The DSR's Fall 2023 Graduates and Award Winners


 

Celebrating the newest DSR graduates – congratulations to our graduating class of fall 2023!

 


PhD and MA


PhD

  • Michelle Christian – “Enslaved to mammon: Money, economy, and enslavement in ancient Christianity" (Supervisor: Andreas Bendlin)

MA

  • Haroon Alvi  – “‘From Subjective Experience to Self-Discovery: An Examination of Mysticism, Islamic Thought, and Psychoanalysis” (Supervisor: Marsha Hewitt)
  • Farhia Farah – “Unveiling Safe Spaces: Exploring Dynamics and Boundaries in an Online Women’s Only Muslim Community” (Supervisor: Laura Beth Bugg)
  • River Hobel – “Providing a More Radical Date for the Parables of Enoch: An Analysis of Plausible Locations of the Enochic Work” (Supervisor: John Marshall)
  • Sumeet Kumar – “Advayavajra's Mahāmudrā Practice: Exploring the Interplay of Amanasikāra, and Yathābhūtasamādhi within the doctrinal framework of Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism” (Supervisor: Luther Obrock)
  • Robert McConney – “Black tadjah: Hosay as a “dougla” material culture of Trinidad and Tobago” (Supervisor: Karen Ruffle)
  • Mayadevi Murthy – “Discovering the Dravidian Devotional Aesthetic: Rhetoric, Identity, and Religion in Tamil Cinema (1958-1968)” (Supervisor: Srilata Raman)
  • Arjan Sethi – “The martial sentiment in early modern Sikh literature: a comparative study of the Hanūman Nāṭak and the Rām Avtār” (Supervisor: Julie Vig)

Bachelor's Degrees


  • Specialist in Religion
    • Owen Huisman
    • Qike Wang
  • Major in Religion
    • Alanna Carolan
    • Erblin Hysi
    • Alyssa McIeish
    • Calypso Schincariol
    • Rianna Steiner
    • Ammar Tajani
    • Zachary Wilson Jr.
  • Major in Buddhist Studies
    • Moira Banks-Batten
  • Major in Islamic Studies
    • Kayla Matthews
    • Shafaq Irshad
  • Minor in Religion
    • Paige Escoffery-Stewart
    • Noor Gouda
    • Olivia Schutz
    • David Taylor
    • Stefanie Tsui
    • Harold Yoon

Graduate Awards (→ About)

  • Faculty of Arts & Science Doctoral Recruitment Award: Grace Feeney, Sarang Patel, Joy Saade, Edward Scrimgeour
  • H. Albert Ellam Award: Joy Saade
  • Jane Trombley Award: River Hobel, Albert Yang
  • A&S Alumni and Friends Award: Cliel Shdaimah
  • FAST Award: Joy Saade

Undergraduate Awards (→ About)

  • DSR Equity & Justice Awards: Swamini Sagar, Maria Vidal Valdespino
  • University of Toronto Excellence Awards: Charna Perman, Amory Zhao