The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis, has awarded Dr. Mikaela Chase the 2024 Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation Prize for her outstanding work titled ‘Ideality and Impossibility in the Contemporary Practice of the Jain Fast Until Death.’ Dr. Chase currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she holds the Shri Anantanatha Chair in Jain Studies.
Congratulations to Dr. Chase for this remarkable achievement!