ABOUT ME

I am a scholar, writer, and educator whose work examines Islam and Muslim life in North America, with particular attention to the intersections of religion, gender, politics, and institutional power. I received my PhD in Religion from Columbia University in 2016 and have held faculty appointments at St. Michael's College and Trinity University, where I served as Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies.

My research explores how Muslims negotiate religious authority, knowledge, and belonging within institutions and structures of power. I am particularly interested in the ways institutions shape public understandings of religion, determine whose knowledge and authority are recognized as legitimate, and establish the terms through which communities participate in public life. Drawing on Islamic studies, gender studies, and critical approaches to religion and politics, my work examines these dynamics across universities, religious institutions, interfaith spaces, and political systems.

In addition to academic research and writing, I am committed to public scholarship, collaborative inquiry, and accessible intellectual engagement. Through research initiatives, community-based education, and public commentary, I seek to create spaces for examining how knowledge is produced, how power operates, and how alternative ways of understanding and engaging the world might be imagined.