Dartmouth tops the list this year for the prestigious fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies for scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
"I've long been fascinated by the way Holy Week illustrates the dialectic of darkness and light," Randall Balmer, John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth, writes in the Los Angeles Times.
Associate Professor of Religion, Zahra Ayubi, was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" segment on Muslim Americans turning to their faith for guidance on abortion.
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.