Previous Outcomes
The Department of Religious Studies prepares its PhD graduates to compete for a range of positions in academia and beyond, including at the most competitive research institutions as well as the most demanding liberal arts colleges. See below for a complete list of placements.
2024
Adeline Harrington
Title of Dissertation: Orthodoxy Entangled: Christian Reading, Power, and Diversity in Oxyrhynchus
Evan LeBarre
Title of Dissertation: Battle for the Sun: Asceticism and Kingship in Ancient South Asian Religion
2023
Caroline Crews
Title of Dissertation: Messy Martyrs: The Textual Transmission of the Perpetua and Felicity Tradition
Alexander Kreger
Title of Dissertation: The Stringed Qur’an: Post-Islamic Reform and Musical Revival among Alevis in Turkey and Europe
Current position: Habib University - Global Fellow, Comparative Humanaties Program
2022
Daniel C. Smith
Title of Dissertation: Religious Exoticism in John’s Apocalypse and Western Asia Minor
Current position: Whitman College – Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Department of Classics
Jeffrey Scott Wilson, Jr.
Title of Dissertation: Aśvatthāman in the Mahābhārata: Narrative, Cosmology, and Counter-Normativity
Current position: Independent Scholar
2021
Nathan Leach
Title of Dissertation: Revelation and Divination: Performative Access to Divine Knowledge in Oracles, Mysteries, and the Apocalypse of John
Current position: Texas State University – Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
Josefrayn Sánchez-Perry
Title of Dissertation: They Give the Sun to Drink: The Life and Labor of Nahua Ritual Specialists
Current position: Loyola University Chicago – Assistant Professor, Department of Theology
2020
Jaimie Gunderson
Title of Dissertation: Affecting Corinth: Grief and Other Feelings in 2 Corinthians
Current position: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Religious Studies – Assistant Professor
Jay Henriques
Title of Dissertation: Magical Art Vs. Divine Nature: Competition Over Miracles And The So-Called "Divine Man" Tradition In The Second Sophistic And Beyond
Current position: Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, Department of Religion – Teaching Fellow
Ryan Fitzgerald
Title of Dissertation: Forged In Blood: The Christian Third Race And The Parting Of The Ways
Current position: St. Edward's University, San Antonio, TX, Department of Religious & Theological Studies – Adjunct Lecturer
Sung Soo Hong
Title of Dissertation: Epistolary Psychagogy in the Letter of James
Current position: Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary – Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament
2019
Jin Kim
Title of Dissertation: Reinventing Conversion: The Lukan Literary Efforts To Construct The Concept Of 'Christian Conversion' In The Acts Of The Apostles
Current position: Oklahoma State University, Department of Religious Studies – Assistant Professor
Michel Sunhae Lee
Title of Dissertation: Contesting The Sabbath: A History Of Weekly Sacred Times In America, 1848-1920
Current position: Southern Adventist University, Assistant Professor of History and Political Studies
2018
Katharine Batlan
Title of Dissertation: Christ In The Constitution: Contesting Amendment Proposals and Religious Liberty In The United States, 1863-1975
Current position: Independent Scholar
Benjamin Cox
Title of Dissertation: Gods Without Faces: Childhood, Religion, And Imagination In Contemporary Japan
Current position: Westborough, MA – Independent Scholar
Bradley King
Title of Dissertation: Domesticating Eve: Women And Creation Rhetoric In The Second-Century Pauline Tradition
Current position: First United Methodist Church, Austin, TX – Associate Pastor
Joshua Urich
Title of Dissertation: Unmasked: The Practice Of American Skepticism
Current position: Colby College, Department of Religious Studies – Assistant Professor
2017
Anthony (Tony) Keddie
Title of Dissertation: Revelations of Ideology: Apocalyptic Class Politics in Early Roman Palestine
Current position: The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Religious Studies – Associate Professor
Elena Kravchenko
Title of Dissertation: Orthodox Women in America: The Making of the Conservative-Liberal Subject
Current position: Washington University - St. Louis, Department of Religious Studies – Senior Lecturer
2016
Michael Flexsenhar
Title of Dissertation: Slaves Of Christ: Caesar's Household And The Early Christians
Current position: Rhodes College, Department of Religious Studies – Visiting Assistant Professor
Megan Case
Title of Dissertation: War, Kidnapping, Dismemberment, And Exchange: (Im)proper Regulation Of Bodies In Judges 19-21
Current position: Drury University, History, Philosophy & Religion Department – Visiting Assistant Professor
Justin Doran
Title of Dissertation: The Heargelt Spirit: Capitalism, Affect, And Pentecostal Modernity In The Americas
Current position: Middlebury College, Department of Religion – Assistant Professor
Michael Amoruso
Title of Dissertation: Walking With The Dead: Transit, Transfer, And Transformation In Sao Paulo's Devotion To Souls
Current position: Occidental College, Department of Religious Studies – Assistant Professor
Program Contacts
- Dr. Chad Seales
Graduate Advisor - Greg Klein
Graduate Coordinator