Marielle Harrison

Marielle Harrison (Ph.D. Candidate) is a 2023 awardee for The Martin Marty Center Junior Fellowship.

What's next for you?

I have just recently entered into the academic job market so time will tell. Fingers crossed.  

Why study religion?

If you are interested in human behavior, politics, or history, you need to study religion. Period. Religion is (and has been) deeply implicated in almost everything humans do.

What's something unique or special about studying at the Divinity School?

The divinity school is a strange and wonderful place in which one can have conversations about Derrida, early Christian texts featuring stories of cannibalism, Zelda, Pure Land Buddhism, cat behavior, ayahuasca, musicals about Judith Butler, and ghosts—all within one day. It is a wholly unique place to study and a strange place to socialize, but it's also the best.