We are pleased to announce the 2026 awardees of our November Annual Meeting Travel Grants. AAR hosts three annual travel grant programs:
Please join us in recognizing and celebrating these scholars!
The Judith Plaskow Travel Grant
This year, thanks to the generosity of several donations made to the Judith Plaskow Travel Grant Fund, we were able to reward two grants to scholars scheduled to present at the November Annual Meeting.
2026 Recipients
Shenaz Haqqani, Mercer University
Amy Allan, NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community
Funded in honor of the former AAR president’s influential work in Jewish feminism and Plaskow’s enduring legacy in feminist approaches to the study of religion, the Judith Plaskow Travel Grant is awarded annually to a student or independent scholar who is scheduled to present a paper centrally informed by and/or contributing to feminist approaches to the study of religion at the November Annual Meeting.
The Religion and the Arts Travel Grant
2026 Recipient
Abigail Schweizer, Yale Divinity School
Funded through the generosity of Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, the Religion and the Arts Travel Grant is awarded annually to a graduate student studying religion and the arts who is without institutional support to attend the November Annual Meeting.
The Annual Meeting Travel Grant
The Annual Meeting Travel Grant program awards 15 grants on a competitive basis to members who participate in the November Annual Meeting.
2026 Recipients
Donagh Coleman, University of California Berkeley
Rachaell Diaz, University of Florida
Anahita Hoose, International School for Jain Studies
Rushnae Kabir
Rev. Kendrick Kemp, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Younghwa Kim
Jessica Knippel, Claremont Graduate School
Donghyung Lee, Yale University
Samira Musleh, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Vaidehi Paneri, Syracuse University
Anthony Scott, University of Tokyo
Mark Inigo Tallara, University of the Philippines Diliman
Darig Thokmay, University of Cambridge
Pablo Vazquez, Graduate Theological Union
Aixin Yi, Boston University