Program Information
John Schroeder, Chair
Professor of Philosophy
240 895 4456
jwschroeder@smcm.edu
Sharon Newcomb, Office Assistant I
240 895 2159
Program Highlight
The department offers a major and minor in Philosophy and a major and minor in Religious Studies. As an active and energetic department, we are committed towards an intercultural, international and interdisciplinary understanding of the world. We teach across the traditional fields of philosophy and religious studies, and beyond the cultural divides of East and West. Departmental faculty likes to teach in a variety of venues (Nitze Program; Women, Gender and Sexuality; Environmental Studies; Asian Studies; African and African Diaspora Studies), to take students on study tours (Greece, Germany/Poland, India, Thailand, and, in the future, England and Israel), and to bring questions of global relevance to the campus communities through scheduling events with renowned speakers and activists.
Recent Accomplishments
Allison Minor (2010) has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Research Award to Morocco for 2010-2011, where she will be researching changing forms of community identity and civil society in the country. Allison plans to spend three months in a rural town in the North, a rural town in the South, and Rabat. Allison has pursued a student designed Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies major with her primary field in Religious Studies.
Durryle Brooks (Religious Studies, 2006) accepted a position as a program manager for GLBTQ with Advocates for Youth. This national organization in D.C., established in 1980, increases opportunities for youth to make healthy decisions about sexuality. Durryl conducts trainings, workshops, and presentations to national, state, and local audiences, with an emphasis on sexual health issues for Black and Latino youth.
Rachel Spivack student of Asian studies and religion, submitted an article on "Educational Reform in Burma," which will be published in the River Gazette. A distilled version of her SMP thesis on the same topic will also appear in Scholar Works, a journal of undergraduate research.
Religious Studies Alumni
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Baker, Matthew |
2006 |
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Becker, Lindsay Ann |
2005 |
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Bigelow, Gerald |
2006 |
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Bowers, Christopher |
2001 |
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Bradbard, Stefanie L |
2007 |
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Brooks, Durryle |
2006 |
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Campbell, Mary Kelly |
2002 |
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Clark, Paul Thomas |
2005 |
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Clemmer, Jill Cole |
2009 |
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Conlin, Paul Joseph |
2000 |
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Copley, Julia |
2008 |
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Crear, Lisa |
2008 |
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Cronin, Nicole |
2008 |
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DeViney, Meredith |
2007 |
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Finch, Laura Wilson |
2005 |
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Flemming, Timothy |
2006 |
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Gervais, Jennifer |
2006 |
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Gorman, Holly Rene |
2007 |
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Grundy, Jill Babson |
2005 |
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Hartman, Jessica |
2009 |
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Horsey, Allison |
2009 |
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Ingram, Margaret |
2008 |
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Lumkes, Margaret |
2008 |
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McCrae, Joseph |
2000 |
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McDevitt, Bridgette |
2002 |
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McNeel, Jennifer |
1998 |
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Minetola, Anthony |
1999 |
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Moser, Jonathan |
2001 |
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Moss, Daniel James |
2006 |
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Mull, Allison |
2005 |
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Nolle, Kacey Lee |
2003 |
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Porter, Thomas |
2009 |
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Prendergast, Alison |
2005 |
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Provonche, Sarah |
2001 |
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Pyzik, Alexander |
2007 |
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Reuben, Daniel Paul |
1998 |
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Ryder, Taghi Seth |
2007 |
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Schaff, Jarid Michael |
1999 |
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Schepp, Stephanie |
2007 |
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Schuenzel, Erin |
2000 |
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Silverman, Sophie A. |
2008 |
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Sinclair, Oscar Lewis |
2008 |
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Troescher, Dorothy |
2004 |
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Tyree, Adrian Devon |
2006 |
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Wickizer, Rebecca |
2006 |
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Williams, Litsa |
2002 |
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Wilson, Derek |
2000 |
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Ziegler, Carl |
2000 |
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