{"id":569,"date":"2016-05-05T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/religion\/?p=569"},"modified":"2016-05-05T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:26:55","slug":"senior-spotlight-cristina-mackinnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/religion\/2016\/05\/05\/senior-spotlight-cristina-mackinnon\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Spotlight: Cristina MacKinnon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cristina MacKinnon in the Senior Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\na series on our graduating seniors<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Cristina<\/a>

Cristina MacKinnon ’16<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you major in Religion?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I decided to switch into a Religion major pretty late in my college career (Spring of Junior year?) because I realized how much I enjoyed the critical thinking and engagement we do that intersects with a variety of disciplines. Religion is never simply just religion, but something that is constantly interacting with history, politics, lived experiences, authority, and power – just to name some of my favorites. I have also found all of the Religion faculty members that I have worked with to be endlessly encouraging and supportive of my interests and goals, which makes me feel truly validated as someone who aspires to be a scholar.<\/p>\n

Where do you imagine yourself in 10 years?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Either pursuing a graduate degree in Religion (ancient\/early Christianity, in particular) or happily teaching. Probably a dog-mom!<\/p>\n

Imagine a first-year student has asked your advice about REL courses. What\u2019s the one she\u00a0shouldn\u2019t\u00a0dream about missing? Why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would recommend Anne Clark’s “Religion and Ways of Knowing” because it stimulated conversation around a topic at the heart of the study of religion throughout the semester by using a variety of different traditions. It also introduced me to the book,\u00a0the<\/i>\u00a0Impossibility of Religious Freedom\u00a0<\/i>by Winnifred Sullivan which I think provides an insightful and impactful look into how religions are understood and its practitioners treated in an American context.<\/p>\n

If you could write any book, what would it be?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NOT Religion-related but — I am a huge music nerd and engaging in local (and even online) music scenes has had a huge influence on who I am today. So, I spend a lot of time thinking about how gender and race\/ethnicity show up in localized music communities. I would love to explore these ideas more critically and write about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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