<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi there -</div><div><br></div><div>Is there any wiggle room on this deadline? I still have a few excellent dissertations that I would like to recommend. Sorry for my lateness - this Spring was a complete whirlwind! </div><div><br></div><div>With kind regards,<br>Amanda</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. Amanda Lucia (she/her/hers)</div><div>Professor<br></div><div>Department for the Study of Religion</div><div>Director of Graduate Studies</div><div>Honors Program Faculty Fellow (2023-2026)</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><br></div><div>Editor, South Asia Book Reviews, <i>Religious Studies Review</i></div><div><br></div><div>Websites:</div><div><a href="http://www.amandajeanlucia.com/" target="_blank">www.amandajeanlucia.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.religionandsexualabuseproject.org/" target="_blank">www.religionandsexualabuseproject.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Books: </div><div><a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520281141" target="_blank"><i>Reflections of Amma: Devotees in a Global Embrace </i>(2014)</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520376953/white-utopias" target="_blank"><i>White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals</i> (2020)</a></div><div><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-history-of-hinduism-9781350024434/" target="_blank"><i>A Cultural History of Hinduism: Age of Independence (1947-2017)</i> (2024)</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM CHASS Grad Affairs via Chass-gradstudents <<a href="mailto:chass-gradstudents@lists.ucr.edu">chass-gradstudents@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Graduate Programs,<div>The Council of Graduate Schools is accepting nominations for their annual dissertation award. </div><div><br></div><div>I am sending the call to submit nominations for PhD candidates and Alumni with effective date of degree or completion of degree period from 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025. Submit your nomination <a href="https://forms.gle/YCNzwhyWmNtqxN6q7" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> and no later than <b><u>6/20/2025.</u></b></div><div><br></div><div>Recipients of this award will be invited to attend the CGS annual meeting luncheon in Washington, DC, taking place in December 2025.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you and let me know if there are any questions. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Perla</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Perla Fabelo, Graduate
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