(Left to right Prof. William Morrow, Prof. Richard Ascough, Jacob DesRochers MA, Alissa Droog MA, Leah Valentine MA, Emily Halprin MA, and Prof. Ian Cuthbertson)
Queen's School of Religion is proud to announce that all eight students from the 2016-2017 MA cohort graduated on November 14, 2017, at a colourful ceremony in Grant Hall. An honorary doctorate was awarded to legendary Canadian jazz musician Oliver Jones.
Of the eight graduates, two are continuing their education at Queen's: Jacob DesRochers was accepted into the Masters of Education program; and James Kwateng-Yeboah was accepted into the PhD program in cultural studies.
- Ruth Chitiz - The Silencing of Religious Articulations in the Formal Public Sphere: A Critical Response to Jürgen Habermas’ Conception of a Postsecular Society
- Jacob DesRochers - Transgressing Boundaries: Nonproductive Sex
- Alissa Droog - 19th Century British Women Telling Bible Stories: An Exploration of the Story of the Fall
- Emily Halprin - Network Sociality and Religion in the Digital Age
- James Kwateng-Yeboah - A Re-appraisal of the Prosperity Gospel in African Neo-Pentecostalism: The Potency of “Multiple Modernities” Paradigm
- Jenna Mowbray - Christian, Jew and Miscellaneous: Representation of Minority Religion in The Simpsons
- Caelen Christine Salisbury-White - Why Conversations About the Body Matter: How Goddess Scholars View the Female Body and Topics of Embodiment
- Leah Valentine - Affect Theology: An Examination of Pneumatology and its Relation to Trauma and Recovery
Congratulations to all graduates!