OU Department of Religious Studies

Congratulations to Religious Studies alumnae Sadee Songer and Cole Cloyd. Sadee was this year’s Content Editor for The Graduate Journal of Harvard Divinity School. Cole published a paper in this year’s journal titled: “The Bright Fiery Cross: The Role of Hostile Rituals for the Second Ku Klux Klan.”

You can view the paper here:

dash.harvard.edu

Please join us in congratulating Associate Professor and Academic Chair Deonnie Moodie on being awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar award. She will travel to India in 2027 and 2028 to create partnerships between US and Indian institutions, scholars, and students that will advance research in postcolonial and decolonial studies in the humanities and management:

OU Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars Zermarie Deacon, Ph.D., and Deonnie Moodie, Ph.D., have each been named a 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholar by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. These prestigious fellowships support research and development opportunities abroad.

Finals weeks is almost over! Still looking for fall classes? Check out our course listing with OU History Department, "History of Heaven and Hell," HIST 3733-001, Dr. Shmuel Shepkaru, TR 3 - 4:15 pm | Bizzell Library 0104, Core IV-WDC!

Check out our course listing with OU History Department, " Judaism: A Religious History," HIST 3973-001, Dr. Alan Levenson, TR 9 - 10:15 am | David L Boren House 0180, Core IV-NW!

Coming for the fall 2026 semester - a new course from Dr. Dallam! Check out RELS 1313 001 U.S. Religious Controversies on MWF at 10 a.m. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC). 📚

Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 2703 001 History of Buddhist Traditions on M/W/F at 11 a.m. with Dr. Goble. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC). 📚

Join us May 6 at noon in Zarrow Hall for our final JuSt Lunch of the semester, "Monstrous Humanity in the Bible and Its World,” with Tyson Putthoff!
Bring your lunch. Coffee and sweets provided.
For visitor parking & more info, visit:
https://www.ou.edu/cas/judaicstudies/events

Congratulations to Religious Studies major and Judaic and Israel Studies minor Amy Hotchkiss for receiving first place in the world division with her paper "From Martyrdom to Survival: Rethinking Kiddush HaShem in the Holocaust" at the regional Phi Alpha Theta conference this past Saturday, April 25th at OCU. Well done, Amy!

Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 1123 001 Introduction to World Religions on M/W/F at 1 p.m. with Dr. Moodie. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC). 📚