Graduate Profiles 2025 - MTS

“One piece of advice that made a huge difference came from Professor Davíd Carrasco: He told me to ground my work in my roots. That changed everything.”

“In the fall, I will be starting my MA in Eurasian, Russian, and East European studies at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.” 

“I feel so lucky to have taken ‘Walking the Inland Sea: Desert Contemplation and Great Salt Lake’ when I did and with the people I did.” 

“I really loved learning with two of my most important mentors at Harvard Divinity School, Shaul Magid and Hussein Rashid. Both treat their students with so much warmth, kindness, and respect. I truly learned so much from them.”

“My favorite professor was Swayam Bagaria. Inside his classroom, I felt intellectually challenged and nourished.”

“I am passionate about creating opportunities for meaningful engagement that fosters understanding, trust, and collaboration.”

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to study perspectives of disability within Christianity at Georgetown University, and I look forward to diving deeper into the intersection of disability and religious studies through the program.” 

"I will be starting my PhD in religion at Harvard this fall at the intersection of Buddhist studies and gender."

“My favorite professor would of course be Dr. Annette Reed, she is such an amazing scholar and I am honored to have been her advisee for my time here at HDS.”

“My favorite professors were Shaul Magid and Elliot Wolfson, whose unending wisdom and compassion has helped me to navigate my personal and academic interest in the Jewish mystical tradition.”