Chera Jo Watts, doctoral candidate in the Religion Department and the Institute for African American Studies, has been selected by the Franklin College Scholarship Committee to receive a Jane Mulkey and Rufus Green Graduate Fellowship in Arts and Humanities. This fellowship is made possible through the philanthropic generosity of the Green family. Watts' dissertation in progress, titled “Learning from an Africana Buddhist Hermeneutic: A Meditation on the Life, Writings, and Legacy of Alice Walker,” draws on archival research in the Alice Walker Papers at Emory University and considers Walker's Womanist and Buddhist practice and thought. Watts is working with Dr. Carolyn Medine as her major professor, and her fellowship nomination was supported by Drs. Medine and Marchman. Congratulations on your selection, Chera!
