Religion Professor Jeremy Schipper has been awarded a prestigious 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship. Award recipients are selected  on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. 

During his Fellowship, Dr. Schipper will work on his book entitled, Demark Vesey's Bible: Biblical Interpretation and the Trial that Changed a Nation. Per the Guggenheim website, the book entails the events surrounding former slave Denmark Vesey, who was convicted of plotting an insurrection in Charleston, South Carolina. Schipper's book examines the variations of biblical interpretation among the various participants in the trial and surrounding events.