Department of Religion

PhD Students

2025

Sherab Chomphel

PhD Student

Research Interest

Tibetan Buddhist scholars of the thirteenth century.

Cecelia Fischer

PhD Student

Research Interest

19th and 20th century Judaism

Interreligious encounters

Intellectual history

Arkadeep Mitra

PhD Student

Research Interest

18th and 19th century politics and religions in British Bengal

South-Asian politics

German Romanticism

Continental Philosophy

2024

Tianxin Chen

PhD Student

Elizabeth Ferauge

PhD Student

Research Interest

Material Culture

Popular Religion

Arju Khatun

PhD Student

Research Interest

South Asian Religions

Jessica Spencer

PhD Student

2023

Jonah Sampson Boyarin

PhD Student

Research Interest

North American Religions

Post-Colonial Studies

Racial Capitalism

Climate Justice

Jewish Futurities

Secularism and Modernity

Jialin Cao

PhD Student

Research Interest

Millie Forman

PhD Student

Catherine Miki Otachime

PhD Student

Research Interest

East Asian Religions

Connecting Histories

Religion and the Senses

Religion and Literature

Religion and Science

Artistic, Religious, and Scientific Interactions

Mediterranean Societies and Religions

Religion and Art/Visual Culture/Material Culture

Religion and Music

Premodern Japanese History

History of Emotions

2022

Nathan Blackwell

PhD Student

Research Interest

North American Religious

Critical Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Religions

Critical Theory

Race and Religion

Saila Sri Kambhatla

PhD Student

Research Interest

South Asian Religions

Philosophy and Critical Thought

Goddess Studies

Cella Masso-Rivetti

PhD Student

Research Interest

North American Religions

Gender and Sexuality

Science and Medicine

2020

Stephanie A Bell

PhD Student

Research Interest

Religion and Art

Material Culture

Mehreen Zahra Jiwan

PhD Student

Research Interest

Gabriella Lee

PhD Student

Research Interest

North American Religions

New Religious Movements

Anthropology of Religion

Linguistic Anthropology

Ex-religious Identity

Shweta Radhakrishnan

PhD Student

Research Interest

South Asian Religions

2019

Khadeeja M. Majoka

PhD Student

Research Interest

South Asian Religions

Nanea Renteria

PhD Student

Research Interest

North American Religions

Religion and Law

Indigenous Feminisms

Gender and Sexuality

2018

David E. Silverberg

PhD Student

Research Interest

South Asian Religions

2017

Grace Anne Bickers

PhD Student

Research Interest

Tianran Hang

PhD Student

Research Interest

East Asian Religions