In libraries and laboratories, in archives and in the field, Baylor graduate students pursue scholarship and research that expand understanding, address complex problems, and advance the common good.

Informed by research and inspired by our Christian commitments, Baylor offers graduate degrees that prepare students to be leaders in industry, government, the arts, and the social sector.

The Baylor University Graduate School is pleased to have supported the first annual CEGSS Biology Symposium, which took place on Monday (5/6), with a SIC’EM grant. The symposium was a student designed and led academic year-end celebration of the accomplishments of graduate students to kick off the summer conference and research season. An audience of faculty, staff, administrators, grad students and undergrads listened to 15 talks on research and teaching, and participated in a poster session. Watch the Symposium on the Baylor CEGSS Facebook page.

The Graduate School would like to congratulate Farzaneh Mansouri and Kazuyuki Hayashi for receiving the Mayborn Museum's Bryce C. Brown Research Fellowship Program.

Congratulations to all our Outstanding Graduate Students and Summer Dissertation Fellowship Recipients! Outstanding Dissertation Award winners will receive $1000 each; our Outstanding Graduate Instructors will receive an additional travel grant; and our Summer Dissertation Fellowship recipients received summer funding. Check out the link below for individual recipients and more information about these awards.

The Graduate School would like to recognize Kenneth R. Vaughan for receiving both the outstanding dissertation and teaching award. Kenneth R. Vaughan is a recent graduate from the Department of Sociology's Ph. D. program in the sociology of religion. His research broadly focuses on political sociology, migration, and the sociology of religion. He published research on religious disparities in Lebanon's consociational democracy, international educational health disparities, and religion and immigration. He recently defended his dissertation on the state of European democracy, focusing on religion, the far-right, and nativism. He has also taught eight sections of Introduction to Sociology as a graduate student Teacher of Record at Baylor University.