Student Awards

The Lawrence Berman Prize

Established in memory of former professor in the Stanford Religious Studies Department Lawrence Berman (1929-1988), this is awarded for the best essay written by an undergraduate student in a Religious Studies class:

• 2016-17 Michal Leibowitz, "Signs and Symbols: Interpreting Eternal Light in Jewish, Christian, and Secular Spaces."
• 2014-15 Justin Brinkley, “The New Perspective on Paul: Rethinking the Judaism of Paul’s Day and the Identity of God’s People.”
• 2013-14  Jenna Leonardo, “YouVersion’s Bible App: The role of design in digitally mediated religious experience.”
• 2012-13  Tae Shin Lee,  “Diotima’s Speech as Apophasis: a Holistic Reading of the Symposium.”

The Howard M. Garfield Award 

The Howard M. Garfield Award is granted to the graduating student in Religious Studies who, through scholarship and/or service, illuminates and exemplifies those humane ethical values common to the world’s diverse religious traditions:

• 2014-15 Mauricio Antunano
• 2013-14  Zoe Wolford;  James Daniel (Jimmy) Fowkes – posthumous award
• 2012-13  Johanna (Hanni) Hanson