Advisors
Pluralism Project Advisors
Dr. Leila Ahmed
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity (Emerita), Harvard Divinity School
Dr. Ali Asani
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Dr. Wendy Cadge
President, Bryn Mawr College and Professor in the Department of Sociology, Brandeis University; Founder, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
Dr. Kate Gibeault
Director of Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
Dr. Willis M. Emmons
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Director, C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning
Dr. R. Scott Hanson
Senior Scholar in Urban History and Material Culture in the Department of History and Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships at Drexel University
Dr. Charles Haynes
Senior Fellow for Religious Freedom, Freedom Forum
Dr. Tracey Hucks
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School and Suzanne Young Murray Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Dr. Celene Ibrahim
Faculty, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Groton School
Dr. Jaisy Joseph
Assistant Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology at Villanova University
Valarie Kaur
Civil Rights Lawyer, Faith Leader, Filmmaker, Innovator, and Founder of the Revolutionary Love Project
Alexander Levering Kern
Executive Director, Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service
Dr. Nancy A. Khalil
Assistant Professor, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kathryn Lohre
Chief of Staff, St. Olaf College
Benjamin Marcus
Special advisor to The Foundation for Religious Literacy and Religious Literacy Specialist, Religious Freedom Center
Dr. Vasudha Narayanan
Distinguished Professor – Hinduism in India and the Diaspora, University of Florida
Dr. Paul Numrich
Professor in the Snowden Chair for the Study of Religion and Interreligious Relations, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Dr. Ryan Overbey
Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies, Skidmore College
Dr. Eboo Patel
Founder, Interfaith America
Dr. Jennifer Peace
Senior Advisor, The Pluralism Project; Independent Artist and Scholar
Dr. Anantanand Rambachan
Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College
Rohinton Rivetna
Founding Trustee and Past Vice President, Parliament of the World’s Religions
Rabbi Or Rose
Director, The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership
Dr. Omid Safi
Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University; Founder, Illuminated Courses and Tours
Dr. Richard Seager
Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies (Emeritus), Hamilton College
Pravin Shah
Chairperson – Jain Education Committee, Federation of Jain Associations in North America
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt
Professor of Religious Studies, Wellesley College
Yael Shy, Esq.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service, NYU Wagner
Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi
Senior Advisor, Islamic Society of Orange County
Dr. Harpreet Singh
Harvard Scholar; Co-Founder, The Sikh Coalition; Founder, Harvard Sikh Center
Sarbpreet Singh
Writer, Podcaster, Commentator, Founder Gurmat Sangeet Project
Bishop Kristin G. Stoneking
United Methodist Church, Mountain Sky Episcopal Area; Founder, The Multifaith Living Community
Dr. Sharon Suh
Professor, Theology and Religious Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle University
Dr. Robert Stockman
Faculty in the Department of Philosophy, Indiana University – South Bend
Dr. Donald Swearer
Charles and Harriet Cox McDowell Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College
Dr. Raymond Williams
Founding Director and Program Advisor, Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program and LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities (Emeritus), Wabash College
Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams
Alton M. Brooks Professor of Religion, American Studies and Ethnicity and East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern California; Director, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture
Venerable Dr. Yifa
Independent Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center; Founder, Woodenfish Foundation