Higher Education

Faculty

Interfaith America works with educators on campuses across the country to create and teach innovative pluralism curriculum.

Interfaith Leadership Summit 2026

Join us August 7-9, 2026 for the nation’s largest gathering of college students and educators committed to American civic pluralism—where you’ll gain skills, inspiration, and lasting connections to bridge divides and build a more united society.

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Interfaith America works with educators on campuses across the country to create and teach innovative pluralism curriculum.

We offer grants and other funding, resources and curricula, as well as campus consulting and trainings. Our campus granting enables educators to conduct a wide variety of initiatives to improve campus climate, advance interfaith understanding, and counteract bigotry. Our signature annual gathering, the Interfaith Leadership Summit, provides multiple three-day training tracks for hundreds of students, staff, and faculty members to gain frameworks, tools, resources, and skills to facilitate pluralism programming on their campuses. Events such as our Teaching Interfaith Understanding Seminar, held in partnership with the Council for Independent Colleges, equip faculty with theoretical understanding and practical skills to engage religious diversity in their courses.

What is Interfaith Studies?

Scholars and educators interested in exploring the dynamics of religious interaction have claimed a new field of Interreligious/Interfaith Studies. Interfaith Studies programs seek to develop civic leaders who are prepared to positively engage religious diversity and build interfaith cooperation in communities and professions throughout the country.

In partnership with scholars in the field, IA offers the following working definition of Interfaith Studies:

“Interfaith Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the multiple dimensions of how people who orient around religion differently interact with one another, and the implications of these interactions for communities, civil society, and global politics.”

Join Us

IA seeks to convene and connect scholars interested in this work. Though the field largely began among those studying religion, we work with faculty in a myriad of fields including nursing, business, education, languages, and biology.

Whether you have long been engaged in interfaith work or are just beginning, we hope you will join our network. Read on for resources and opportunities.

Faculty Grants & Fellowships

Prejudice to Pluralism Cohort

Faculty Programs

Interfaith America works with educators on campuses across the country to create and teach innovative pluralism curriculum. Explore our programmatic offerings below, and on our events and grants pages.

Teaching Interfaith Understanding 2026

Bridging The Gap

Interfaith Leadership Summit

Faculty Resources

Interfaith America offers a suite of courses, curricula, and resources to equip faculty to create and teach innovative pluralism curriculum.

Foundations of Interfaith Leadership

A roadmap for developing (or continuing to develop) the vision, knowledge, and skills required to contribute to the realization of a truly interfaith America.

Pedagogies for Pluralism

Explore foundational practices and mutually reinforcing Pedagogies for Pluralism to help faculty prepare students to engage productively across lines of difference.

Pluralism Texts Bibliography

This bibliography reflects a variety of perspectives that provide foundational theory, knowledge, and practical wisdom about civic pluralism.

Interfaith Studies for Business Courses

Explore descriptions and learning outcomes for courses at the intersection of religion and business.

Case Study Spotlight

Case study resources from our courses, curricula, and tools library to engage students in real-life challenges.

Case Studies for Exploring Interfaith Cooperation: Classroom Tools

How does interfaith cooperation work in tricky situations? Case studies offer one interactive pedagogical method for engaging students around the real-life challenges of religious diversity.

Case Studies: Engaging Religious Diversity in Health Fields

These case studies describe real-life scenarios from health care settings in which religious identity plays a significant role.

Pluralism and Religious Difference Case Studies

Utilize these case studies to develop problem solving skills through a pluralistic framework.

Latest in Higher Education

Throughout American history campuses have incubated social change and shaped the next generation of leaders. On IA Today, we share firsthand accounts and reported pieces of interfaith engagement and bridgebuilding on campuses today.