Department News

Spring 2012

• Religious Studies Faculty along with Philosophy Faculty and Graduate Assistants joined together in nominating, Clayleen Rivord, the sole office personnel in both departments, for the UW Bookstore 2012 Favorite Administrative Professional of the Year award. Their letters of support and gratitude were favorable in the selection process in which Clayleen received the 2012 award.

• Tyler Fall, Adjunct Professor, continues to inspire students in his Introduction to Religion Course, and has won the PIE award for the 3rd consecutive year. Students nominate faculty in first-year courses through an online survey conducted by ECTL for the "Promoting Intellectual Engagement in the First Year" award. Outstanding!

• Congratulations go to Dr. Kristine Utterback who has been invited to teach at the Liberal Arts College of Shanghai University during the summer of 2012. There she will teach to students a course within the history of Christianity.

Fall 2012

• Read about the new Religious Studies Major in the Fall 2011 A&S Report

Spring 2011

• Congratulations to Dr. Kristine Utterback who has received a Certificate of Completion in the Fulbright Scholarship Program by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. Her recognition is for work completed while working in Hong Kong during the Spring of 2009.

• Tyler Fall, Visiting Lecturer, has won the PIE award for the 2nd year in a row. PIE stands for Promoting Intellectual Engagement and is awarded by the LeaRN, Ellbogen CTL and Residence Life & Dining Services through an on-line student survey for first-year courses. Good Job!

• Dr. Quincy Newell received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for 2011-2012.

• Dr. Ali Raddaoui received the A&S Student Council Thumbs-up Award in recognition of "Outstanding and Positive Contributions." Way to Go!

Fall 2010

• Dr. Antoinette DeNapoli's article, "Crossing Over the Ocean of Existence: Performing Mysticism and Exerting Power by Female Sadhus in Rajasthan" was published in the September 2010 issue of Oxford Journal of Hindu Studies.

• Dr. Antoinette DeNapoli presented two papers at the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  • "Bhakti is Like a Tigress' Milk: Asceticism and Caste Hegemony in Rajasthani Sadhus' Popular Religious Practices"
  • "Real Sadhus Sing to God: The Capital of Devotion and Lineage in Female Renunciant Leadership in Rajasthan"

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