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Alumnus of the Department of Religious Studies, John Lauer, was instrumental in helping to craft and pass a recent bill for healthcare for firefighters.  John is pictured below with President Obama after the bill was passed. , 

Professor Johnson Featured in ThinkProgress Article Professor Greg Johnson lent his expertise to recent article on ThinkProgress about the events occuring at Standing Rock in North Dakota.  Religion has long been a part of Native American

Professor Terry Kleeman, of Religious Studies and Asian Languages and Civilizations, was recently interviewed by the New York Times about his new book "Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities."  Of Professor

Religious Studies Professor Deborah Whitehead recently lent her expertise on the complexity of religion in the US to the Daily Camera.  The article examines the demographics of Buddhism in Boulder in anticipation of the Dalai Lama's

Professor Holly Gayley and members of the Tibet Himalaya Initiative at their audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his visit to ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.  The Dalai Lama held two events at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä including a talk on

Alumna Nevada Drollinger (2015) will start a Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at Arizona State University in the fall, studying Burmese Buddhism with Professor Juliane Schober.Nevada (2nd from right in the photo) had a baby in March and came

Joshua Wright has accepted a fully-funded offer of admission to the Ph.D. program in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. He will continue to research American religious history from the late eighteenth century to the

For his doctoral degree at UC-Santa Barbara, Jonathan departs thematically from his Master's work on the topic of God in the Classical Yoga tradition. His current research traces the history of nonviolence in South Asia, specifically concerning the

The Department of Religious Studies held its Spring Recognition Ceremony on May 6th.  Congratulations to all of the Religious Studies Graduates! Master of Arts:Jonathan DicksteinKathryn HuetherTyler LehrerElizabeth LewisSonam

Religious Studies MA student and spring 2016 graduate, Kathryn Huether, has been awarded a full scholarship and acceptance to the PhD program in Historical Musicology at the University of Minnesota School of Music. Kathryn will be studying under Dr