Brandon Dean, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Religious Studies, blends his interests of religion and popular culture into engaging public events. Dean is also the head of the Church Crawl, a lived learning experiment in which he invites his undergraduates to attend diverse religious services across Iowa City.

The Scholarly Teaching Program is a learning community designed to support teaching-focused faculty to attend a teaching conference. Participants will develop as scholarly teachers by engaging in peer discussion and exploring literature on evidence-based teaching practices within and beyond their disciplines.

"Trump's immigration policies are sending officers into sacred spaces and forcing people away from worship"

This article recognizes our 2025 student award winners.

UI religious studies professor Kristy Nabhan-Warran is interviewed about Pope Leo XIV.

The Marcus Bach Fellowship is awarded to graduate students in the humanities to support the completion of an MFA project or doctoral dissertation. Martinez’s dissertation, “Creating Sanctuary: Religion and Immigration Control in the 21st Century,” traces the shift in relationship between federal immigration agencies and religious people and institutions.

African American Studies awards their Cultural Research Award to graduate students near completion of their dissertation for outstanding contributions, commitment and initiative related to research in African American culture.

Allison Isidore was named among The University of Iowa Council on Teaching's 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients.

Kefas uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the customs and legacies of colonialists, missionaries, and Indigenous peoples in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria from 1860 to 1960.

Reveals religious legacies in Africa.