In an interview with The Dartmouth, Andrea Hayes-Dixon '87 Med '91, a nationally recognized pediatric surgeon, reflected on her undergraduate years, Winter Carnival memories and the experiences that shaped her career.
Rachel Feldman, Associate Professor of Religion was awarded a Ralph J. and Sheila Q. Maffei Faculty Fellowship Award. These are awarded to newly tenured and promoted faculty who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching and scholarship.
The Religion Department is delighted to announce the winners of the Sperry Writing Prize in Religion for papers written in a Religion course during 2024-25. Congratulations to: Victoria Ruiz '26, Thuan Lai Tran '24, and Nathaniel Wayne '28.
Professor Devin Singh discusses what motivates a person's moral development in secular contexts, expanding on the role of higher education and service in an article in the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact's most recent publication of The Dartmouth Social Impact Review.
Susan Ackerman, Preston H Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita provides a deft study of women's life-cycle rituals in ancient Israel in her new book, Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality: Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel.
Professor Rachel Feldman is the 2025 receipient of the American Academy of Religion Awards for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies for her book Messianic Zionish in the Digital Age: Jews, Noahides, and the Third Temple Imaginary (Rutgers University Press)
Prof. Randall Balmer reflects on Jimmy Carter's legacy: "Out of the ashes of political annihilation, he became not just an elder statesman and world-renowned humanitarian but arguably the most consequential of modern former presidents."
This prize for outstanding writing is awarded on an annual basis for the best essay, body of essays, or research paper written for Department of Religion course.