I am Assistant Professor of Global Humanities at San José State University, where I teach in the Honors Humanities Program and the Comparative Religious concentration. My research explores the relationship between Islamic theological thinking and secularity in twentieth-century Egypt. I'm currently working a book manuscript, which among other things, will be the first comprehensive study dedicated to Muhammad al-Ghazali (d. 1996).
My published work has appeared in Comparative Studies in Society History and The Journal of the American Academy of Religion. My research has been supported by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University, as well as by Arabic language training from the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad in Cairo, Egypt.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Islamic Thought
History Of Religion
19th-21st Centuries
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
All Middle East
Morocco
Specialties
Contemporary Islam
Sufism And Politics
Enchantment And Modernity
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (elementary)
Spanish (advanced)
Education
DrPH
| 2018
| History
| Columbia University
BA
| 2010
| History
| University of Wisconsin-Madison
