Q&A with Dr. Alicia Batten: why study religion
Welcome to our Q & A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
Welcome to our Q & A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
If you missed it, check out part 1 of our Q&A with Dr. Batten to learn about the relevance of studying religion. This week, we will answer questions about our undergraduate program.
We are very pleased to announce that three of our PhD students have been successful in the SSHRC competition!
Chris Miller has been awarded a two-year SSHRCC doctoral award, Doaa Shalabi has been awarded one of the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships, and Sahver Kuzucuoglu has been awarded a 3-year year SSHRC fellowship.
Religous Studies professor Douglas E. Cowan received an Arts Award in Excellence in Research at yesterday's ceremony. Here are photos of the event.
Congratulations, Doug!
This past fall (2018) three of our graduate students convocated! A very warm congratulations to Dr. Laura Morlock, Dr. Brooke Brassard, and Dr. Carmen Celestini for all of your hard work!
Carmen Celestini, a PhD student in the Religious Diversity in North America program at University of Waterloo recently published the article, "Don’t Ignore the Role of “Christian Values” in Conservative Conspiracy".
Each year the Religious Studies Department honours its outstanding students with a lunch at the University Club. This year the award winners are"
Highest Second Year Average Award: Rebecca Chapeskie
Highest Third Year Average Award: Maddy Prevost
Highest Fourth Year Average Award: Douglas Wilson
Outstanding Contribution to the RS Department Award: Madlyn Prevost
Pictured: Maddy Prevost, Mavis Fenn, Ricardo Gouvea, Rebecca Chapeskie and Doug Cowan (seated).