Dr. Stephanie Thurston

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Stephanie Mota Thurston’s research interests include social ethics, religion and politics, political theory, and political theology, with a particular focus on moral political questions such as school segregation, policing, prisons, migration, and borders. She received a B.A. in Religious Studies and Politics/International Relations from Scripps College, an M.A.R. in Ethics from Yale University’s Divinity School, and completed her Ph.D. in the Religion and Society program at Princeton Theological Seminary. Currently, she is working on projects that address schools, including a forthcoming book titled 'Complicity and Moral Responsibility: Case Studies in School Segregation.' Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Committee for the Education Justice Project, which is a college-in-prison program at the University of Illinois.

Research Interests

Awards

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Course Development Grant

Courses

REL 108: Religion and Society West REL 231: Religion and Philosophy REL 322: Crime, Punishment, and Redemption in America REL 432: Approaches to the Study of Religion REL 494: Complicity and Responsibility in Structural Injustice

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
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