• Coordination of overall activities funded by Difficult Dialogues
• Creation of an interactive theatre sketch about student faith and religion in the classroom
• Hosting of faculty roundtables, “Student Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in the Classroom and Beyond: How Do Instructors Respond?”
• Coordination of the Ford Faculty fellows Program to examine the topics of religion and spirituality from multiple disciplinary perspectives, in collaboration with the Provost’s Office.
• Hosted a series of public events featuring, David Myers, co-author of “What God Has Joined Together: The Christian Case for Gay Marriage.” 
• Development of on-line resources about Difficult Dialogues at UM and for faculty, staff and community members that are engaging in their own “difficult” dialogues about religion, spirituality, and/or faith.

CRLT Web Site

• Development of a mini-course to explore the roots of community service in a variety of faith traditions and the relationships between faith communities and university-sponsored community service.
• Creation of guidelines for interactions between U-M students and faith-based organizations.
• Research and writing on U-M students’ moral, ethical, and spiritual development in relation to existing models on citizenship and community service.

• Offered the course, “When Faith Meets Science: An Evolving Dialogue on New Choices and New Technologies.” This course examined how faith and science contribute to current ethical concerns associated with advances in the life sciences. Students, faculty, and community members were engaged in dialogue at a series of public forums on the human genome project, life sciences and individual behavior, and genetics and health disparities.

Life Sciences and Society Web Site

• Faculty and staff participation in a series of retreats focused on religion and higher education.
• Exchanges about pedagogical strategies for navigating religious differences and conflicts between personal religious practices and the demands of academia.
• Development and revision of courses based on faculty readings and discussions.

• Creation of new dialogue courses, including an intergroup dialogue, which brings together students of different religious identities for dialogue and reflection, and the mini-course, “Difficult Dialogues:  Faith Identities and Your Campus Experience.”

• Hosting Jamie Washington, an internationally known speaker, consultant, trainer, and writer on diversity, leadership, spirituality, organizational change and community development issues
• Revision of “Social Psychology in Community Settings,” a ten-week intensive course for residence assistants.
• Conducted a summer dialogue among residence education staff to build understanding of the complexity of faith, religion, spirituality, and faith and possible implications for residence assistants and the larger student population.