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### **Pluralism Project Advisors**

[**Dr. Leila Ahmed**](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/leila-ahmed)  
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity (Emerita), Harvard Divinity School

[**Dr. Ali Asani**](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/people/ali-asani)  
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

[**Dr. Wendy Cadge**](https://www.brandeis.edu/sociology/people/faculty/cadge.html)  
[President, Bryn Mawr College](https://www.brynmawr.edu/about-college/college-leadership/president-cadge/presidential-announcement) and Professor in the Department of Sociology, Brandeis University; Founder, [Chaplaincy Innovation Lab](https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/)

[**Dr. Kate** **Gibeault**](https://www.keene.edu/site/directories/profile/facstaff/2990/)  
Director of Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College

[**Dr. Willis M. Emmons**](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6453)  
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Director, [C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning](https://www.hbs.edu/teaching/Pages/default.aspx)

[**Dr. R. Scott Hanson**](https://rscotthanson.com/)  
Senior Scholar in Urban History and Material Culture in the [Department of History ](https://pluralism.org/home)and [Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships](https://drexel.edu/provost/offices/cultural-partnerships/team/hanson-scott/) at Drexel University

[**Dr. Charles Haynes**](https://www.freedomforum.org/authors/charles-haynes/)  
Senior Fellow for Religious Freedom, [Freedom Forum](https://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/)

[**Dr. Tracey Hucks**](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/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**](https://www.celeneibrahim.org/about)  
Faculty, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Groton School

[**Dr. Jaisy Joseph**](https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/theology/faculty/biodetail.html?mail=jaisy.joseph@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long)  
Assistant Professor, Systematic/Constructive Theology at Villanova University

[**Valarie Kaur**](https://valariekaur.com/)  
Civil Rights Lawyer, Faith Leader, Filmmaker, Innovator, and Founder of the[ Revolutionary Love Project](https://revolutionaryloveproject.com/)

[**Alexander Levering Kern**](https://spirituallife.northeastern.edu/profile/alex-kern/)  
Executive Director, [Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service](https://www.northeastern.edu/spirituallife/)

[**Dr. Nancy A. Khalil**](https://lsa.umich.edu/ac/people/faculty/nankhali.html)   
Assistant Professor, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

[**Kathryn Lohre**](https://wp.stolaf.edu/news/kathryn-lohre-99-joins-st-olaf-leadership-team-as-new-chief-of-staff)  
Chief of Staff, St. Olaf College

[**Benjamin Marcus**](https://tfrl.org/about/leaders/marcus/)  
Special advisor to The Foundation for Religious Literacy and Religious Literacy Specialist, [Religious Freedom Center](https://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/)

[**Dr. Vasudha Narayanan**](https://religion.ufl.edu/faculty/core/vasudha-narayanan/)  
Distinguished Professor – Hinduism in India and the Diaspora, University of Florida

[**Dr. Paul Numrich**](https://www.mtso.edu/about-mtso/faculty-directory/paul-numrich/)  
Professor in the Snowden Chair for the Study of Religion and Interreligious Relations, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

[**Dr. Ryan Overbey**](https://www.skidmore.edu/religious_studies/faculty/overbey.php)  
Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies, Skidmore College

[**Dr. Eboo Patel**](https://www.interfaithamerica.org/people/eboo-patel/)  
Founder, [Interfaith America](https://www.interfaithamerica.org)

[**Dr. Jennifer Peace**](https://parliamentofreligions.org/speakers/jennifer-howe-peace/)  
Senior Advisor, The Pluralism Project; Independent Artist and Scholar

[**Dr. Anantanand Rambachan**](https://anantrambachan.com/biography)  
Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College

[**Rohinton Rivetna**](https://zoroastrians.net/2008/01/11/rohinton-rivetna/)  
Founding Trustee and Past Vice President, [Parliament of the World’s Religions](https://parliamentofreligions.org/)

[**Rabbi Or Rose**](https://hebrewcollege.edu/about/faculty/)  
Director, The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership

[**Dr. Omid Safi**](https://scholars.duke.edu/person/omid.safi)  
Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University; Founder, [Illuminated Courses and Tours](https://www.illuminatedcourses.com/)

[**Dr. Richard Seager**](https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/our-faculty/directory/faculty-detail/richard-seager)  
Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies (Emeritus), Hamilton College

[**Pravin Shah**](https://www.jaina.org/page/Education)  
Chairperson – Jain Education Committee, [Federation of Jain Associations in North America](https://www.jaina.org)

[**Neelima Shukla-Bhatt**](https://www.wellesley.edu/people/neelima-shukla-bhatt)   
Professor of Religious Studies, Wellesley College

[**Yael Shy, Esq.**](https://wagner.nyu.edu/community/faculty/yael-shy)  
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service, NYU Wagner

[**Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi**](http://www.isocmasjid.org/dr-muzammil-h-siddiqi/)  
Senior Advisor, [Islamic Society of Orange County](http://www.isocmasjid.org/)

[**Dr. Harpreet Singh**](https://scholar.harvard.edu/singh)  
Harvard Scholar; Co-Founder, [The Sikh Coalition](https://www.sikhcoalition.org/); Founder, [Harvard Sikh Center](https://www.harvardsikh.org/)

[**Sarbpreet Singh**](http://www.gurmatsangeetproject.com/Pages/Sevadaars.asp)  
Writer, Podcaster, Commentator, Founder[ Gurmat Sangeet Project](http://www.gurmatsangeetproject.com/)

[**Bishop Kristin G. Stoneking**](https://www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/person-detail/4688267)  
United Methodist Church, Mountain Sky Episcopal Area; Founder, [The Multifaith Living Community](https://www.cahouse.org/about-the-mlc/)

[**Dr. Sharon Suh**](https://www.seattleu.edu/directory/profiles/sharon-a-suh-phd.php)  
Professor, Theology and Religious Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle University

[**Dr. Robert Stockman**](https://clas.iusb.edu/philosophy/faculty-and-staff/stockman.html)  
Faculty in the Department of Philosophy, Indiana University – South Bend

[**Dr. Donald Swearer**](http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/dsweare1/)  
Charles and Harriet Cox McDowell Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College

[**Dr. Raymond Williams**](https://pastor.wabash.edu/staff/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**](https://dornsife.usc.edu/profile/duncan-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**](https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/venerable-yifa)  
Independent Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center; Founder, Woodenfish Foundation