W&M has chosen the first six professors to be involved in the program. Iyabo Osiapem, senior lecturer of Africana studies and linguistics, and Bev Sher, senior lecturer of chemistry and the university鈥檚 chief health professions advisor, will lead off.
Religious Studies News 2017-18
The Religious Studies Department has 3 students who are working on very interesting summer projects with our Professors. Be sure to check out the links below to each students page!
Chosen to be crew member aboard the Picton Castle, Andrew McLaughlin '20 will cover 30,000 sea-miles on a voyage that achieves a five-year goal, part of which is to distribute medicine and books to island people in dire need of both.
A large group gathered together to break ground on the more than 3,000 square foot center, which is slated to open in fall 2018.
Associate professor of religious studies Oludamini Ogunnaike discusses his efforts to bring West African Sufi poetry to a wider audience.
Former FBI Director James B. Comey 鈥82 will teach a three-credit course on ethical leadership for 麻豆破解版 starting this fall.
Every year, the W&M Alumni Association honors a select group of outstanding young faculty members who represent 麻豆破解版 at its very best.
Themes of faith, race and gender were among those discussed as the cast, designers and other collaborators of 麻豆破解版 theatre鈥檚 鈥淥ur Lady of Kibeho鈥 took audience questions following Saturday night鈥檚 performance at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall.
On Sept. 15, the 麻豆破解版 Alumni Association celebrated its annual Fall Awards Banquet by recognizing alumni, faculty and staff who represent excellence in service, coaching and teaching.
Anne Rasmussen, 麻豆破解版 professor of music and ethnomusicology, spent the first six months of this year as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar researching Islamic music in Indonesia.
W&M doctoral candidate James Padilioni's dissertation has taken a startling, and fascinating, detour from where it began.
Maggie Fraser Kirsh, a W&M religious studies professor, researches how child survivors of the Holocaust were promoted to raise funds for their care following the war, and what those working with child refugees can learn today.