Former Affiliates

R. Scott Hanson

R. Scott Hanson joined the Pluralism Project in Spring 1994 after completing an M.A. in Religion at Columbia. He did much of the fieldwork in New York City for the multimedia CD-ROM On Common Ground: World Religions in America, covering the Hindu, Sikh...

Grove Harris

Grove Harris served as the Managing Director for the Pluralism Project through January, 2007. She began working with the Pluralism Project in 1994, first as a researcher, then as project manager, then as managing director. Her research and writing is...

John Stratton Hawley

In 2003, Dr. Jack S. Hawley began teaching a course entitled "Hinduism Here" at Barnard College. The course explores the historical, theological, social and ritual dimensions of "lived Hinduism" in the greater New York City area. Common readings deal with...

Douglas A. Hicks

Douglas A. Hicks is dean and professor of religion at Oxford College of Emory University. Previously he was professor of religion and senior advisor for academic initiatives at Colgate University. He formerly served as Colgate’s provost and dean of the...

Claude Jacobs

Dr. Claude Jacobs founded the Pluralism Project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, a study of religious diversity in southeastern Michigan. It grows out of the University's affiliation with the Harvard University Pluralism Project which began in May...

Pankaj Jain

Dr. Pankaj Jain is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas. He is co-director of the Rural Sustainability Summit and co-leader of the India Initiatives group. In addition to numerous articles, Dr. Jain is author...

Valarie Kaur

Valarie Kaur was a 20-year-old college student when she set out across America in the aftermath of 9/11, camera in hand, to document hate violence against her community. From the still-shocked streets of Ground Zero to the desert towns of the American...

Jeanne Kilde and Dr. Gayle Graham Yates

Dr. Jeanne Kilde and Dr. Gayle Graham Yates became Pluralism Project affiliates in 2000. Together, they collaborated on a project from 2000-2003 to engage their students in research in research on the religious diversity of the Twin Cities. Both...

Evelyn Kirkley

Dr. Evelyn Kirkley is an associate professor in the religion and theology department at the University of San Diego. She became an Pluralism Project affiliate with her project mapping San Diego's religious diversity. Dr. Kirkley incorporated a field...

John Kiser

The Abd el-Kader Education Project, Inc. (AEP) is an initiative that provides opportunities to explore Islamic values and culture through the legacy of Emir Abd el-Kader. AEP, Inc. grew out of the interest in Emir Abd el-Kader generated by John Kiser’s...

Ahmed Krausen

Ahmed Krausen is a freelance photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark and specialized in the study and photographic documentation of the Islamic architecture in Europe. The aim of his work is to show the diversity of Islamic expressions and how Islam is...

Gary Laderman

Dr. Gary Laderman is Goodrich C. White professor and chair of the religion department at Emory University. He became a Pluralism Project affiliate in 1998, researching the changing religious landscape of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Laderman's research project...