At Wake Forest’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony, the Right Reverend Kimberly “Kym” Lucas (WF College ’92, with a double major in Religion and Biology) was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. The 11th Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Colorado, Lucas gave this year’s
The Department for the Study of Religions congratulates Professor James (Jay) Ford on the occasion of his retirement on June 30 and expresses deep gratitude for his 25 years of service as a department faculty member. Dr. Ford will become Professor emeritus of Religious […]
Lynn Neal has been named the Easley Professor of Religious Studies. Simeon Ilesanmi has been named the Wake Forest University Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies. Annalise Glauz-Todrank has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Kimberly Wortmann is this year’s recipient of […]
The Study of Religions was delighted to welcome award-winning children’s book author Reem Faruqi to two sections of Dr. Kimberly Wortmann’s “Introduction to Islamic Traditions” course on 9.24.2021. Before her arrival at WFU, students in these classes had the opportunity to read and discuss two […]
Mary Foskett is Wake Forest Kahle Professor at Wake Forest University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate MA students in the Department for the Study of Religions and served as a founder and inaugural director of the WFU Humanities Institute. Her published articles, essays, monographs, and edited […]
Emily Schemper (2013 BA in Religion, Politics & International Affairs Director of Corporate Partnerships at Susan G. Komen in Dallas, Texas Tell us about your current job role/employer and what you’re currently working on. As Director of Corporate Partnerships for Susan G. Komen, I build […]
On Tuesday, November 10th, Bennett Clifford will address students in Dr. Nelly van Doorn-Harder’s Religious Studies classes. His first book, Homegrown: ISIS in America is due for release on November 12, 2020. Clifford and co-authors Seamus Hughes and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens spent four and half years performing an […]