The Division of Non secular Research is thrilled to announce that two new school will probably be becoming a member of us within the Fall 2024 semester.
Jeff Turner, who at present is an teacher at Utah Valley College, will probably be contributing to our tasks and programs within the REL Digital Lab, amongst different areas. He has labored on quite a lot of Digital Humanities tasks on the College of Utah throughout his doctoral work. His analysis analyzes the usage of exclusionary mechanisms in US immigration legislation, notably in relation to the class of polygamy, and the methods these mechanisms prolonged past the teams initially being focused for exclusion. In Fall 2024, he will probably be instructing a graduate seminar (REL 504), which is able to incorporate digital instruments and social principle within the examine of faith.
Dr. Hannah Jung is an assistant professor at Utah Valley College and will probably be contributing to each Non secular Research and the Blount Students Program right here in Tuscaloosa. She accomplished her dissertation at Brandeis College in Historical past, specializing in questions of gender, household, and secrecy in Mormon polygamous households. For REL, she will probably be instructing American Non secular Historical past in Fall 2024.
We’re excited to have these spectacular new colleagues becoming a member of us!