FSU Department of Religion

Congrats to Elizabeth Cecil, whose recent achievements were celebrated in Florida State University's May 2026 Faculty and Staff Briefs!

Cecil — the Timothy Gannon Associate Professor of Religion — was awarded a fellowship from the Association for Public Religion & Intellectual Life to participate in the Representing Religion in Museums summer colloquium in New York City.

She also presented the invited lecture, “The Lord of the Elements & the Eaglewood Goddess: Hinduism in Monsoon Asia,” at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

To check out the May 2026 Faculty and Staff Briefs, visit: fla.st/X8PRI081.

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With the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence just around the corner, experts from the FSU Department of History, Florida State University English Department, and FSU Department of Religion are available for interviews on their specializations in areas that highlight America’s past and present, ranging from pop culture and music to the Cold War.

To learn more, visit: fla.st/945L0D13.

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Congratulations to our honors medallion awardees from the FSU Department of Religion!

▶️ Leona Rindle, Psychology; Human Rights & Social Justice, University Honors
▶️ Morgan Gahan, International Affairs; Religion, University Honor
▶️ Lucie Lovato, Literature, Media & Culture; Religion, University Honors
▶️ Emma Curtin, Political Science; Religion, University Honors
▶️ Aubrey Tangen, Creative Writing; Religion and Classics, University Honors
▶️ Molly Stinson, Editing, Writing & Media; Religion, Outstanding Senior Scholar

Nearly half of the 548 Florida State University Spring 2026 graduates who earned honors medallions are from the FSU College of Arts & Sciences! 🏅

Honors medallion awardees completed the University Honors Program or Honors in the Major Program. Those who completed both programs with a 3.9 cumulative GPA or higher received the designation of Outstanding Senior Scholar.

To learn more about the Spring 2026 honorees and Florida State University Honors Program, visit: fla.st/PDZJN6KN.

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FSU Undergraduate Studies

Associate Professor David Newheiser was featured in Florida State University's May 2026 Faculty and Staff Briefs for authoring “Hope as a Political Practice,” published on the blog Contending Modernities, the University of Notre Dame's interdisciplinary effort to explore how religious and secular powers interact.

The piece is part of Newheiser's “Hope in a Secular Age” symposium, an ongoing series of articles considering the place of hope in contemporary political, philosophical and theological contexts.

To read “Hope as a Political Practice," visit: bit.ly/4dJ8wQd.

FSU Faculty Development

Did you know that a 19th-century religious publishing giant, called the American Tract Society, printed enough pages to reach the moon and halfway back? 🌙

During a recent interview for Congregational Library & Archives' Book Talk Series, Assistant Professor Sonia Hazard discusses her first book, titled "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media," which was published last year.

To watch the full interview, visit: bit.ly/4nWL4SV.

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Sonia Hazard, Ph.D. in the Department of Religion (), received the Louisville Institute’s Grant for Researchers for her project “Christianity and the Book in the Cherokee Diaspora, 1821-1861.” 📖📜⏳

Hello, summer! ☀️

To all of our FSU College of Arts & Sciences students, faculty and staff starting classes today, we hope your summer semester is off to a wonderful start.

For more information on summer sessions A, B, C and F as well as important Florida State University deadlines, visit registrar.fsu.edu/summer-2026-academic-calendar.

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A special congrats to the FSU Department of Religion's Sonia Hazard, David Newheiser and Rebecca Peters, who were all celebrated in the April 2026 Faculty and Staff Briefs!

Congratulations to these Florida State University faculty and staff members for being recognized across the state and nation for their notable achievements! 🌟

Read more ➡️ https://news.fsu.edu/news/faculty-staff-briefs/2026/05/01/faculty-and-staff-briefs-april-2026/

We couldn't be more excited for our newest graduates crossing the stage at Florida State University this week! 🎓🎉

Nearly a quarter of the 7,190 degrees FSU will award this spring are to students from Arts and Sciences disciplines.

To meet four exceptional students and learn about their unique work in the FSU - Department of Scientific Computing, FSU Department of Psychology, Florida State University Department of Mathematics and Florida State University English Department, visit: fla.st/9VUPWT0O.

To virtually attend the commencement ceremonies via livestream, visit commencement.fsu.edu.