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Resources for students Every class in our department is unique but we do share some similarities in our approaches to critical thinking, research, and communication. If you’d like to improve your work in these areas, please feel free to use any of these resources (and please come visit us in office hours!).

Finalist for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Libbie Shepherd, shown here (right) with Olivia Stockwell at a department event, was one of 12 finalists (from more than 50 nominees) for the Graduate School’s Annual Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This award recognizes the hard work of teaching assistants across campus, and Libbie has shown […]

The International Bulletin of Mission Research has named Dr. Kaloyanides’ book, Baptizing Burma: Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom, as one of the ten outstanding books in 2024 in Mission Studies, World Christianity, and Intercultural Theology.

Julia Moore was selected to participate in the 7th Annual Faculty Showcase for the Archiving Catawba Presbytery Project. The showcase will be on April 2, 2025, from 10:30 – 12:30 in the Halton Reading Room in Atkins Library. Please register online if you are interested in attending.

Congratulations to Will Sherman, who is one of two scholars who have been awarded the inaugural Carolina’s Outstanding Contribution to Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the UNC Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies! The awarding body writes that “These scholars have been selected for their exceptional contributions to their fields. Their work reflects […]

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First prize for undergraduate conference paper Olivia Stockwell, who is completing majors in Religious Studies and Global Studies with a minor in Arabic this spring, was awarded first prize for undergraduate papers at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Association. Her paper was titled, “Tourism, Security, and Sacred Space at Bethany Beyond Jordan.” Congratulations […]

Significant Honor for an Outstanding Student One of our majors, Olivia Stockwell, has been named a James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship nominee.The Gaither Fellowship, previously known as the Carnegie Junior Fellows Program, has been established for over 30 years, with roots tracing back to the founding of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1910. […]

One of several community-engaged projects in CHESS Join us to hear Julia Moore talk about her work with enslaved burial grounds in Charlotte. Moore will be a featured presenter at the UNC Charlotte Community Engagement Showcase to be held from 3:00-5:30 pm on Wednesday, March 19 at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City, […]

Thiede awarded Frances Lumsden Gwynn Award from CHESS The Frances Lumsden Gwynn Award is given annually to exemplary junior faculty in the departments of Religious Studies, Philosophy, or English to help them complete research, instructional, or service projects. This award, which is funded by an endowment created by Dr. Ruth G. Shaw and Mr. Colin […]