Dr. Suryaningsi Mila is researching interreligious studies at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service/Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Her research project is “Reinvestigating Interreligious Tolerance amid the Rise of Islamophobia: Reflecting on Islam and Christian Relations in the United States.” This research will compare Indonesian contexts where Muslims are the majority.

She is dean and lecturer in religious studies at Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Gereja Kristen Sumba.

Dr. Suryaningsi earned a bachelor’s degree in theology and a master’s in the sociology of religion, both from Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, and was awarded a PhD in inter-religious studies from Universitas Gajah Mada.