Fields
Islam in the United States; religion and race; Critical Race Theory; nineteenth and twentieth century Muslim history; modern Islamic intellectual history, Muslim reform movements, theological diversity in Islam
Teaching
Relgst 105- Religions of the West
Relgst 445- Introduction to Islamic Civilization
Relgst 1441- Islam and Race in the American Ummah
Relgst 1450- Islam, Law, and Politics
Relgst 1452 Hymns and Hip Hop: Sounds of Islam
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023
- MTS, Harvard Divinity School 2018
- BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2014
Education & Training
“History of Muslims in the United States, 1528 to 2010” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America, eds. Amir Hussain and Kathleen Moore. (Oxford University Press 2023)
“The Cap, the Fez, the Turban: Fashioning Muslim American Identities” in American Examples Volume IV edited volume, eds. Candace Lukasik, Josh Urich, Michael Altman. (University of Alabama Press, Forthcoming)
“Race and the Politics of Enumeration: British Colonial India’s Impact on Twelver Shi’i Identity” in The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race, eds. Zain Abdullah. (Forthcoming)