MA 2012

The Department of Religious Studies congratulates its 2012 M.A. graduates:

Thomas Cahoon, Sandra Ceas, Liza Hanson, Carmen Lydon, Samantha Oehlerking, Gwendolyn Ryan, Daisy Vargas, and Hilary Watt Sontag.

• Sandy Ceas is working as a part-time Associate Professor at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, teaching art as a social interface with culture.

• Hilary Watt Sontag is working as senior grants officer for Mapleton Public Schools.

• Daisy Vargas is pursuing a doctorate at the University of California at Riverside.

 

 

MA 2011

• Gary Bedford is pursuing a doctorate in the Joint PhD program with DU / Iliff School of Theology. 

• Thomas Evans is pursuing a doctorate at Claremont Graduate University.

• Reuven Geller is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Birmingham in Great Britain. 

• Adem Irmak is pursuing a doctorate in Religious Studies in his native Turkey.

• Marisa Ligons is working as an academic adviser in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UC-Denver.

 

MA 2010

• Iqbal Akhtar is pursuing a doctorate in the Ph.D. program at New College, University of Edinburgh.

• Dora (Hoi Shan) Chong has returned to Hong Kong. 

 

MA 2009 

• Richard Bishop is working in the Graduate School of Social Work at DU. 

• Patrick Bowen is pursuing a doctorate in the Joint PhD program with DU / Iliff School of Theology.

• Diana Carvalho Lalo is teaching and working in Special Community Programs at DU. 

• Catherine Orsborn is pursuing a doctorate in the Joint PhD program with DU / Iliff School of Theology and is working as the Social Justice Living and Learning Communities Program Coordinator at DU. 

• Adam Westbrook is Civic Engagement Programs Coordinator at Johnson & Wales University, Denver, where he also teaches part-time.

•  Jamie Williford is teaching religion in community college in the San Diego area. 

 

MA 2008

• Kent Kreiselmaier is pursuing a doctorate at Vanderbilt University. 

• Rachel Tillman is pursuing a doctorate at SUNY - Stony Brook.

• Christa Kuberry is pursuing a doctorate in the Joint PhD program with DU / Iliff School of Theology.

• Erica Ferg is pursuing a doctorate in the Joint PhD program with DU / Iliff School of Theology, and teaches Islamic studies courses at Regis University, Denver. 

• Alicia Olson completed her MA in Religious studies and is teaching religion in the Denver area. 

• Christopher Roussel is pursuing a doctorate in Theology at Glascow University, Scotland. 

• Lisa Dillman left for Spain in May 2008 to continue research on Sufi women mystics in Medieval Spain. 

 

MA 2007

• Daniel Dillard is pursuing a doctorate at Florida State University with full funding. 

• Aaron Sokoll is pursuing a doctorate in Religious Studies at University of California Santa Barbara. 

• Jin Sook Kim is continuing studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California.