Alumni

Alphabetical by last name.

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Matt Recla
  • BA, History, Boise State University, 2000.
  • MA, History, Boise State University, 2005.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2012.
  • Areas of Study at USCB: Early Christianity, Imperial and Late Antique Roman Empire, Martyrdom, Philosophy of Religion.
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “Imitiatio Christi: Reading Early Christian Martyrdom as Self-Formation.”
Samuel Reid
  • BA, History, UC Santa Barbara 2013
  • MA, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara 2016
  • Areas of Study: American Religious History, History of Chaplaincy in the U.S. Military, Evangelical Christian Influences on U.S. Military Culture, Roles of Chaplains as Mental Health Specialists in the U.S. Military.
Stephen J. Reno
  • AB, St. John’s College, California.
  • MA, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1968.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1974.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: Comparative Symbolism, History of Religions.
  • Title of Master’s Thesis: “The Act of Belief: An Analytical Study in Methodological Continuity.”
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “The Sacred Tree: A Phenomenological Study.”
  • Current Employment: Chancellor Emeritus, University System of New Hampshire.
Nathaniel Rich
  • BA, Philosophy, Texas A&M University, 2000.
  • MA, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2008.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism, South Asian Buddhism, South Asian Popular Hinduisms, Social/Cultural History of Asian Religions.
  • Title of Master’s Thesis: “The Biography of Rong zom chos kyi bzang po (ca. 1040) in the Dkar chag me tog phreng ba (Catalogue: A Flower Garland) of ‘Ju mi pham rnam rgyal (1846–1912).”
William Robert
Martha Smith Roberts
  • BA, Religious Studies and German, Missouri State University, 2002.
  • MA, Religious Studies, Missouri State University, 2005.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: American Religions; Religious Pluralism; Race, Ethnicity, and Religion; Material Culture and Embodied Practice.
Matthew Robertson
Claire Robison
Peter M. Romaskiewicz
  • Area: Buddhist Studies, Medieval Chinese Religions, Sensory Studies, Composition and Rhetoric
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2022
  • Dissertation: Sacred Smells and Strange Scents: Olfactory Imagination in Medieval Chinese Religions
  • MA, Religious Studies, Columbia University, 2005
  • BA, Religious Studies, Rutgers University, 2003
Jeffrey C. Ruff
  • BA, Religious Studies, Antiquities, Anthropology, Southwest Missouri State University, 1990.
  • MA, History of Religions, Southwest Missouri State University, 1997.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2002.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: South Asian Tantra and Yoga.
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “History, Text, and Context of the Yoga Upanisads.”