Kalpana Jain

Making complex religious ideas accessible


Meet Kalpana Jain

Kalpana Jain is an award-winning journalist and author. She is the senior ethics and religion editor and Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative at The Conversation U.S., where she works with scholars to produce evidence-based commentary on religion.

She has covered a wide range of issues both in the U.S. and internationally. She was senior education editor at The Conversation US, before moving into her current role. She worked as a writer and researcher at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School She was part of a small, select team for a flagship program of Harvard Business School researching 50 years of women at HBS


Explore my work

Writing

Essays and stories on religion and ways the sacred lives among us

Book

Positive Lives was among the first books in India to document the human impact of HIV/AIDS

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PODCAST

Exploring refugee lived experience and power

Podcast

“A forthcoming podcast exploring refugee, lived experience and power through conversations, literature, and culture.

Speaking

Talks and conversations on religion, ethics, journalism, and lived faith across cultures.