Video Kick-Off Speaker Presentation: Dr. Zahra N. Jamal Khadija: A Window into the Soul of Islam
Dr. Zahra N. Jamal is the Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow on International Women's Rights at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago, the Director of Strategy and Research at the Isma’ili Tariqah and Religious Education Board USA, and a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
She was previously an Assistant Professor at James Madison College and the Program Director of the Central Asia and International Development at Michigan State University. In addition to serving on the faculty of Social Anthropology at Harvard University and MIT, she was a research consultant for Harvard’s Islam in the West Program. Dr. Jamal serves as an ethnographic consultant to the U.S. Department of State, Aspen Institute, the Swiss Development Cooperation, the Aga Khan Development Network, and USAID for projects on conflict resolution, gender equity, refugees, and civic engagement in North America, Europe, and Central Asia. Her research and teaching interests include gender, (trans)nationalism and diaspora, citizenship and civic engagement, religion, conflict resolution, comparative ethics, and human rights. Dr. Jamal received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University, and a double B.A. in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies and in Slavic studies from Rice University.
