2023 Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies
![Jack Cantor and Frances White each won an Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies. Jack’s Honors Thesis, advised by Dr. Melnick Dyer is titled: "Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation". Frances’s Thesis, advised by Dr. Baker is titled: "Women with Chutzpah: Comedy as a Subversive Tool of Jewish Female Comedians: An Analysis of the Humor of Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields, Gilda Radner, Ilana Glazer and Tiffany Haddish"](https://www.bates.edu/religion/files/2023/05/IMG-9238-e1685459326908-675x900.webp)
Jack Cantor and Frances White each won an Outstanding Thesis Award in Religious Studies. Jack’s Honors Thesis, advised by Dr. Melnick Dyer is titled: “Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation.” Frances’s Thesis, advised by Dr. Baker is titled: “Women with Chutzpah: Comedy as a Subversive Tool of Jewish Female Comedians: An Analysis of the Humor of Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields, Gilda Radner, Ilana Glazer and Tiffany Haddish.”