Faculty Distinction 2020/21
Religion
Faculty Distinction 2020/21
![Courtney_Bender](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Courtney_Bender.jpg)
Courtney Bender
Tremaine Professor of Religion, Department of Religion
Named the Tremaine Professor of Religion
![Courtney_Bender](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Courtney_Bender.jpg)
Courtney Bender
Tremaine Professor of Religion, Department of Religion
Named the Tremaine Professor of Religion
![Courtney_Bender](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Courtney_Bender.jpg)
Courtney Bender
Tremaine Professor of Religion, Department of Religion
Named the Tremaine Professor of Religion
![Katherine_Pratt-Ewing](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Katherine_Pratt-Ewing.jpg)
Katherine Ewing
Professor of Religion; Director South Asian Institute
Joint Project grant, Alliance Program, Columbia University, “Punjab at the Limits of History”
![Katherine_Pratt-Ewing](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Katherine_Pratt-Ewing.jpg)
Katherine Ewing
Professor of Religion; Director South Asian Institute
Joint Project grant, Alliance Program, Columbia University, “Punjab at the Limits of History”
![Katherine_Pratt-Ewing](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Katherine_Pratt-Ewing.jpg)
Katherine Ewing
Professor of Religion; Director South Asian Institute
Joint Project grant, Alliance Program, Columbia University, “Punjab at the Limits of History”
![Josef_Sorett](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Josef_Sorett.jpg)
Josef Sorett
Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Chair, Department of Religion
Grant for “The Arts, Politics and Publics of Black Faith,” Henry Luce Foundation
![Josef_Sorett](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Josef_Sorett.jpg)
Josef Sorett
Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Chair, Department of Religion
Grant for “The Arts, Politics and Publics of Black Faith,” Henry Luce Foundation
![Josef_Sorett](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/Josef_Sorett.jpg)
Josef Sorett
Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Chair, Department of Religion
Grant for “The Arts, Politics and Publics of Black Faith,” Henry Luce Foundation
![Zhaohua_Yang](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Zhaohua_Yang.jpg)
Zhaohua Yang
Sheng Yen Assistant Professor of Chinese Buddhism
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant, Canada “From the ground up: East Asian religions through multi-media sources and interdisciplinary perspectives”
![Zhaohua_Yang](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Zhaohua_Yang.jpg)
Zhaohua Yang
Sheng Yen Assistant Professor of Chinese Buddhism
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant, Canada “From the ground up: East Asian religions through multi-media sources and interdisciplinary perspectives”
![Zhaohua_Yang](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Zhaohua_Yang.jpg)
Zhaohua Yang
Sheng Yen Assistant Professor of Chinese Buddhism
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant, Canada “From the ground up: East Asian religions through multi-media sources and interdisciplinary perspectives”
The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.
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