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Carolyn Elerding Awarded Presidential Fellowship
Congratulations to Carolyn Elerding, who as of yesterday, was awarded a Presidential Fellowship by the Graduate School at the Ohio State University. This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship…
Maurice Stevens Wins The Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Arts and Humanities
Yesterday, Associate Professor Maurice Stevens was named as the winner of this years Ratner Teaching Award. The Ratner Award recognizes faculty for developing new courses, original materials, and/or…
'Out of Darkness' by Ashley Hope Pérez reviewed by The New York Times
'Out of Darkness' is the most recent novel written by Ashley Hope Pérez and it has just received an excellent review by Damien Cave of The New York Times. Check out the review and check out the novel…
Theresa Delgadillo Interviewed on Madison's WORT 89.9 FM
Theresa Delgadillo was interviewed on the air this morning with Harry Gilbert of Madison's WORT 89.9 FM station on the program "The Eight O'Clock Buzz" talking about her new book (now in print!)…
Theresa Delgadillo Interviewed by NPR's Latino USA
Recently, Theresa Delgadillo was interviewed by NPR's Latino USA and shared some history behind the classic scary icon, La Llorona. Listen and enjoy! http://latinousa.org/2015/10/30/1544-ghost…
Noah Tamarkin's article awarded prize from the American Anthropological Association
Please help us in congratulating Noah Tamarkin for being awarded a prize from the American Anthropological Association for his article, "Genetic Diaspora: Producing Knowledge of Genes and Jews in…
MSU magazine features Isaac Weiner's Religious Soundmap Project
MSU's college magazine published a short piece on the Religious Soundmap Project. It is a digital soundmap of religion in the Midwest, that has been created by assistant professor of Comparative…
Kati Fitzgerald awarded the Jonathan T.Y. Yeh Award
A huge congratulations goes out to Kati Fitzgerald for being the recepient of the 2015 Jonathan T.Y. Yeh Award for Student Scholarship in Asian American Folklore. She received this award for her work…
Isaac Weiner to Appear on All Sides with Ann Fisher
Professor Isaac Weiner has been invited back to appear on All Sides with Ann Fisher tomorrow morning (5/14) to discuss the new Pew Forum report on the changing American religious landscape. The…