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Johanna Sellman is the recipient of Deborah and Ronald Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award for 2025

Professor Johanna Sellman has been named the 2025 recipient of the Deborah and Ronald Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor in the College of Arts and…

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Dr. Sean Anthony Named Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor

Professor Sean Anthony has been named an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty distinction awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences. This honor…

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Vija Tessman wins first place in Arts, Cultures, and Humanities category at the 31st Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum! 

Syncretic Spirits of Fire: Narratives of the jinn and related beings in Near Eastern religious corpora

Author: Vija…

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Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize

Salma Albezreh was awarded the ninth annual Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize for her paper: “Who But You Can Save Us? Allāh’s Theological Position in Ancestral Arabian Religion and…

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Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
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Associate Professor of Teaching & Persian Language Program Coordinator