In 2026-2027 Queen's School of Religion welcomes the following cohort of students for its 12 month MA program.
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.JPG) | Abeni Knowles Undergraduate School: Crandall University, BA Biblical Studies (Honors) & Psychology Supervisor: TBD Research Interests: Afro-Caribbean Religious History and Thought, Religion in Racial Discourse, Biblical Hermeneutics, Pauline Studies, Religion and Sexuality, Higher Education.
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| Amanda Gray Undergraduate School: Western University, Hon BA in History. Supervisor: Dr. Richard Ascough Research Interests: Early Christianity and Greco-Roman religion, religious narratives among early Christ groups in the Roman Empire, and how these narratives served later theological and political purposes; associations and community formation in the ancient Mediterranean; construction of founding narratives in early religious movements; social-historical approaches to religious communities; religion within cultural-historical contexts. These interests sit within a broader engagement with history spanning ancient civilizations, medieval Europe, the early twentieth century and twentieth-century conflicts, and Canadian and Indigenous history. Email: 26mjsj@queensu.ca |
.jpg) | Erin DeFever Undergraduate School: University of Detroit Mercy, BA in Religious Studies & English (Literature) with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. Supervisor: TBD Research Interests: Ancient Mesopotamian religion, religion and visual culture (intersemiotic translation, extrapolative iconology, iconotextuality, ontology of images, theological aesthetics), religious syncretism and hybridity, embodied theology and affective religion, folk magic and medicine. Email: defever.e@queensu.ca |
.JPG) | Cathy Roberts Undergraduate School: BAH with a major in Religious Studies and a minor in Film and Media Studies, Queen's University Supervisor: TBD Research Interests: My research interests include religious experience, mysticism, embodiment, consciousness, and the relationship between religion and the sciences. I am particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to understanding extraordinary human experiences and how they are interpreted within different religious and cultural contexts. My interests draw on Religious Studies alongside perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, and the medical humanities. Email: 4cgr@queensu.ca |
 | Kemal Naqvi Undergraduate School: McGill University, B.A. in World Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and International Development Studies. Supervisor: TBD Research Interests: Digital religion, Islamic identity formation in online spaces, memes and internet subcultures, irony and religious belonging, digital Orientalism, religion and popular culture, Islam and media, Persia and Islamic literary traditions, religion and law, AI governance and religious communities. Email: 24xhwb@queensu.ca
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.JPG) | Miguel Hahn Undergraduate School: University of Toronto, BAH in History, with minors in Classics and Mathematics. Supervisor: Dr. Sharday Mosurinjohn Research Interests: Models of consciousness and psychospiritual development, comparative approaches to selfhood, transformation, modern reinterpretations of contemplative and religious traditions, intersections of psychology, religion, and human potential.
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 | Saroya Manoharan Undergraduate School: Queen's University BAH Religious Studies. Supervisor: TBD Research Interests: Religion and ethics, Religion and war, Religion as a means of alternative dispute resolution, Religion and migration, Religion and fashion, Religion and art, Religion and pop culture, Religious extremism, Religion and law, The Dharma and the human experience, Contemporary Buddhist Studies, Traditional Buddhist Studies, Engaged Buddhism, and Buddhist cosmology. |
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