Education
2022
PhD Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Dissertation: The Disoriented Worshipper: Namāz, Jamāt, and Livable Life
. Committee: Shahla Talebi (Chair); H.L.T. Quan; Chad Haines.
2008
MA International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Thesis: Biographing the Arabic Word: Oral and Chirographic Culture of Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Arabia.
Committee: Martin S. Jaffee (Chair); Jonathan A.C. Brown; James Wellman.
2001
BA History (Honors) and Creative Writing, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Teaching
2023-present
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Courses taught
Introduction to Islam: Religion, Practice, and Culture (REL 112) Fall 2023, Winter & Fall 2024
Islam in the Americas (REL/AMST 272) Fall 2023 & Fall 2024
Qur’an: Text, Culture, Arts (REL 274) Winter 2024
Sex, Gender, Islam, Power (REL/GSS 318) Winter 2024
2013-2021
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Religion Unit, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Courses taught
Islam in the Modern World (REL 366) Spring 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2019
Religion & Sexuality (REL 393) Fall 2014
Women, Gender & Religion (REL 390) Spring 2013, Spring 2017A & 2017B
Life, Sex & Death (REL 205) Fall 2020, Summer 2023
Religion & Popular Culture (REL 202) Fall 2018, 2021
Religions of the World (REL 100) Fall 2016
2006-2012
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
2011-2012
Acting Head of Department
Department of Liberal Arts, School Arts and Social Sciences
2008-2012
Assistant Professor
Liberal Arts/Cultural Studies, School of Liberal Arts
2006-2008
Visiting Faculty
Cultural Studies, School of Liberal Arts
Courses Taught
Information, Control, and Cultural Contestations (400-level seminar)
Feminist Theories (300-level core course for the CS major)
Cultural Studies Practicum (300-level research project)
Readings in Feminism (300-level seminar)
History of Ideas (200-level core course for the CS major)
Religion and the Web (200-level)
Introduction to World Religions (100-level)
Islamic Studies (100-level)
Pakistan Studies (100-level)
Conference Presentations & Invited Panels
1 Oct 2019
“Thinking #MeToo Transnationally: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Pakistan, India, Morocco.” Invited roundtable. Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York University, New York, NY
4 Apr 2017
“Unthinkable Pakistans: Research Animated by Precarity and Survival.” Placing Pakistan: Engaging Multidisciplinary Approaches. Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
19-21 Nov 2016
“Utopias on the Margins: Queer Muslim Imaginaries.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
12-15 Nov 2015
“The Wrong Body Loves God: Queer Resistance in Precarity.” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
7-9 Mar 2014
“Post-Mortem Pieties: Investigating the Life of a Muslim Graveyard.” American Academy of Religion West Regional Meeting, Los Angeles, CA