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AAR Member Notes
Member Notes contains announcements about the professional and career achievements of AAR members. Let your colleagues know about your professional milestones by completing this brief online form. Member Notes will be published on the AAR website and in the monthly e-Bulletins and Religious Studies News.
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Awards and Accomplishments
Nancy J. Davis, DePauw University
Davis's book, Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States (Indiana University Press, 2012) co-won the gold medal in the Religion category of the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards. It also received the 2013 Scholarly Achievement Award of the North Central Sociological Association.
John L. Esposito, Georgetown University
Esposito received the Lifetime Achievement Award: American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, "In Recognition of His Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies and for Promoting Muslim-Christian Understanding."
Pankaj Jain, University of North Texas
Jain was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship for Environment Leadership Program to study the Culture and Ecology of the Indian Himalayas.
Scott M. Kenworthy, Miami University of Ohio
Awarded Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowship (fall semester 2013) and Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (18 months) for book project on "Patriarch Tikhon Bellavin, the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Russian Revolution."
Anthony Byrd, Emory University
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is pleased to name Byrd a 2013 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow. Byrd is a doctoral candidate in the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. His dissertation, As a Benefit for Mankind: Qādī 'Abd al-Jabbār's (d. 1025) Free Will Theodicy, explores moral identity and the formation of religious orthodoxy in classical Islamic thought. Each 2013 Newcombe Fellow will receive a 12-month award of $25,000.
Cristina Richie, Boston College
Cristina Richie, a PhD student at Boston College, won the 2013 Catholic Health Association's [CHA] Annual Theology and Ethics Colloquium graduate student essay award. Richie was flown to St. Louis to present "Building a Framework for Green Bioethics: Integrating Ecology into the Medical Industry" in March and was awarded $500.
Christopher D. Rodkey, Penn State York
Honored with the 2013 James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is given annually to recognize any aspect of excellent instruction that contributes to the academic quality of the Penn State York campus.
Lavanya Vemsani, Shawnee State University
Awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH. The Distinguished Teaching Award honors a full-time faculty member at SSU in recognition of outstanding commitment to teaching at Shawnee State University. Vemsani was presented with the Award at the Commencement Ceremony on May 4, 2013.
Books and Major Publications
Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Hussaini, Center for the Study of Islam and the Middle East
From Tradition of Balkh to Modernity of Paris (Kabul: Afghanistan, Nebras Research Institute, 2010).
Patrick S. Cheng, Episcopal Divinity School
Rainbow Theology: Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit, Seabury Books, April 2013, ISBN: 978-1596272415.
Bradley S. Clough, The University of Montana
Early Indian and Theravada Buddhism: Soteriological Controversy and Diversity, Cambria Press, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-60497-829-2.
Monica A. Coleman, Claremont School of Theology
Yes Ain't I a Womanist Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought, Fortress Press, May 2013, ISBN: 978-0800698768.
Jodi Eichler-Levine, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature, New York University Press, April 2013, ISBN: 978-0814722992.
John L. Esposito, Georgetown University
The Future of Islam, Oxford University Press, March 2013, ISBN: 978-0-19-997577-8.
Ronald A. Kuipers, The Institute for Christian Studies
Richard Rorty (Bloomsbury Contemporary American Thinkers), Bloomsbury Academic, March 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4411-8238-8.
Carl Olson, Allegheny College
The Allure of Decadent Thinking: Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN: 978-0-19-995983-9.
Leslie E. Sponsel, University of Hawaii
Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution, Praeger, July 2012.
Manuel A. Vasquez, University of Florida
The Diaspora of Brazilian Religions, Leiden: Brill, 2013, Co-edited with Cristina Rocha (University of Western Sydney), ISBN13: 9789004236943.
Pamela D. Winfield, Elon University
Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment, Oxford University Press, 2013.
Career Transitions
Michael Jerryson, Youngstown State University
Michael Jerryson has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Youngstown State University.
Ronald A. Kuipers, The Institute for Christian Studies
Appointed Director of the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics at The Institute for Christian Studies.
In Memoriam
Otto Maduro
April 14, 1945 – May 9, 2013
It is with great sadness that the AAR announces the passing of Otto Maduro, Professor of Religion at Drew University and the AAR's immediate past President. A philosopher and sociologist of religion, Professor Maduro was the author of more than 100 books and articles in a dozen languages. First and foremost, his work focused on the interrelation of religious traditions (the Christian churches in particular) and the yearnings for liberation among the economically, racially, culturally, and/or sexually oppressed peoples. He was also interested in peace studies, social and ecological justice, epistemologies, and sexualities, and maintained a lifelong interest in indigenous musical traditions, particularly jazz.
Otto's work on behalf of the AAR, his students, and his beloved Hispanic Theological Institute was characterized by his humility, warm regard for his colleagues, and determined sense of justice. During his presidency, plans were laid that will issue in two important developments in the coming weeks — the finalization of policies dealing with how we work with hotel labor organizations, and the restructuring of our investment portfolio in a more socially responsible manner. Otto is survived by his wife, Nancy Noguera, and their son, Mateo.
We have begun making plans to honor Otto and his work at our 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimore. We will notify the membership about these plans as soon as possible. In the meantime, please join the AAR staff and Board in keeping Otto's family and friends in your thoughts and prayers in this time of loss.
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