GTU or bust

[theatokos]

I am so frustrated. Where do I apply to for PhD programs?? I want a place that allows me the freedom -and advising and encouragement!- to do feminist Mariology, but I also want a place with an strong academic underpinning. I also don't want to have to apply to Harvard, nor do I want to move to Claremont or NYC. My choices = slim to none. I found a "new" fruity school in San Francisco, the California Institute for Integral Studies, that offers a PhD in womens' spirituality, which would provide the advising, enthusiasm, and freedom to do what I want to do. However, after talking with Rosemary Radford Ruether after class today (she is referenced in EVERY SINGLE book I am reading right now) she hinted that I look to schools with stronger historical methodologies. I'm either going to have to move somewhere I don't want to live, go to a school with a less than recognized reputation, or swim alone or upstream (again). Why can't I have a deisre to study the works of Jane Austen or to program computers or to teach third grade?

Now I have to go work on my French translation. Bleh.