Our MA graduates have had tremendous success in getting into top-tier PhD programs and in pursuing non-academic careers. (Last updated, May 2026.) If you are a graduate of our MA program, please keep us informed about your current status and recent accomplishments!

McMaster M.A. Graduates Over the Last Twenty Years

            2025

Madelyn Heise, “Animism and Anthropocentrism in Pope Francis’s Encyclical Laudato Si’.” Advisor: Drs. Meirav Jones and Travis Kroeker. 2025. After completing the M.A., Madelyn entered the Ph.D. program in Religion at the University of Toronto.

Liam Kishinvesky, “Ethnic Frameworks in Tertullian’s Against Marcion.” Advisor: Dr. Matthew Thiessen. 2025. 

            2024

Emmanuella Asman, “The Other in Paul’s Letter to Galatians.” Advisor: Dr. Matthew Thiessen. 2024.

Micah Enns-Dyck. “Trauerspiel or Comedy? Modernity and Violence in the Philosophy of Gillian Rose.” Advisor: Dr. Travis Kroeker. 2024.

Araf Khan, “An Exploration of Liberalism, Religious Minorities, and Islam:  Towards Understanding of Liberal Debates on Sharia Law in Canada.” Advisor: Dr. Meirav Jones. 2024.

Codey Lecchino, “Quebec’s Situationship: How Catholic Aesthetics Entered French Secular Consciousness.” Advisor: Dr. Travis Kroeker. 2024.

Trevor Loken, “The Suicide and Repentance of Judas in Matthew 27:3–10.” Advisor: Dr. Matthew Thiessen. 2024.

Ian-Carlo Morales-Nunez, “From Supremacy to Syncretism: Christianity in Latin America.” Advisor: Dr. Yana Stainova. 2024. After completing the M.A., Ian-Carlo entered the Ph.D. program in Social Anthropology at York University.

            2023

Forough Passyar, “Fear and Fitra: Cognitive Science of Religion and Ghazali’s Ultimate Agent.” Advisor: Dr. Liyakat Takim. 2023

Matthew Trafford, “The Materiality of the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15.” Advisor: Dr. Matthew Thiessen. 2023.

            2022

Donald (Myles) MacPherson, “The Terma Tradition in the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2022.

            2021

Jonas Brandt, “Between Romantic and Pragmatic Expressivism: Charles Taylor and Jeffrey Stout on the Expressive Value of Religion.” Advisor: Dr. Travis Kroeker. 2021. Jonas is currently working as Assistant to the Dean of Arts, University of Manitoba.

Jessy-Lee Lacher, “Care, Religion, and Meaning-Making: Coping with and Finding Meaning in Human Suffering.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2021.

John (Sam) Martens, “The Reinvented Past and the Haunted Present: Women in the Japanese New Religious Movements.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2021.

Syeda Meher Taban, “The Transformation of Artistic Expression of Mahāparinirvāṇa Scenes in Gandhāra.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2021.

Vanessa Moonilal, “Islamic Conversions: A Case Study of Novels by Umm Zakivvah.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2021. After completing the M.A., Vanessa entered a Ph.D. program at York University.

Rory Tasker, “An Exploration of Sections of Kalyāṇamitra’s Vinayapraśnakārikā and Vinayapraśnaṭīkā, With Special Focus on the Embedded Quotations from the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya and Gunaprabha’s Vinayasūtra.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2021. After completing the MA, Rory entered the Ph.D. program in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and successfully completed his dissertation in 2025.

            2020

Alex Loop, “Literary Lesbian Liberation: Two Case Studies Interrogating How Queerness Has Manifested in Japanese Value Construction Through History.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2020.

Anna Phipps-Burton, “Revisiting the Relationship Between the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya and the Divyāvadāna.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2020. After completing the M.A., Anna entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Braden Siemens, “Being Towards Death and Resurrection: An Examination of Finitude and Infinitude in the Writings of Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Falque.” Advisor: Dr. Travis Kroeker. 2020. After completing the MA Braden completed an MA in Counselling at the U of Edinburgh and is now a practicing psychotherapist in Edinburgh.

Kira Thibaudeau, “Theoretical Revelations and the Merging of Methods: Methods and Theory in the Study of Medieval Japanese Buddhist Nuns and Material Culture.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2020.

            2019

Sandra Deodhar: “Holiness in Marriage.” Advisor: Dr. Matthew Thiessen. 2019.

Grant Sutherland, “The Unity and Equality Of The Divine Relations In Gregory Of Nazianzus’s Trinitarian Theology.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2019. After completing the MA, Grant entered the Ph. D. program at the Institute of Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University.

Alice Shan Shan Zhao, “Protection of the Dharma in Daoxuan’s Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks. Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2019. She is now working as a translator and copywriter in Asia.

            2018

Patrick Edwards. “Alexis de Tocqueville on American Expansionism and the Problem of Indigeneity.” Advisor: Dr. Zdravko Planinc. 2018. After completing the M.A., Patrick entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Robert Revington. “Crisis on Infinite Texts: How Superman Developed into a Jesus Figure.” Advisor: Dr. Travis Kroeker. 2018. After completing the M.A., Robert completed a Ph.D. in Theology at Toronto School of Theology. Dr. Revington is currently a research fellow at McMaster Divinity College.

Abraham Thomas, “The Father of Many Interpretations: Perspectives on Abraham in the Second Temple Period.” Advisor: Dr. Daniel Machiela. 2018. After completing the M.A., Abraham entered the MDiv program at Wycliffe College at the Toronto School of Theology.

            2017

Nida Ali. “Muslims in Interfaith Marriages in the West: Gender, Globalization, and Pluralism.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2017. After completing the M.A., Nida entered the Master’s of Social Work program at York University.

Crystal Beaudoin, “Female Religious Practices, Agency, and Freedom in the Novel Jin Ping Mei.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2017. After completing the M.A., Crystal entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. She currently works as a Social Service Worker at Arbour Creek Care Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.

Gerald Ens. “Simone Weil and the Weakness of Truth.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2017. After completing the M.A., Gerald entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Rachel Lambie, “What About The Women?: A Survey of the Archaeology of Qumran.” Advisor: Dr. Eileen Schuller. 2017. After completing the M.A., Rachel entered the M.A. program in Museum Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is now Curator at Musée Lac-Brome, Knowlton, Quebec.

Myra Sivaloganathan, “Sri Lankan Discourses of Ethno-Nationalism and Religious Fundamentalism.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2017. After conducting research in Sri Lanka on Buddhist diplomacy for the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute under a fellowship from the Asia Foundation, Myra began law school at the University of Windsor.

Simon Zeldin, “Rolling in the (Waters of the) Deep: Purification and Water Imagery in Early Jewish Literature.” Advisor: Dr. Daniel Machiela. 2017. After completing the M.A., Simon entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at Boston University.

            2016

Rein Ende, “The Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya: An Attempt at an Index Locorum with a Focus on the Works of Gregory Schopen.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2016. Rein was already retired when he entered the M.A. program. He has since re-retired.

Chaim Grafstein, “The Moroccan Jewish Community of Toronto.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2016. After completing the M.A., Chaim entered the Ph.D. program in Near and Middle Eastern Civilization at the University of Toronto.

Matthew Pawlak, “Behind Kind Words: Sarcasm (and Related Devices) in Second Corinthians 10–13.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2016. After completing the M.A., Matthew entered the DPhil program in Theology at the University of Cambridge.

Nicole Sguigna. “Islamic Fundamentalism and Women: Understanding Women as Recruiters in ISIS.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2016.

Justin Tombs. “The Temple of God in the Letters of Paul.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2016.

            2015

Caleb De Jong, “For the Sake of the Whole: A Theological Examination of Dostoevsky’s Elder Zosima via Sergius Bulgakov” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2015. After completing the M.A., Caleb entered the M.A. program in Literatures of Modernity at Ryerson University.

Merrill Greene, “Reworking rewritten Bible/scripture: What have scholars said and why can no one agree?” Advisor: Dr. Daniel Machiela. 2015. After completing the M.A., Merrill entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Hanull Matthew Lee, “Divine Violence and Divine Sovereignty: Kierkegaard and the Binding of Isaac.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2015. After completing the M.A., Matthew entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University and subsequently completed the M.Div. at Wycliffe College, Toronto. Matthew is now serving as an Episcopal priest in the US.

Rachel Matheson, “Sacramental Vision in Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2015. Shortly after completing the M.A., Rachel entered the Ph.D. program at McMaster University.

            2014

Gerjan Altenburg, “A Survey of Attitudes Towards Abortion in Indian Buddhist Monastic Literature.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2014. After completing the M.A., Gerjan entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. Having completed his Ph.D, he is now Assistant Professor, tenure-track, St. Francis Xavier University.

Katelyn Cassin, “A Multifaith Military: Religiosity and Belonging Among Muslim Canadian Armed Forces Members”. Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2014. After completing the M.A., Katelyn entered the Ph.D. program in International Development and Globalisation Studies at the University of Ottawa.

Keenan Cox, “The Axiom of the One-Mind: Li (‘Principle’) and Yongming Yanshou’s Ontological Paradigm.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2014. After completing the M.A., Keenan entered the Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago.

Jordan DeJonge. “The Weakness of Words: Implications of Foucault’s Late Lectures for Reflecting on the Platonic Dialogue.” Advisor: Dr. Zdravko Planinc. 2014. After completing the M.A., Jordan entered the M.A. program in Philosophy at Ryerson University.

Jessica Fish, “Health Care in Indian Buddhism: Representations of Monks and Medicine in Indian Monastic Law Codes.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2014. After completing the M.A., Jessica entered the Ph.D. program in Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Sara Hamed, “‘The Mother is a School’: Muslim Mothers and Their Religio-Educative Roles.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2014. After completing the M.A., Sara entered the Ph.D. program in Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Nathaniel Lovdahl, “Narrating Transcendents: Gender in Chinese Hagiographies.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2014. After completing the M.A., Nathaniel entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at Yale University.

            2013

Jennie Dragos. “Feminist New Testament Scholarship: A Study of Perspective and Method.” Advisor: Dr. Anders Runesson. 2013. Jennie now works as the Life Skills Lead at Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton.

Houda El-Birani. “A Review of the Literature on the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2013. After completing the M.A., Houda became the Business Support Assistant for the World Food Programme at the United Nations in Lebanon.

Rony Kozman, “When Paul’s Desire and God’s Will Collide: A Reading of Romans 9:1–18.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2013. After completing the M.A., Rony entered the Ph.D. program in Religion at the University of Toronto. He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies at Samford University.

Laura Lee Nimilowich, “A Quiet Truth: A Levinasian and Psychotherapeutic Reading of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Advisor: Dr. Zdravko Planinc. 2013. Laura is now a relational psychotherapist in Whitehorse, Yukon.

            2012

Miriam DeCock, “The Matthean Community in Recent Scholarship.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2012. After completing the M.A., Miriam entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. She is now an Assistant Professor in Biblical Studies at Dublin City University.

Christopher D. Emms, “Evidence for Two Mūlasarvāstivādin Vinaya Traditions in the Gilgit Prātimokṣa-sūtras.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2012. After completing the M.A., Christopher entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. He currently teaches Sanskrit at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Nepal) and McMaster University.

Nicole Guerriero, “Augustine’s Conception of the Ascent of the Soul in the Expositions of the Psalms and Homilies on the Gospel of John.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2012. After completing the M.A., Nicole entered the M.A. program in Philosophy at the University of Buffalo. Currently she is an educational consultant at Tutor Doctor.

Whitney Ross, “Ethnicity, Identity, and Institution: The Relevance of Ethnic Identity for the Development of Diaspora Synagogues.” Advisor: Dr. Anders Runesson. 2012. After completing the M.A., Whitney entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Nicole Waddington, “Symbols, Narratives and Portraits: The Development of Early Christian Art in the First to Fourth Centuries CE.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2012.

Ryan Watson, “The Historical Jesus in Recent Scholarship: An Investigation with Special Focus on Methodology.” Advisor: Dr. Anders Runesson. 2012.

            2011

Graham Baker, “Kierkegaard’s Apocalyptic Theology: Temporality, Epistemology and Politics in Practice in Christianity.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2011. Graham is currently a Labour Relations Officer for the Alberta Labour Relations Board in Edmonton.

John Bolton, “Mark 12:28–34 and the Two Powers Hypothesis.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2011. After completing the M.A., John entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Yongshan He, “Buddhism in the Economic History of China: Land, Taxes and Monasteries.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2011. After completing the M.A., Yongshan entered the Ph.D. program in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Yongshan completed her Ph.D. at University of Toronto in 2024 and is now Assistant Professor, tenure track, at University of Winnipeg.

Elizabeth Klein, “Athanasius and Gregory of Nazianzus on the Fatherhood of God.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2011. After completing the M.A., Elizabeth entered the Ph.D. program in Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She is now an assistant professor at the Augustine Institute, Denver, Colorado.

Jan-Therese A. Mendes, “Exploring Blackness from Muslim, Female, Canadian Realities: Founding Selfhood, (Re)claiming Identity and Negotiating Belongingness Within/Against a Hostile Nation.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2011. After completing the M.A., Jan-Therese entered the Ph.D. program in Social and Political Thought at York University.

            2010

Michael Agnew, “‘Russia Will Be Converted’: The Fatima Crusade’s Marian Apocalyptic Discourse During and After the Cold War.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2010. After completing the M.A., Michael entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Susie Fisher, “‘High Church Mennonites?’ The Relationship between Religion and Ethnicity among Manitoba Mennonites at an Anglican Church.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2010. After completing the M.A., Susie entered the Ph.D. program in History at the University of Manitoba.

Omnia Helbah, “The Influence of Canadian Security Intelligence Services on the Formation of Religious and National Identities of Muslim Canadians.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg, 2010. Omnia became the Program Manager for Engagement at Walmart Canada.

Jessica L. Radin, “Between Philosophy and the Law: Ibn Rushd, Leo Strauss, and the Demands of the City.” Advisor: Dr. Dana Hollander. 2010. After completing the M.A., Jessica completed her Ph.D. in Religious Studies at University of Toronto (2018). She then worked as an Assistant Professor in Comparative Liberal Studies at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan.

Benjamin Shragge, “Horizon’s End: The Crisis of History in Grant and Nietzsche.” Advisor: Dr. Zdravko Planinc. 2010. Benjamin is now Editorial Manager at Cheng & Tsui Company.

Julia Thiessen, “Dionysian Distance: Reading Nietzsche with Jean-Luc Marion.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2010. After completing the M.A., Julia entered the Education program at the University of Toronto and is now teaching Canadian History and German at the Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg.

James Veitch, “Defining the Ways: A Review of the “Parting of the Ways” Model in Scholarship on Early Judaism and Early Christianity.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2010.

            2009

Timothy Basile. “Templars, Crusades, and Consideration: A Study on Bernard of Clairvaux’s Allegory of the Two Swords.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2009. After completing the M.A., Timothy entered the MBA at Rotman School of Management. He is now a manager of Strategy & Consulting at Canada Post.

Kevin J. L. Derksen, “Love and the Indirect Icon: Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky and Christian Erotics.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2009. Kevin is now a pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg.

David DeJong, “The Origin of Paul’s Gentile Mission: A Survey and Analysis of the Contemporary Debate.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2009. After the M.A., David completed a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently assistant professor of religion at Hope College.

Ian Koiter, “The Problem of Miracles as a Basis for Faith in the Gospel of Matthew.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2009. After completing the M.A., Ian entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

James McDonald, “The Unwriting of Robert Walser as Religious Writing.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2009. After completing the M.A., James entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. He is now owner of the bookstore “The Printed Word” in Dundas, Ontario.

Katherine L. Olson, “On the Hill of Crosses: Catholicism and Lithuanian National Identity.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2009. After completing the M.A., Katherine obtained a law degree (JD) in the US, clerked for a judge at the Court of Federal Claims, and now works as a litigation associate at a law firm in Washington, DC.

Aurelius Rego, “A Study of the Role and Function of the Monks and Nuns of the Groups-of-Six in Vinaya Literature.” Advisor: Dr. Shayne Clarke. 2009. Aurelius is now a secondary school teacher.

Brigitte Robert. “The Association Zen de Montréal: A Case Study in Soto Zen Nonviolence.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2009. Brigitte is a teacher at Champlain Regional College, Lennoxville, Quebec.

Martin Westerholm, “Love and the Knowledge of God in Augustine’s De Trinitate.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2009. After completing the M.A., Martin entered a D.Phil. program in Theology at the University of Aberdeen. He is currently a senior lecturer in theology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Gregory Wiebe, “The Politics of Possession: Augustine’s Demonology in The City of God.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2009. After completing the M.A., Gregory entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University.

Rachel Brown Young, “The Paradox of the Law in Paul: Scholarly Responses.” Advisor: Dr. Stephen Westerholm. 2009. After completing the M.A., Rachel entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Diversity in North America at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Jonathan Zeyl, “Spirituality and Hermeneutics: Origen’s and Augustine’s Account of Genesis 1.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2009. Jonathan is now a Program Coordinator in Liberal Studies at Humber College.

            2008

Richard Last, “What Did Paul Think He Was Doing? A Study of Paul’s Use of and an Introduction to His Statements of Action.’” Advisor: Dr. Anders Runesson. 2008. After completing the M.A., Richard entered the Ph.D. program in Religion at the University of Toronto. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Greek Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at Trent University.

Rodney Leggett, “Modernization and the Quebec Catholic Church.” Advisor: Dr. Zdravko Planinc. 2008. After completing the M.A., Rodney entered the M.A. program in Political Science and Government at Carleton University. He now works for Elections Canada.

Rachel Loewen, “The Coptic Orthodox Church in the Greater Toronto Area: The Second Generation, Converts and Gender.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2008. After completing the M.A., Rachel entered the Ph.D. program in Religion at the University of Toronto.

John A. Lorenc, “The Reform of the Divine Image in Augustine’s De Trinitate.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2008. After completing the M.A., John entered the Ph.D. program in Legal and Economic History at the University of Toronto.

Abigail I. MacBain, “Temples and Sutras: Nara Japan’s National Defense System.” Advisor: Dr. Mark Rowe. 2008. After completing the M.A., Abigail entered the Ph.D. program in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Kathleen A. Riddell, “When the Music’s Over, Renew My Subscription to the Resurrection: Why Doors Fans Won’t Let Jim Die.” Advisor: Dr. Ellen Badone. 2008. After completing the M.A., Kathleen entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Tyler Smith, “Matthew and Empire: The First Gospel in Recent Imperial-Critical Scholarship.” Advisor: Dr. Anders Runesson. 2008. After completing the M.A., Tyler entered the M.St. program in Jewish Studies at Oxford University and then the Ph.D. program in Religion at Yale University.

Laura Yares, “‘You’ve got to put your money where your mouth is’: How Jewish Advocacy Organizations in Ontario Understand the Relationship between Public Funding for Faith Schools and Multiculturalism.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2008. After completing the M.A., Laura entered the Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Georgetown University. She is now an associate professor in the department of religious studies at Michigan State University.

            2007

Alexandra Brown, “Constructions of Islam in the Controversy of Religious Arbitration: A Consideration of the ‘Shari’a Debate’ in Ontario, Canada.” Advisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg. 2007. After completing the M.A., Alexandra entered the Ph.D. program in Anthropology at McMaster University.

Ronald Haflidson, “Completing the Journey: Scriptural Exegesis in Augustine’s Confessions.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2007. After completing the M.A., Ronald entered the Ph.D. program in Theology at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Haflidson is now a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD.

Michael Harack, “Cheng Xuanying’s Conception of the Sage in the Zhuangzi.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2007. Michael now teaches at Chung Ang University in Seoul, South Korea.

Carson Howlett, “Northrop Frye and Gustave Guillaume on Metaphor and Time.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2007. After completing the M.A., Carson entered the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program at the University of Manitoba.

Peter Petite, “The Influence of Greek Intellectual Culture on the Development of Christian Thought in Clement of Alexandria’s Stromateis.” Advisor: Dr. Peter Widdicombe. 2007. Peter is now a member of the English Faculty at Houde Academy, Beijing City, China.

Grant Poettcker, “Walter Benjamin’s Messianic Politics: Between Marxism and Messianism.” Advisor: Dr. P. Travis Kroeker. 2007. After completing the M.A., Grant entered the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at McMaster University. Grant is now an associate professor of philosophy at Briercrest College.

Karl Shuve, “The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and the Antiochene Polemic Against Allegory.” Advisor: Dr. Annette Yoshiko Reed. 2007. After completing the M.A., Karl entered the Ph.D. program in Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.

            2006

Stephanie Balkwill, “‘My Mother Watched Over an Empty House and was Separated from the Heavenly Female’: Nüshu and the Writing of Religious Culture in China.” Advisor: Dr. James Benn. 2006. Stephanie completed her Ph.D. at McMaster and is now Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.