Advisor
Dr. Claire Fanger
Zachary R. Schwarze is a PhD Student in the Department of Religion at Rice University. He works at the intersection of ethics, the history of Christian thought, and the cultural history of art, with a thematic orientation toward death and dying.
Research Areas
Catholic Christianity in Mexico and the United States; Christian Thought; Cultural History of Death; Ethics; Modern and Classical Languages; Philosophy of Religion; Religion and Art
Education
M.A., Rice University, 2022
B.A., University of Houston, 2020
Honors & Awards
Grant Award, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 2025
Jane B. Owen Award, 2025
Grant Award, Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes, 2025
G.E.M. Certificate, Department of Religion, Rice University, 2022