New residency program will broaden religious understanding and make schools more welcoming for diverse students

New residency program will broaden religious understanding and make schools more welcoming for diverse students
This article from the Journal-News reports on a federal grant awarded to Miami University’s new residency program, which will allow 25 educators to take 2 weeks to learn about the experiences and histories of Muslim-Americans.
It’s the first time that project coordinators and Miami University professors Kathleen Knight-Abowitz, professor of Educational Leadership, and Elizabeth Wilson, professor of Comparative Religion, have received such a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.