Grace Rotermund is an incoming Master's student at the University of Chicago Divinity School following her graduation from Tufts University. As a degree holder that studied History of Art & Religion, as well as a double minor in French & Medieval Studies, she loves interdisciplinary academic work that questions previously upheld borders between areas of study.During her time at Tufts, she designed and taught the first course at the university on the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism to high praise from both involved faculty and her students. Grace also completed a research project on Geghard Monastery and possible connections to Zoroastrianism under the guidance of Dr. David Proctor. She made a promising start by participating in a research seminar with Dr. Christina Maranci of Harvard University during the spring of her first year that resulted in her findings used in a Tufts University Art Galleries exhibit the following fall. Grace was selected for and completed Tufts University's prestigious Summer Scholars program by conducting independent research over the 2022 summer and presented her research at the affiliated conference in August. Additionally, she worked on her French skills abroad in Paris during the fall of her third collegiate year. She particularly enjoys studying Armenian art and architecture in the early medieval period and looks forward to continuing an already robust education at the U of Chicago.