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She is the John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Felllow in Undergraduate Education and Professor of Religious Studies. She specializes in medieval Christian thought and religious culture and philosophy of religion. Hester received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 and has taught at Stanford since 1978, beginning as a part-time lecturer in Philosophy before moving to Religious Studies in 1982. She has been involved with undergraduate education at Stanford in many ways over the years: spending eight years off and on as a Faculty Resident Fellow, first in Twain and then in Castano; teaching in IHUM, and chairing Senate committees dealing with undergraduate education. She enjoys photography, gardening and spending time with her granddaughter. Currently teaching
RELIGST 199: Individual Work
(Autumn, Summer)
RELIGST 297: Senior Essay/Honors Essay Research (Autumn) RELIGST 385: Research in Buddhist Studies (Autumn, Summer) RELIGST 386: Research in Islamic Studies (Autumn, Spring, Summer) RELIGST 387: Research in Jewish Studies (Autumn, Spring, Summer) RELIGST 388: Research in Modern Religious Thought, Ethics, and Philosophy (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) RELIGST 389: Individual Work for Graduate Students (Autumn, Spring, Summer) RELIGST 390: Teaching Internship (Spring) RELIGST 392: Paper in the Field (Autumn, Winter, Spring) RELIGST 395: Master of Arts Thesis (Spring) |
