Congratulations to our 2020 Departmental Award Winners
Rock chalk to our students for their excellent work!
Lynn F. Taylor Memorial Award
Alex Speakar
Honoring a graduating student who shows high academic ability, recognizes the interface of religious studies with other disciplines, and demonstrates leadership and caring for others in activities within and beyond the university.
Lewis Ethics Essay Award
Mary Margaret Rogers, "The Concept of a Cult: A Genealogy of Perversion"
Department of Religious Studies Awards for Student Research
Pi Le, "A Land of Spirits: Cultural Practice, Identity, and Mediumship in a Vietnamese Religion"
Mika Schrader, "Phyllis Trible and Rhetorical Criticism of the Book of Jonah"
Grace Awbrey, "Billy Graham's Method of Biblical Interpretation"
Michael Harris, "Body, Gender, and Illness in the Life and Thought of Catherine Booth"
Theta Alpha Kappa Inductees
Garrison Branom
Ann Carlson
Tiffany McIntosh
Sydney Summers
Devin Canfield
Recognizing academic excellence in baccalaureate students and scholars in the field of religious studies.