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Academic service and awards/honors received.

    Recent Awards and Fellowships


    Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship

    National competition for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity.

    Martin Marty Center Junior Fellowship

    Encouraging fellows to bring scholarly perspectives to bear on issues facing the wider public, while situating their own work within a broader cultural frame of reference.

    Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship

    Travel grant for presentation at an academic conference.

    Perrin Memorial Fund Award

    Travel grant for Divinity School students presenting research at an academic conference.

    Lilly Teaching Fellowship

    Awarded to advanced doctoral students selected to teach in the Arts of Ministry sequence. as part of the Border Crossing Initiative, which seeks to broaden the scope of ministerial education.

    University of Chicago Provost Summer Fellowship

    Fellowship for qualifying exam preparation.

    Alice Lampe Heidel and John B. Heidel Teaching Award

    Awarded “in recognition of commitment to teaching and exceptional service to undergraduate students.”

    Sonia Sands Award in Jewish Studies

    For the student paper demonstrating “exceptional ability in Jewish Studies.”

    Leo W. Schwarz Award in Old Testament and Jewish Studies

    For outstanding student paper in the field of Old Testament and Jewish Studies.



    Academic Service


    • Planning Committee, Border Crossing Conference on declining faith in social institutions.  2010.
    • Chairperson and Moderator, University of Iowa Religion and the Arts Conference.  2003-2004.
    • Moderator, Humanities Session, James F. Jakobsen Graduate Forum.  2003-2004.

     

    Related Professional Experience


    • Theology Area Assistant, University of Chicago Divinity School.  2010-2011.
    • Editorial Assistant, Ethics Journal (University of Chicago Press).  2008. 
    • Archives Accessions Assistant, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.  2007-2008.
    • Digitization Assistant, Goodspeed Manuscript Collection, University of Chicago Library.  2006-2008.
    • Research Assistant, Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa.  2002.

     

     

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Jessica DeCou

PhD Candidate in Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School

Background

PhD Candidate  in  Theology  from  University of Chicago  2004 - Present more

Adjunct Instructor, Theology, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago  2012 - Present more

Expert in Systematic Theology, Theology of Karl Barth, Theology of Culture/Popular Culture
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