Simran Jeet Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor in Interreligious Histories
CONTACT
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Columbia University
M.Phil., Columbia University
Ma.R., Harvard University
B.A., Trinity University
BIOGRAPHY
Simran Jeet Singh, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Interreligious Histories at Union Theological Seminary and Senior Advisor for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program. He is the national bestselling author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life (Riverhead, Penguin Random House), and he hosts the new podcast, Wisdom & Practice, which is produced in partnership with PRX and The Aspen Institute.
Simran’s thought leadership on bias, empathy, wisdom, and justice extends across corporate, educational, and government settings. He has served as an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity with Columbia University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and a Soros Equality Fellow with the Open Society Foundations. In 2020, TIME Magazine recognized him as one of sixteen people fighting for a more equal America, and in 2022, Simran delivered the opening address at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Simran earned graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and he writes regularly for major outlets, including Harvard Business Review, TIME Magazine, and Religion News Service. Simran authored the award-winning children’s book Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon (Kokila, Penguin Random House), and Penguin will also publish his next children’s book this upcoming Spring. Simran is also finishing a few other books that are in contract with Riverhead and Oxford University Press.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Simran now lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters, where he enjoys running, writing, and chasing his kids.
To learn more about Simran and his work, visit simranjeetsingh.org.