2017 Department Awards Ceremony

On Wednesday, April 19, the department held its annual awards ceremony at which we celebrated the accomplishments of our students and faculty over the past year. The ceremony was held in the University Room at Hyde Hall and was followed by a wonderful time of conversation over refreshments. The many recognitions we noted that day include:
Undergraduate Student Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa inductee: Morgan Ferone
Honors Theses:
- Averyl Edwards, “Beyond a Cisgender Genesis: Reading the Creation Narratives Through a Transgender Feminist Lens”
- Amrithaa Gunabalan, “An Unknowable Ideal: Objectivism as a New Religious Movement and the Subsequent Institutionalization of Ayn Rand’s Ideas in American Politics”
Bernard Boyd Memorial Prize: Averyl Edwards
Graduate Student Awards:
Peck Prize for Graduate Student Teaching: Joanna Smith
Religious Studies Department Summer Research Awards: Patrick D’Silva, Brad Erickson, Shannon Schorey, Joanna Smith, and Tim Smith
GSOC Peer Recognition Teaching Award: Micah Hughes

Welcome from Prof. Randall Styers

Prof. Todd Ochoa with Averyl Edwards, winner of the Boyd Prize

Prof. Lauren Leve presents a summer research award to Patrick D’Silva

Joanna Smith and Isaiah Ellis presenting the coveted “ABD” mugs

Books published by our faculty over the past year
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