PhD Student Stephen Waldron Awarded the 2023 Carr Scholarship in Science and Religion
Stephen Waldron, who is working on his Ph.D. with Prof. Wesley Wildman, is the winner of the 2023 Carr Scholarship in Science and Religion. Steve’s Ph.D. dissertation compares empirical moral psychology, which considers morality as an obligation, with 20th Century Protestant Theologians.
Paul H. Carr, PhD, established this scholarship to commemorate his dad Rev. Auburn J. Carr’s graduation from the Boston University School of Theology in 1932.
Steve grew up in a Pentecostal religious community and graduated from Gordon College, Wenham, MA. There, his science professors’ interpretation of Darwinian evolution made sense. Steve then earned his Master’s Degree from Marquette University. Steve is also a teaching assistant in courses dealing with modern moral issues such as those raised by Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT.
Thomas Szabo is a BU Professor of Biomedical Engineering, whose book “Diagnostic Ultrasonic Imaging: Inside Out” has been cited over 2200 times. In 1972, Tom worked in Paul’s Microwave Acoustics Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA. Tom developed surface acoustic wave (SAW) signal processing theory and used Fortran programming to match Paul’s data in the paper they coauthored. This was the beginning of their many discoveries and patents.
Thomas Szabo is a BU Professor of Biomedical Engineering, whose book “Diagnostic Ultrasonic Imaging: Inside Out” has been cited over 2200 times. In 1972, Tom worked in Paul’s Microwave Acoustics Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA. Tom developed surface acoustic wave (SAW) signal processing theory and used Fortran programming to match Paul’s data in the paper they coauthored. This was the beginning of their many discoveries and patents.