Feyza Akova

Cohort

2016

Subfields

Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Theory

Profile

Feyza Akova is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to joining Notre Dame, Feyza earned an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Houston and B.A. degrees in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Istanbul. Feyza has won several teaching and research awards, including the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award and the Robert J. McNamara Student Paper Award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion. Her dissertation project, “Journeys to Traditional Sufi Islam in America: Self-transcendence, Tradition, and Social Change in the Contemporary Modern World,” received Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Dissertation

Title: “Journeys to Traditional Sufi Islam in America: Self-transcendence, Tradition, and Social Change in the Contemporary Modern World"
Committee: Christian Smith (chair), Ann Mische, Kraig Beyerlein, Mahan Mirza
Abstract