University of Vermont Department of Religion

05/05/2026

On Friday, announced its annual faculty awards, and we are so pleased to say that Prof. Morgenstein Fuerst was named this year’s Outstanding Faculty Advisor. Is or was IRMF your academic advisor?! Link in bio!

12/13/2025

I’m passing the phone to… UVM religious studies department!

11/28/2025

In this time of thanks, the religion department is grateful for our students, professors, colleagues, and friends. We want to thank our wonderful alumni who visit and share with the current students. To our current students, enjoy break and take a moment to pause.

Here is a wonderful video from Shakir Stephen’s visit where Professor Borchert finally returned an essay, 10 years later.

10/14/2025

The Religion Department at UVM had a great time watching Sinners with students and faculty. We had a discussion with several professors after the screening and had a collaborative discussion about the movie.

🧛🏻🎶🔥

12/16/2024

It’s our very own Prof. Morgenstein Fuerst on Across the Fence! 👇

The Northeastern part of the U.S. happens to be more secular than the rest of the country. Should we redefine what it means to be religious? Ilyse Morgenstei...

11/18/2024

Our newest colleague, Dr Michael Baysa, is featured here!

Marlaina Martin, Michael Baysa, and Elís Miller Larsen are adding a wealth of expertise and experience to the University of Vermont (UVM)’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) this fall as new Henderson-Harris fellows. The Henderson-Harris Fellowship, which honors the memory of George Washington.....

11/05/2024

Our own Prof. Morgenstein Fuerst’s newest book is out today!

“Religion is what people do,” says Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Ph.D. This is one way she and coauthor Megan Goodwin, Ph.D., describe such a hard-to-define, complex subject in the introduction to their new book from Beacon Press, ...

11/05/2024

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09/17/2024

Our Common Ground: Israel/Palestine symposium

Keynote will be a familiar face—Dr Simran Jeet Singh, who helped us kick off our Religious Literacy certificate a while back.

And the afternoon faculty panel features Drs. Borchert and Morgenstein Fuerst.

Come join us, bring students, and we’ll see you there.

In times of contentious political and social issues, it can be challenging to connect across different identities, experiences, and perspectives. The Our Common Ground (OCG) Symposium: Israel and Palestine leans into UVM’s institutional values to engage our students on difficult topics and a...

05/08/2024

It’s James Coppa ‘24 in the SENIOR SPOTLIGHT!

James says: “Religion classes always make things more complicated, nuanced, and contradictory, which is more reflective of how life and people actually work. I really enjoy learning about people in all of their messiness and creativity and religion classes have been the spaces where humans in all of their dynamism and multiplicity can be honored.”

Check out his whole interview here:

Religion classes always make things more complicated, nuanced, and contradictory, which is more reflective of how life and people actually work. I really enjoy learning about people in all of their…