Nicolette Manglos-Weber
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Religion & Society, Boston University School of Theology
Nicolette Manglos-Weber is a sociologist and author who studies religious community life and its social and political impacts. She has done research among faith communities in several countries of Africa, among migrants to the U.S., and among U.S. young adults facing stress and adversity. In 2018 she published a book with Oxford University Press called Joining the Choir, about the religious memberships of transnational Ghanaian Evangelicals.
She lives with her two kids and spouse in West Roxbury, MA, and she loves all things related to food, nature, and ecological care (especially cooking, hiking, gardening, and long family walks).
School of Theology faculty page
Project on Character Development and Spiritual Formation in Theological Schools
Jimmy Spire Ssentongo
Co-Investigator, Associate Dean (Research and Publication), School of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Uganda Martyr’s University
Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is an Associate Dean (in charge of Research and Publications) at Uganda Martyrs University. He also heads the Center for African Studies at the same university and is a columnist plus editorial cartoonist with The Observer, a national newspaper. His academic background is in Philosophy, with specialisation in Ethics. He has published several journal articles and book chapters in the areas of pluralism, social justice, and sustainability.
Fr. John Mary Mooka Kamweri
Co-Investigator, Director of the Institute of Ethics at Uganda Martyr’s University
Rev. John Mary Mooka Kamweri, PhD is a Duquesne University trained bioethicist. He is currently the Director of the Institute of Ethics at Uganda Martyrs University. He also serves as the Chairperson of Management of Social Transformation Taskforce (MOST) of the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO.
Josephine Nabakooza
Project Manager
Josephine Nabakooza is a holder of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University Kampala-Uganda. She is a professional independent researcher with experience of over ten years in collecting data using both qualitative and quantitative methods. She has worked with L’Arche Uganda, Great Lakes Institute-Ggaba, and with individual scholars in various institutions like Makerere University-Kampala, Boston University School of Theology, and University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Josephine is passionate about meeting new people and supporting them to accomplish their work successfully. She enjoys learning new things, listening to stories, reaching out to those in need, and gardening as a hobby. She is a mother to one boy, Daniel R. Wetonyi, with whom she lives with at Busiika, Uganda.
Jotham Katabarwa
Project Staff
Jotham Katabarwa has served Ugandan communities for nine years as a Social Worker and a Researcher, trained in social science research methods. He has a drive to see things through and has a strong passion for Social Work.
He considers all honest work commendable and believes that the Social Work profession is not just a career but a calling to help people find solutions to problems.
Sarah Kielsmeier-Jones
Project Photographer
Sarah Kielsmeier-Jones is a longtime friend of Nicolette Manglos-Weber who loves international travel and babies.
