Michael MacDougall has successfully defended his Department of Religious Studies master’s thesis entitled, “Rabbinic Judaism’s Messianic Shift: Understanding the Messiah without a Temple.”  Michael's advisor is Prof. Bob Cargill, and professors Paul Dilley and Jordan Smith served on his committee.

Michael has accepted an offer of admission with full funding to the PhD program in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA beginning this fall.

Congratulations, Michael!