Richardson Addai-Mununkum

Richardson Addai-Mununkum is a doctoral candidate of Curriculum & Instruction. He holds an MA in Environmental Management & Policy from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana (2007). Prior to coming to UW-Madison, Richardson worked as a high school teacher, and a project manager for a non-governmental organization in Ghana. As an educator, Richardson is constantly disturbed by the regrettable abundance of religious conflicts in the world and the effects of such skirmishes on women, children and innocent victims. His ultimate career goal is the development of curriculum and pedagogical tools to help schools foster religious deliberation, and improve dialogue while preparing students to live in a religiously diverse world. Consequently, his current research is focused on religious misrepresentations in schools and their connections to suppression, resentment, insensitivity, and incitement to hatred. He is hopeful the product of his research would ultimately promote the building of communities that would celebrate religious differences and abhor religious exclusion, marginalization and fanaticism. With the generous support of the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship Richardson plans to travel to Ghana this summer to generate data for his research.

Read Richardson Addai-Mununkum’s fellowship report here.