Dissertation Titles and Master's Thesis Titles
2007
Robin Rachel Williams- Master of Arts in Women's Studies in Religion
The Bad Seed: A Call to Action in the Case Against Monsanto;
Introducing the Necessity for a Feminist Ethic of Response
Janelle Anne Wilson- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion Changing Within and With Others
Debbie K. Roberts- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Toward a Feminist Vision: A Critical Appraisal of Conflict
Resolution Theory and Methodology
Mariko Yakiyama- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Maximilla's Redressing the Ignorance of Eve through Sexual Renunciation
A Comparison of the Acts of Andrew and the Writings of Clement of Alexandria
2006
Jaye A. Houston- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
L ‘Dor v’ Dor: Legacies, the Holocaust, Female Survivors,
and the Third Generation
Allison Elaine Loewenstein- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Women in the Holocaust
Laura Margaret Newberry- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
"Lost horizons": A Gadamerian Critique of Goddess Pilgrimages to Crete and India
Stephanie Anne Schrift- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Catholicism’s Sin: A Feminist Perspective
Julie Anne Somers- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Pilgrims, Prostitutes and the Road from Vézelay: Mary Magdalene, Sexual
Iconography and the Medieval Art of Memory
Lynn Leslie Euzenas- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion Illicit Propriety: Protestants, Sexualized Convent Narratives, and Pornography
in Nineteenth-Century America
2005
Alison Elizabeth Kafer- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Accessible Futures?: Disability, Feminist and Queer Theory, and Progressive Politics
Zandra L. Wagoner- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Unlikely Partners: Feminist Theology and Feminist Theory
Eileen Marie Mello- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Living Graves of Murdered Beasts: Creating a Vegetarian Ethic in Christian Ecofeminism
Helen Hye-Sook Hwang- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Seeking Mago, the Great Goddess: A Mytho-Historic-Theaological Reconstruction of
Magoism, and Archaically Originated Gynocentric Tradition of East Asia
2004
Olive Joan Hemmings- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Sacred Texts and Social Conflict: The Use of Bible in the Debate over
Women’s Ordination in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
2003
Elyse Ann Oiseau Grace- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Women and Religion in Mary Astell’s Political Thought
Jennifer Clark Lane- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
“Compassio”: Participation in the Passion and Late Medieval Jerusalem Pilgrimage
Kazuka Nakazato- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
A Feminist Theoretical Analysis of Man’s Violence against Woman in Intimate Relationships
Kristy S. Coleman- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Resurrecting the Repressed Feminine: An Ethnographic Study and Analysis of a
Contemporary Goddess Spirituality Practice Employing the Feminist Philosophical
Lens of Luce Irigaray
Christine Mbeya Mabonzo- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
A Liberation Theology of Being Muntu from an African Women’s Perspective:
A Comparative Study of Thomas Aquinas’ Theology of Being and African Worldviews
2002
Un Hey Kim- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Subjectivity and Difference: Toward a Korean Christian Feminism
Rita Dasqupta Sherma- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Eros, Ecology, and Engagement: A Hindu Ecological Thealogy for a Global Era
2001
Judith Ann Johnson- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Military Aristocrat or Warrior-Monk?: The Religious and Ethical Formation of the
American Military Officer
Alison Elizabeth Kafer- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Resistant Bodies: Physical Illness and Disability as Sites of Resistance
Donna Kay Wallace- Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
Androgyny as Salvation in Early Christianity
Jennifer Anne Hart- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Three Times a Lady: A Tripartite Ruha and the Viability of Mandaean Religion
Rebecca Ann Salek- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Fellowship of Isis: The Goddess and Her Children
Jeannette Lorraine Vance- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Queer Spiritual Communities: Metropolitan Community
Church of Los Angeles (MCCLA) and Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC)
2000
Jennifer Hart - Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Three Times a Lady: A Tripartite Ruha and the Viability of Mandaean Religion
Monica Hoyt- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
A Feminist Ethics Analysis of Burn-Out in Domestic Violence Social Services
Alison Elizabeth Kafer- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Resistant Bodies: Physical Illness and Disability as Sites of Resistance
Rebecca Salek- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Fellowship of Isis: The Goddess and Her Children
Jeannette L. Vance- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Queer Spiritual Communities: Metropolitan Community
Church of Los Angeles (MCCLA) and Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC)
1999
Mary Ellen Robertson- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Sub-ordination: Mormon Women's Historical Relationship with Spiritual Gifts
and Priesthood Authority
Jill Louise Schubert- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Revalorization of the Feminine in Mahana Buddhism: A Gynecentric Hermeneutic Response
Michelle Wolfe- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Two Faces of Eve: Vindicating the First Woman in the Renaissance Debate
About Women, 1405-1621
1998
Karin Eliina Dworkin- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Royal Mistress, Bride of God: The Life of the Duchess of Valliere
Jill Molloy- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Decolonizing Feminist Practice: Perspectives on Representation and Advocacy
in the Buddhist Women's Movement
Gea Leigh Overbeck- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Inanna, Warrior Goddess: An Analysis of Her Role in Warfare and Battle
Emily C. Walter Sampson- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Her Works Shall Praise Her: The Biblical Translation of Julia Evelina Smith
Judith A. Johnson- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The 'Male Mystique' and the 'Female Presence' at Tailhook 91: An Interpretation
of Military Ideals Through Symbolism, Ritual and Scandal
1997
Martha Fellows- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead: What Ever Happened to the Witch of the West?:
A Comparative Study of Russian and German Folk Tales
Rita DasGupta Sherma- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
World as Sakti, World as Self: The Reenvisioning of Sakta Tantra as a Foundation
for a Hindu Ecofeminist Theology
Tisa J. Wenger- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Searching for Zion: Visionary Empowerment and Religious Community
in the Life of Rebecca Cox Jackson
1995
Aryana Bates - Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
F. F. H. S. Chidvilasananda's Siddha Yoga in the United States: A Cross-Cultural Study
Christina Sinclair Brophy- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
The Irish Caoineadh: Words of Rage and Protest from Wailing Women: A Religious Interpretation
Sara C. Hare- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
Bridging the Distance: The Clergy and Battered Women
Melissa M. Wilcox- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
"She Changes Everything She Touches": The Confluence of Feminism and
Wicca in the United State
1993
Dianne Therese De Sha- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
There Was a Time: Mythology and the Creation of New Worldviews
Jennifer Eaves Nye- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies in Religion
From Revelation to Revolution: "Some Kind of Tomorrow"
