Andrew Agius

"How Do the Spiritual Understand Spirituality? - A Conceptual Analysis"

Supervisor: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy; Co-supervisors: Cristina Rocha; Agnes Petocz 

Qualifications

BA, Psychology (With Distinction), Bachelor of Social Science (Honours Class I)

Biography
In 2009, Andrew commenced his tertiary studies, undertaking a Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney with submajor in Sociology. Soon discovering a passion for Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy and the academic studies of religion and spirituality, Andrew changed his course of study, graduating from a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (With Distinction); with submajors in Sociology and Religion, Anthropology and Philosophy. For his scholarship during this period, Andrew was awarded the School of Social Sciences and Psychology Dean's Medal and was named in the Dean's Merit List for 2009 and 2010.

Following this, Andrew undertook an Honours program with a thesis on the interdisciplinary conceptualisation of Spirituality, receiving First Class Honours, the UWS University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship, being named on the Dean's Merit List 2012 and also receiving the SMSA Award in Social Science, which is awarded to the "most outstanding graduating student in a Social Sciences related degree".

Andrew is currently continuing his research into the scholarly conceptualisation of spirituality in pursuit of a Doctorate in Social Sciences.

Research Interests 
Andrew's current research concerns the Sociology and Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Philosophy, Logic and Ethics are each also of primary pertinence to this ongoing work. Other areas of interest include Critical Psychology, Sociology, Deviance, Ethnicity and Cultural Studies, Gender, Sexuality, Race, Queer Theory.

Awards
UWS College of Arts Dean's Merit List 2009
UWS College of Arts Dean's Merit List 2010
UWS College of Arts Dean's Merit List 2012
UWS School of Social Sciences and Psychology Dean's Medal 2011
UWS SMSA Award in Social Science 2012
UWS University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship 2013
UWS Honours Scholarship 2012
Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship 2013
UWS Top Up Scholarship 2013

Contact Details
Email: 16786006@student.uws.edu.au
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