<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/spring-2021/cultural-perspective-conscience-and-character-development.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Cultural Perspective on Conscience and Character Development</title><excerpt>Serah Shani has been teaching anthropology classes remotely throughout the year, but this summer she travels to Kenya—fully vaccinated—to continue her research among indigenous Maasai. The John Templeton Foundation has awarded her a $230,304, three-year grant to study “The Cultural Evolution of the Conscience, Virtues, Character Development, and Human Progress.” She’ll spend each summer and winter break in Kenya through 2024.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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        </image><caption>Serah Shani wears traditional Maasai clothing she mostly received as gifts.</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>