2023 Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies

Jack Cantor and Frances White each won an Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies. Jack’s Honors Thesis, advised by Dr. Melnick Dyer is titled: "Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation". Frances’s Thesis, advised by Dr. Baker is titled: "Women with Chutzpah: Comedy as a Subversive Tool of Jewish Female Comedians: An Analysis of the Humor of Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields, Gilda Radner, Ilana Glazer and Tiffany Haddish"

Jack Cantor and Frances White each won an Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies. Jack’s Honors Thesis, advised by Dr. Melnick Dyer is titled: “Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation.” Frances’s Thesis, advised by Dr. Baker is titled: “Women with Chutzpah: Comedy as a Subversive Tool of Jewish Female Comedians: An Analysis of the Humor of Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields, Gilda Radner, Ilana Glazer and Tiffany Haddish.”