The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

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Anjuli Dhindhwal is a master of theological studies student at Harvard Divinity School. She has recently finished her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Prior to that she completed a BA from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her primary focus for the Pluralism Project is on new expressions of arts and activism, specifically that of second and third generation South Asian-Americans.

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Rose is a rising senior at Connecticut College, where she is majoring in religious studies. For the Pluralism Project this summer, Rose will be researching the creation and impact of women's interfaith networks after 9/11. She will also help distribute the new documentary film, Acting on Faith: Women's New Religious Activism in America

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A Fulbright scholar from Babylon, Iraq, Mohammed just finished his first year as a master student of comparative literature at State University of New York in Binghamton. He completed his undergraduate degree majoring in translation studies and linguistics from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, and was named best student of the 2004 class. He has worked with USAID civic training teams, and local non-governmental and religious entities in Southern Iraq. At the Pluralism Project, he will profile some religious and interfaith organizations in Southern Iraq, and translate some documents and materials from the project's website into Arabic.

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Rahim is spending the summer of 2006 working on online development for The Pluralism Project's website and Dr. Eck's 'World Religions in Boston' course, to include flash, multimedia, and interactive learning modules. He is also conducting research on the Chicago, Boston, and Brooklyn Police Departments with regard to sensitivity training of their officers. Rahim completed his B.A. in Philosophy at The University of Western Ontario in Canada. His career interests lay in both foreign policy and national security.

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Ilyse is a second year master of theological studies student at Harvard Divinity School. Her research focus is the contemporary use of classical literature within India's diverse political, ethnic, and religious landscape. She received her BA in Religion and Asian Studies from Colgate University. At the Pluralism Project, Ilyse will examine various aspects of pluralism as it occurs both in America and India.

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Agus is a graduate student in the Program for Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management at the School for International Training (SIT) in Vermont. He is a fellow of the Ford Foundation-International Fellowship Program (IFP) from Indonesia. He completed his undergraduate degree (B.A.), majoring in Shariah (Islamic Law), from Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic Institute in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. At the Pluralism Project, he will profile some organizations that are concerned with religious pluralism or interfaith studies in South-East Asia, and translate some documents either from English to Indonesian or Indonesian to English.

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A native New Yorker, Mickey just finished his first year as a master of divinity student at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary after having served the community of Flushing, Queens, for over three years as the Community Services Director for New York City Council Member John C. Liu. Mickey’s area of concentration at the Pluralism Project will be the City Hall Initiative, with a focus on developing case studies that analyze disputes that have arisen from, or are influenced by, religious diversity. He will also profile religious organizations that work with the government and civic leaders to address these sorts of issues.

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Aneesa completed her B.A. in International Development Studies at the University of Toronto and has work experience in the field of gender and development. During her time with the Pluralism Project, she will conduct research on women’s interfaith initiatives, create international profiles and contribute to the arts and activism initiative.

Staff celebrate after 2006 Summer Research Symposium