At the April 22 end-of-year celebration, the Humanities Institute's center directors announced their award winners for the academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students were present to receive certificates for grants, scholarships, paper prizes and graduating with a minor from an affiliated center. Please scroll down for a complete list of award winners from the Center for the Study of Religion.

Spring 2025 Faculty and Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants

Zahra Abedi, Comparative Studies

Alyssa Bedrosian, Spanish and Portuguese

Nikoo Karimi, Comparative Studies

Shurouq Ibrahim, Comparative Studies

Karin Ikeda, Comparative Studies

Moch Khakim, Educational Studies

Charlotte McDonald, History

Brenna Miller, Music

Armand Rogers, Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

Robert L. and Phyllis J. Iles Award for Graduate Study of Myth

Patrick Dunn, Comparative Studies: "We Are Not Alone: UFO Myth in the Anthropocene"

Autumn 2024 Savko Undergraduate Research Grant

Summer Shigley, Comparative Studies

Savko Award for Best Undergraduate Paper

Justina Sung, History: “Asceticism, Apologetics, and Autonomy in The Acts of Thecla”

Seth Conklin, History: “Asklepios: Artemidorus' Rival”