Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Studies
About
I am the Communications Intern for the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN), a non-profit association of Interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico & the U.S. that began in 1988 (www.facebook.com/NAINConnect & http://NAINblog.wordpress.com & http://twitter.com/NAINInterfaith).
I am a Contributing Scholar to State of Formation, founded by The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, run in partnership with Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School in collaboration with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (www.StateofFormation.org/author/Jonathan-Oskins).
I am a Graduate student currently pursuing an M.A. in Interreligious Studies in the first incoming class at Claremont Lincoln University, the world’s first interreligious theological graduate university, in its member school, Claremont School of Theology (www.ClaremontLincoln.org).
I have been a Board Member of the Academy of Judaic, Islamic and Christian Studies since 2008 and continue to have close interaction with my fellow Board members, including Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Dr. George Grose, Dr. Reinhard Krauss, and Dr. S. Scott Bartchy.
I received my BA in Study of Religion from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I completed my Senior Thesis/Honors Research for Departmental Honors supervised by the then Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Dr. S. Scott Bartchy.
I was also an editor of Epoché, the UCLA Undergraduate Journal for the Study of Religion in 2010 (www.religion.ucla.edu/index.php/students/epoche), and President of the "Bolle Study of Religion Student Organization at UCLA" my senior year.
I was also the recipient of a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation for participation in and planning of Big Sunday: Mayor's Citywide Day of Service.
I attended the Los Angeles Pre-World Parliament of the World's Religions Event in Santa Monica, California in 2009, and was the sole student representative for Los Angeles Valley College to the Valley Interfaith Council event to celebrate and honor those who promote "Harmony in Diversity" in 2006.
