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![Senior Maddy Tevonian poses for a photo in the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/MaddyTevonian1.jpg?h=a54fd017&itok=mMyCFFBH)
Maddy Tevonian, a senior religious studies and art history double major, studied in India and Nepal. She is now preparing a capstone analyzing Buddhist art through the lens of religious studies.
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In addition to his teaching in religious studies and global studies, Martyn Smith has led the First-Year Studies program the past two years. He embraces learning through big conversations and interdisciplinary thinking.
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Constance Kassor, associate professor of religious studies, focuses much of her teaching on Buddhist thought and Asian religious traditions and has been a frequent collaborator across departments since arriving at Lawrence in 2016.
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Karen Carr has taught courses on 19th- and 20th-century religious thought and philosophy of religion for 35 years.
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Maddy Tevonian has always been passionate about mythology and religion and was pleasantly surprised when she found that she could pursue a degree in her areas of interests. That was just the start.