Very excited that my article--which analyzes more than a decade of narratives related to a Hindu woman named Iraiarasi’s untimely death, subsequent deification, and eventual domestication as a pūvāṭaikkāri--is out in the world! #domesticatingthedead academic.oup.com/jhs/advance… – at Burlington, NC

Delighted to join the @BloomsburyRS Advances in Religious Studies editorial board and to be in such distinguished company!

Fantastic to see this! Proud to have Imam Shane Atkinson as our colleague on @elonuniversity’s multifaith campus. #Elon @TruittCenter @ElonRelS

It is an incredible pleasure to welcome the seventh class of Multifaith Scholars -- these six @elonuniversity students will accomplish and grow so much over the next two years! elon.edu/u/news/2023/04/12/e…

📡📡 Frontiers of Democracy conference this July at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life--proposals due May 1st! tischcollege.tufts.edu/civic…

One of the best things about last evening’s conference reception was the opportunity to invite recent @elonalumni to interact with current #Elon students—thanks for making time for some near-peer mentoring, @anya_fredsell and @marjorie_fo !!

These two Multifaith Scholars each developed incredible research two-year research projects, pursued double majors in @elon_cas (Literature and Religious Studies || Int’l & Global Studies and Religious Studies), and completed a semester of study abroad (Egypt and Jordan)!

Congratulations also to Peyton Rohlfs ‘23 for being named second runner-up for the Undergraduate Paper Prize at the American Academy of Religion conference last evening for her paper on religion, nationalism, and memory in Staten Island’s Sri Lankan community. We’re very proud!

Congratulations to Maddy Starr ‘23, who received the Undergraduate Paper Prize for her paper, “Material Memories: Narratives of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict,” at the American Academy of Religion conference last night! So proud!! @elonuniversity @elon_cas @ElonGlobal

Elon University was well represented at the American Academy of Religion conference with eleven (11!) of our students attending, three of whom presented. We’re so proud of these undergraduate researchers!

As we move into the q&a, I’m grateful to Mercer University (@MercerYou) for hosting this @AARWeb conference, to the program committee for organizing these panels, and to @ElonReligion for sponsoring the undergraduate reception to allow these researchers to interact this evening!

The integration of #studyabroad and #undergraduateresearch in these students’ Elon experiences—offering them opportunities to engage diversity, build confidence and efficacy, and advance their intercultural learning—is striking. #mentoringmatters

Maddy’s research sought to understand people’s everyday experiences of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through objects and images—what she’s calling “material memories”— which include maps, flags, keys, coins, and public art.

Maddy spent five weeks in Israel/Palestine last summer, where she conducted ethnographic fieldwork and recorded more than 30 interviews. I have had the great pleasure of mentoring Maddy over the last 2.5 years and we learned together when I joined her in Jerusalem in June.

The final @elonuniversity undergraduate researcher presenting this morning is Maddy Starr. A senior with majors in Religious Studies and International & Global Studies, Maddy is also a Multifaith Scholar and an Arabic language student.

In addition to her study abroad experiences, Natalie’s research draws on four years of Arabic language study with Dr. Shereen Elgamal at #Elon and a summer field methods training intensive with her mentors in Israel/Palestine.

Natalie’s two-year undergraduate research project was supported by @elonuniversity’s Lumen Prize and mentored by Dr. Brian Pennington. She spent eight weeks in Cairo, conducting ethnographic fieldwork to understand Egyptian secularism and nationalism.