“Do I have to Leave my Family and Give up my Possessions for Graduate School?”

Authors

  • Richard Newton University of Alabama

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.26656

Keywords:

advising, mentoring, graduate school, graduate students

Abstract

In The Question, our very own Sage D’Vice shares his wisdom with Bulletin readers who are struggling with some issue in their fieldwork. Whether it’s job woes, school blues, or an awkward social situation, Sage D’ Vice has thoughts on how to navigate your situation. Have a question for Sage? Email the editor, taking care to keep names of people discussed anonymous. The Bulletin team makes sure to redact them to keep things copacetic.

Author Biography

  • Richard Newton, University of Alabama

    Richard Newton received his PhD in Critical Comparative Scriptures from Claremont Graduate University.

    Dr. Newton’s areas of interest include theory and method in the study of religion, African American history, the New Testament in Western imagination, American cultural politics, and pedagogy in religious studies. His research explores how people create “scriptures” and how those productions operate in the formation of identities and cultural boundaries. He has published an array of journal articles, book chapters and online essays. His book, Identifying Roots: Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures (Equinox 2020), casts Alex Haley’s Roots as a case study in the dynamics of scriptures and identity politics with critical implication for the study of race, religion, and media. He is also the curator of the  multimedia professional development network, Sowing the Seed: Fruitful Conversations in Religion, Culture, and Teaching.

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Published

2023-09-07

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 1 (2023)

Section

The Question

Categories

How to Cite

Newton, R. (2023). “Do I have to Leave my Family and Give up my Possessions for Graduate School?”. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 52(1), 36-38. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.26656