KAICIID Fellows
Andrew James Boyd
Professor of Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue at the Pontifical Beda College, Rome A. J. Boyd is professor of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, and assistant professor of theology and religious studies for various university programs in Rome, inclu...
Diana Brown
Assistant Director for Interreligious Engagement, Georgetown University Diana is assistant director of interreligious engagement at Georgetown University, where she works on promoting interreligious understanding and inclusion among a diverse student body. She is a member of the Church of Jesus-Chr...
Dr. Saba Soomekh
Associate Director, American Jewish Committee in Los Angeles, and Lecturer, Academy for Jewish Religion Saba is the associate director at the human rights organization, American Jewish Committee in Los Angeles, and a lecturer at The Academy for Jewish Religion where she teaches religious studies an...
Elizabeth Lynn Anderson
Dr. Elizabeth (Liza) Lynn Anderson is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, where she teaches church history, ascetical theology and interreligious dialogue. She graduated from Swarthmore College with the highest honors in 2005 with...
Janani Chaitanya
Teacher, Organiser, Student, Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam Janani Chaitanya, whose spiritual name is Jananisri, has studied Vedanta since 2007. She has completed a three and a half year intensive Vedanta and Sanskrit course in India with Pujya Swamiji Dayananda, the foremost scholar of Sanskrit and Vedan...
Jennifer Sue Lindsay
Jennifer Sue Lindsay earned her Master of Divinity with an emphasis in interfaith relations at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where she was also co-chair of the Interfaith Caucus. In her doctoral research, which has received awards from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ...
Jessica Sitek
Jessica Sitek is guided by the axiom: life is relationships. Barriers exist that obstruct our ability to be in relationship. Our biases, prejudgments, misunderstandings and lack of knowledge can impair our ability to connect with others. As a result, Ms. Sitek sees the principles of dialogue as a ne...
Melissa Nozell
Program Officer for religion and inclusive societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Melissa Nozell is the program officer for religion and inclusive societies at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she conducts research and implements projects on religion and peacebuilding, including religious actor and y...
Naomi Rachel Kalish
Coordinator of Pastoral Care & Education at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Rabbi Naomi Kalish is the Coordinator of Pastoral Care and Education at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, where she teaches Clinical...
Nicolas André Kazarian
Reverend Dr. Nicolas André Kazarian is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate) and a visiting fellow of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University in New York. He is also a research associate at the French Institute for International and Strat...