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Associate Professor, Director of the Minor in Christianity and Culture
116 Saunders Hall
(919) 962-3936
plese@email.unc.edu

 

Ph.D., Yale University, 1996

Research interests

Field of specialization: Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Gnosticism and Manichaeism; Hellenistic religions, philosophy,and rhetoric; Plutarch and Platonism; Coptic language and literature