Wes Markofski, 
Assistant Professor of Sociology, has been awarded a Curriculum Development Grant from the Global Religion Research Initiative at the University of Notre Dame, to revise two courses: “Sociology of Religion” and “Diversity and Democracy in America and Beyond.” Prof. Markofski will revise the former course to explore special topics in the contemporary sociology of religion and to examine contemporary Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities in South Asia and the Asian Pacific region. Prof. Markofski will revise the latter course to invite students to consider whether and how religion should stand alongside other forms of American diversity such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and language.