REL’s newest email newsletter has just been published. “From the Balcony” helps to connect alums, students, faculty, and friends of REL. We plan to send out news about alums, students, and faculty several times each semester. And we always want to hear what you are doing and celebrate your successes and achievements in all areas of life. Email us news and updates to studyreligion@ua.edu. We will be posting news about alums in our Student/Alumni blog feature, on social media, and […]
The skills developing studying religion lead to a variety of career options, as three REL MA alums detail their career experiences and advcie. […]
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Rhodes Berry learned to analyze and compose arguments as an REL major and those skills have been instrumental in his success as an Air Force lawyer. […]
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Her MA in Religious Studies helped prepare for working with international students with organizing logistics and promoting education about difference […]
Carter Sheldon a senior at UA was able to work with REL faculty members and eventually present his research at a national presentation. […]
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Ellie Dilworth interviewed Maddie Brodbeck about how religious studies is useful on Capitol Hill. […]
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Digging into information on social media creates a more complicated image about careers and earning potential for various majors. […]
Why pursue an MA in the humanities when the chances of securing a tenure track position with a PhD are so low? That is a common question that students and faculty grapple with in the current university context. Helping students prepare for both their future and the myriad ways that they can contribute to society needs to be emphasized, which is something that we take seriously in the MA in Religion in Culture program at Alabama. Last Monday in Denver, […]
Al McGowen majored in Religious Studies (minoring in Social Work and English) while at UA in the late-1970s, after having served in the USAF during the Vietnam era. He went on to earn an M.Div. from Memphis Theological Seminary and did his clinical training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Al became a Fellow In The College of Chaplains, which later became the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC), and a Board Certified Chaplain, a Clinical Member of the Association for […]
Jacob Barrett is a first year M.A. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. From Colorado Springs, he earned his B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Philosophy & Religion and Biology. In the Spring he will present his research at the southeast regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Junior year of my undergraduate degree, I was asked by the chair of the Religious Studies department to represent the major at an event where […]
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