Fellowship Opportunities
Fellowship Opportunities for Ph.D. Work in Jewish Studies
The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies (TIJS) at Emory University offers several top-off fellowships to support Ph.D. students pursuing Jewish studies topics in any of the James T. Laney Graduate School’s programs. These fellowships supplement the generous departmental fellowships and tuition waivers awarded to all accepted Ph.D. students. No separate application is required; departments and programs will nominate appropriate candidates who are offered admission.
Current Fellows
 | Matthew Brittingham (2014) graduated with a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2012) and recently completed an M.A. in Jewish Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington (2014). At Emory, he is studying American Jewish religious cultures with an emphasis on Jewish engagement in modern science and biblical criticism. Aside from these areas, Matt has interests in religion and media, Yiddish, and Jews in American sport. |
 | Keenan Wills Davis (2015) is a doctoral student in the Graduate Division of Religion with a focus on bioethics and Jewish studies. As an undergraduate, he studied neuroscience and Jewish studies (interdisciplinary) at the University of Virginia, graduating with highest distinction. He then served as a corps member of Teach For America and for three years taught high school chemistry, physics, biology, and math. Davis completed an MA in bioethics through Emory University’s Center for Ethics with a thesis analyzing the impact of biotechnology on human dignity. His primary interests are virtue ethics, moral psychology, and the relationship between humans, nature, and technology. |
 | Chava Green (2018) is a doctoral student in the Graduate Division of Religion with a focus on Jewish Studies and feminist ethnography. She received her B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and studied biblical texts and Jewish Mysticism for two years in Jerusalem and Tzfat. Her research considers the relationship between feminism and Hasidic mystical texts in the formation of gender discourse in the Chabad Hasidic community. |