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This week the WOSU had a story that talked about how the pandemic has changed worship and the process of religious institutions reopening. In the article the American Religious Sounds Project is…

Each year the Presidential Fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students who are in the final stages of of their research. The Fellowship provides financial support so the fellow is able…

Please extend warmest congratulations to Afsane Rezaei, who will be headed to Utah State University’s Department of English this fall as Assistant Professor of Folklore!

Utah State has…

With aplomb, this morning Afsane Rezaei defended her dissertation: “Agency Between Narratives: Women, Faith, and Sociability in Irangeles.” Her committee consisted of Katey Borland, Morgan Liu,…

Congratulations to:

RaShelle Peck (graduated 2014), who accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Borough of Manhattan Community College in Black Studies.

Nic Flores…

This year professors in the comparative studies department put together a heartfelt video to wish the graduates good luck and congratulations.

The seniors also wrote amazing theses on a…

This year the Comparative Studies 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony was held virtually over Zoom! The awards and their recipients are the following: 

Teaching Awards—Margaret Lynd Award

The Center for Ethnic Studies is pleased to announce Theresa Delgadillo, Professor of Comparative Studies and former director of the Center, as the recipient of its 2019-2020 Award for…

Please join the Department of Comparative Studies in congratulating Seth Gaiters, who this past week was awarded not one, but TWO different graduate fellowships for the 2020-21 academic year! He…