science.  Ed. John T. Chirban. (Boston: Holy Cross Press, 2010), 251-77.
• "Prayer and Penance in the South Bay of Chora Esonarthex."  Gesta 48 (2009), 37-53.
• "Images of Christ Emmanuel in Karanlik Kilise."  Studies in Iconography 29 (2008), 23-54.