Interns
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CHRISTINA S. BARONIAN Chris is the “coordinating intern” for the Center. She is currently a junior with a major in politics and minor in communication. She is interested in the intersection between public policy and religious pluralism and is passionate about promoting inclusive change in our current political culture. Her work at the Center includes serving as the Center’s student participant in the Center’s joint interfaith initiatives with the Saint Mary’s Mission and Ministry Center and assisting Director McGraw with the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism’s projects overall. |
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THOMAS A. BELL Thomas is a senior with a politics major. His contribution to the center is a study on interfaith education, specifically, the integration of an interfaith approach to charter school education. Thomas's interest in interfaith dialogue rose from Professor McGraw’s January Term course entitled “Religious Pluralism and California Prisons.” He hopes to find a career in public service after graduation in May. |
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CALLAN A. SMITH Callan is a senior with a major in politics and a minor in theology and religious studies. After witnessing the restorative influence of religion on prisoners and the gross violations of those prisoners’ first amendment rights, she knew the Centre would be the perfect opportunity to utilize knowledge from both of her academic backgrounds in order to advocate for a more socially just society. She is specifically focused on the Center’s Prison Religion Project and investigative reporting on interfaith cooperation, discrimination. and conflict. |
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LAURA MICHELLE KLINK Laura is a senior at Saint Mary's College of California, majoring in English. Her work with the Center focuses on The Prison Religion Project, which involves accommodating religion inside prisons. Specifically, Laura is working on issues of accommodating minority religion adherents and promoting interfaith understanding in prisons. |
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SKYLAR J. COVICH Skylar, a senior with a major in politics and a minor in religious studies, plans to pursue a career in academia. Skylar joined the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism because of his interest in the ways in which politics and religion impact each other. His contribution to the Center is a research project on members of the United States Congress who are adherents of religions or philosophies that are not Christian or Jewish, including whether and to what extent their religions influence their political careers. |
