Training and Development

Developing the Next Generation of Scholars

The Boniuk Institute is committed to providing academic and professional growth opportunities for students and early-career scholars in all aspects of the research and outreach process. Institute scholars provide meaningful support to our scholarly agenda and benefit from robust opportunities to connect and interact with Rice University faculty and external senior scholars in the course of their work. Scholars are directly supervised by Boniuk Institute leadership and participate in the Boniuk Institute’s Reading Religion Graduate Salon, Religion and Public Life Center Scholars Meetings, and Institute and RPLC communications and outreach efforts.

Postdoctoral Associates and Graduate Scholars

Boniuk Institute Postdoctoral Associates and Graduate Scholars substantively contribute to Institute research initiatives and outreach endeavors. Postdoctoral Associates contribute to research publications, including books and articles, and represent our long-term investment in advancing the study of religious tolerance, pluralism, violence, and discrimination in different sectors of society and different parts of the world. Graduate Scholars receive intensive training in qualitative/ interpretative data analysis and writing for academic publications.

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Associates

2024-2025 Graduate Scholars

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Undergraduate Scholars

Undergraduate Scholars assist with data collection, analysis and research administration related to several projects, including those exploring the intersections of work and faith, the implications of COVID-19 and systemic racism and how religious organizations are responding, religious discrimination and harassment in society and the in the workplace, and how religious diversity benefits or causes conflict in society. Scholars additionally assist with reviews of academic literature, collection and processing of data, and support of article and book-writing efforts.

2024-2025 Undergraduate Scholars

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Mailing Address

Boniuk Institute
6100 Main Street, MS350
Houston, TX 77005
boniukinstitute@rice.edu

Press Inquiries

Avery Franklin 
Senior Media Relations Specialist 
averyrf@rice.edu