Join us in celebrating this year’s award winners. The center received many impressive applications for our awards and grant applications this year. Congratulations to all our winners! 

Savko Awards for Undergraduates 

• Best Paper: Chay Rossing, Philosophy, French, and Religious Studies, “Queer as in Queer Theology” 
• Best Paper Honorable Mention: Min Feldman, Psychology, “Open Source Enlightenment” 
• Undergraduate Research Grant:  Wonjoo Lee, Comparative Studies and English

Graduate Award in Religion, Spirituality and the Arts

• Jennifer Murray, Department of Art: "Converting the American Landscape"
• Celia Benvenutti, Department of Dance: "The Bámbula Effect: Circular Sacred Movement in Bomba and Orisha Dance"

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

Kate Kaura, Department of Comparative Studies: “Reimagining Hindu Myths for Social Change”