The Bahá'í Faith

Outside of academic work, I am a member of the Bahá'í Faith. The Bahá'í Faith is an independent world religion whose central teaching is the oneness of humanity — that the human family, in all of its diversity, is one, and that the work of our age is to learn how to live and build accordingly.

Bahá'ís believe that the great religions of the world have come from one source, and that humanity has now reached the stage of its collective maturity, in which the deepest concerns of personal and social life — justice, the equality of women and men, the harmony of science and religion, the elimination of prejudice, the building of unified communities — are inseparable.

I find that this view of human nature and human progress informs the way I think about my research. The questions I'm drawn to — who gets access to what kind of education, whose potential the system recognizes, what it would mean to build institutions that serve every student — are, at root, questions about whether we believe in the oneness of humanity enough to act on it.

To learn more

• Bahai.org — the international Bahá'í community's website. A good starting place.
• The Bahá'ís of the United States — the U.S. national community.
• Bahá'í Reference Library — authoritative texts, including the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice.

Writings & talks

This section is reserved for personal reflections and talks. Content will be added over time.