Research and Teaching Awards
Major Fellowships and Grants
2023
Eric Hoenes del Pinal received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellowship
William Sherman received a Käte Hamburger Center for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies Fellowship
William Sherman received a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Translations and Editions Grant
2019
Kent Brintnall received a Henry Luce Foundation Grant
Eric Hoenes del Pinal received an American Academy of Religion Collaborative Grant
2018
Kent Brintnall and Joanne Maguire received a Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Grant
2015
John Reeves received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Joanne Maguire received a National Endowment for the Humanities “Enduring Questions” Course Development Grant
2014
Eric Hoenes del Pinal was a funded participant in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Faculty
Prizes and Awards
2023
Alexandra Kaloyanides received a BSEAH (Bringing Southeast Asia Home) UNC System Faculty Award (funded by the Henry Luce Foundation) for “Resourcing Religion: Burmese Religions and the Environment.”
Eric Hoenes del Pinal was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion
2020
John Reeves was named Alumnus-in-Residence, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
2018
Jeffrey Meyer, Professor Emeritus, was a Silver Winner in the 30th Annual Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association for A Call to China
2017
William Sherman was awarded the Pirzada Dissertation Prize from the Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
2015
Alexandra Kaloyanides was awarded the Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion, Columbia University Press
John Reeves received the Graduate Medallion, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
2012
Sean McCloud was a Fellow at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University
Teaching Awards
2018
David Clausen was a Finalist for the College Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Part-Time Faculty Member
2017
Ashley Bryan was the Recipient of the College Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Part-Time Faculty Member
2016
Joanne Maguire was awarded the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in Teaching
Barbara Thiede was a Finalist for the College Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Full-time Lecturer
2015
Joanne Maguire was awarded the North Carolina Board of Governors Teaching Award
Janna Shedd was the Recipient of the College Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Part-Time Faculty Member
2013
Kent Brintnall was awarded the Bonnie Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching
2012
Joanne Maguire was the Recipient of the Bank of America Teaching Award
1998
James Tabor was a Finalist for the Bank of America Teaching Award
1996
Edward St. Clair was the Recipient of the Bank of America Teaching Award
1993
Ronald Gestwicki was a Finalist for the Bank of America Teaching Award
1969
Loy Witherspoon was the Recipient of the Bank of America Teaching Award
