CURRICULUM VITAE Marcia K. Hermansen
Jan. 2008
Theology Dept.
Loyola University
Crown Center 301 Tel.
(773)-508-2345 (work)
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago Il 60626 E-mail mherman@luc.edu
I. EDUCATION
A. Institution Dates Degree Field
University
of Chicago 1974-1982 Ph.D. Near
East Languages and Civilization (Arabic
& IslamicStudies)
University
of Toronto 1973-1974 Special Student
University
of Waterloo 1970-1972 B.A. General
Arts
McGill
University 1969-1970 Honors English
B. Dissertation Topic: The Theory of Religion of Shah Wali Allah of
Delhi (1702-1762)
C. Language Competency: Arabic, Persian,
Urdu, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Turkish
II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
A. Teaching and Other Positions Held
1997- Professor, Theology Dept., Loyola University, Chicago
2003 Visiting Professor,
Summer School, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
1982-1997 Professor, Religious Studies, San Diego
State University
1985-1986 Visiting Professor, Institute of
Islamic Studies
McGill
University, Montreal, Canada
1980-1981 Foreign Service, Canadian Department of
External Affairs:
Postings to the United Nations
General Assembly, Canadian Delegation; Vice-Consul, Canadian Embassy, Caracas,
Venezuela
1979-1980 Lecturer, Religion Department, Queen's
University, Kingston, Ontario
Part-time:
Cataloguing for South Asia
Collection, Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, 1978
Research Assistant and
Translator (Persian), Art Department, University of Chicago, 1978
Private Tutor of Arabic,
Chicago, 1977-1978
Teacher of English, Mashhad,
Iran, 1976
B.Courses Taught
World Religions: An
undergraduate course presenting major concepts from eastern and western
religious traditions.
Islam: A lecture course covering
the development of major issues in Islamic doctrine.
Islamic Mysticism: A seminar
based on discussion of readings from Sufi texts.
Qur'an and Hadith (Islamic
Texts): An advanced seminar on major themes and traditions of interpretation of
Qur'anic and hadith material.
Arab-Islamic Culture and
Civilization (in the Humanities Program)
Religion and Psychology
Women, Gender and Embodiment in Islam
Sacred Biography
Dynamics of Religious Experience
Ways of Understanding Religion
(Theory and Methodology in the Study of Religion)
Comparative Mysticism
Elementary Urdu
Intermediate Urdu—Readings in
Urdu Prose and Poetry
Islamic Tradition
Muslims in North America
Religions of India
Myth and Symbol: Psychological,
anthropological, and religious approaches to myth and symbol.
Islamic Religious Literature
The South Asian Muslim
Experience
Islamic Spirituality
Freedom, Justice, Authority in
Contemporary Islamic Theology
Contemporary Islamic Thought and
Movements
Comparative Spiritualities
Scripture in Comparative
Perspective
III. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH ACTIVITIES
A. Publications
1. Books
Shah Wali Allah of Delhi's Hujjat
Allah al-Baligha (The Conclusive Argument from God). E. J. Brill, 1996. Pakistani edition
Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute 2003.
Co-editor: Encyclopedia of
Islam and the Muslim World. New York: MacMillan, 2003.
“American Sufis” (under contract
to Oxford U.P.)
“The Caliph Umar in Islamic
Tradition” (under contract for OneWorld)
“Shah Wali Allah of Delhi’s
Risalas on Fiqh” forthcoming Fons Vitae
2. Articles in Refereed Journals
"Shah Wali Allah's
Arrangement of the Subtle Spiritual Centers," Studies in Islam,
July
1982, pp. 137-150.
"Shah Wali Allah of Delhi's
Hujjat Allah al-Baligha: Tension Between the Universal and the
Particular in an Eighteenth Century Islamic Theory of Religion," Studia
Islamica, fascicle 63, 1986, pp. 143-157.
"Shah Wali Allah's Theory
of the Subtle Spiritual Centers (Lata'if): A Sufi Model of Personhood and
Self-Transformation," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 47 (1,
January 1988):1-25.
"Interdisciplinary
Approaches to Islamic Biographical Materials," Religion 18 (#4,
1988):163-182.
"The Paradigmatic Structure
of the Adam Stories in Qur'anic Narrative," Studies in Religion 17
(#1, 1988):41-52.
"Some Observations on the
Situation of Muslim Women in North America," Muslim Education Quarterly
5 (#2, Winter 1988):81-88.
"The Current State of Shah
Wali Allah Studies," Hamdard Islamicus 11 (#3, Autumn 1988):17-30.
"Miracles, Language, and
Power in a 19th Century Islamic Hagiographic Text," Arabica 38,
(1991):326-350.
"Mystical Paths and
Authoritative Knowledge: A Semiotic Approach to Sufi Cosmological
Diagrams", Journal of Religious Studies and Theology 12,(1, 1992),
52-77.
"The Female Hero in the
Islamic Religious Tradition," The Annual Review of Women in World
Religions (#2, 1992):111-143.
"Trends in Islamic Studies
in the United States and Canada since the 1970's," in The American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 10, (1, 1993), 96-118. Reprinted in Islamic Culture (India) (Turkish Translation published in Islami
Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 1:1, 1996)
"The Study of Visions in
Islam", Religion 27 (1, January 1997):1-5.
"Mystical Visions as 'Good to Think': Examples from
Pre-Modern South Asian Sufi Thought", Religion 27, (1, January
1997): 25-43.
"Religion and Literature in
Muslim South Asia" in Muslim World, Vol. 87 (3-4, 1997) 1997,
315-329.
"Sufi Interpretations of
the Light Verse (Qur'an 24:35)" Islamic Quarterly, 1998 pt. 1, (XL11 #2), 144-155, pt. 2 (XL11#3), 218-227.
"Roads to Mecca Conversion
Narratives of European and Euro-American Muslims" Muslim World, LXXXIX (Jan. 1999): 56-89.
"Hybrid Identity Formations
in Muslim America: The Case of American Sufi Movements" Muslim World
Spring 2000 (90 #1&2): 158-197.
Turkish translation in Avrupa Amerika Müslümanları (Islam in Europe and the United States) (Istanbul:
Yenisayfa, 2003), 133-175.
"Biography and
Transformations in the Space of Imagined Muslim Community" in Studies
in Contemporary Islam, Vol. 4 #2, 2002, 1-21.
“Muslims in the Performative
Mode: A Reflection on Muslim-Christian Dialogue” in Muslim World 94 (3, 2004): 387-396.
“The Academic Study of Sufism at
American Universities” American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 24 (3, 2007):23-45.
"Rewriting Sufi Identity in
the Twentieth Century: The Biographical Approaches of Ashraf Ali Thanvi and
Khwaja Hasan Nizami" forthcoming in Islamic Studies 46 (1, 2007):
15-39.
“Said Nursi and Maulana Ilyas: Examples of Pietistic Spirituality among 20th Century Islamic Movements” forthcoming in Islam and Christian Muslim Relations, 2008.
3. Articles in Books
"Fatimeh as a Role Model
for the Iranian Woman of Today in the Works of cAli Sharicati,"
Women and Revolution in Iran, ed. G. Nashat, Westview Press, Boulder,
Colorado, 1983, pp. 87-96.
"The God Concept Among
Muslims," in God-Experience or Origin, Paragon Press, 1985, pp.
127-141.
"Two-Way Acculturation:
Muslim Women in America," in Muslims of America, edited by Yvonne
Haddad, Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 188-201. Arabic Translation in al-Muslimun fi Amrika (Cairo: al-Ahram Publishing, 1994), pp.
232-248.
"The Muslim Community of
San Diego" on Muslim Communities in America, edited by Yvonne
Haddad, State University of New York Press, 1994, pp. 169-194.
Translation from Arabic of
several modern Arabic poems by Lamea Abbas Amara in Food for Our
Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists. ed.
Joanna Kadi. Boston: South End Press,
1994.
Translation (from Urdu) and
introduction to Milad-e-Akbar ,a popular religious text from South
Asia. Religions of India in Practice
ed. R. Lopez, Princeton University Press, 1995, 367-372. Reprinted in Religions of Asia in
Practice ed. Donald S. Lopez, Princeton, 2002, 73-79.
"In the Garden of American
Sufi Movements: Hybrids and Perennials," in New Trends and Developments
in the World of Islam, ed. Peter Clarke, London: Luzac Oriental Press, 1997
pp. 155-178.
"Citing the Sights of the
Holy Sites: Visionary Pilgrimage Narratives of Pre-Modern South Asian
Sufis" in The Shaping of an American Islamic Discourse: A Memorial to
Fazlur Rahman, ed. Earle Waugh and Frederick M. Denny, Atlanta: Scholars
Press, 1999, pp. 189-213.
“An Islamic Response” in Ethics
and World Religions eds. Regina Wentzel Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books 1999, 27-33.
"Sacred Intertextuality and
Contemplative Practices in Late Mughal Sufism", in The Heritage of Sufism: Late Classical
Persianate Sufism (1501-1750), Oxford: One World, 1999, ed. Leonard
Lewisohn and David Morgan, 319-344.
"Faqirs, Wahhabis, and
Others: Reciprocal Classifications and the Transformation of Intellectual
Categories in Early Colonial South Asia" in Perspectives of Mutual Encounter
in South Asian History 1760-1860 ed. Jamal Malik Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000,
23-48.
"Indo-Persian Tazkirahs as
Memoritive Communications" in Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking
Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia. ed. Bruce B. Lawrence and David
Gilmartin, University of Florida, 2000, 149-175.
“Common Themes, Uncommon
Contexts: The Sufi Movements of Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat
Inayat Khan (1882-1927)” in A Pearl in Wine: Essays on the Life, Music and
Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan ed. Zia Inayat Khan, New Lebanon, NY: Omega,
2001, 323-353.
“Dreams and Dreaming in Islam”
in Dreams: A Reader on the Religious, Cultural, and Psychological Dimensions
of Dreaming ed. Kelly Bulkeley. New
York: Palgrave 2001, 73-92.
“Teaching About Muslims in
America” in Teaching Islam, ed. Brannon Wheeler. New York: Oxford, 2002,
168-180.
“Khwaja Hassan Nizami” in
Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order Carl Ernst and Bruce Lawrence, New
York: Palgrave, 2002, 113-118, 121-123.
“How to Put the Genie Back in
the Bottle: ‘Identity Islam’ and Muslim Youth Cultures in America” in Progressive
Muslims: On Pluralism, Gender, and Justice. Oxford: Oneworld Publications,
2003, 303-319.
“Islamic Concepts of Vocation”
in Revisiting the Idea of Vocation ed. John Haughey, Catholic University
of America Press, 2004, 77-96.
“What’s American about American
Sufi Movements?” in Sufism in Europe and North America ed. David
Westerlund, Routledge, 2004, 36-62.
“Islamic Religious Healing in Chicago: Intersections
of South Asian Sufi, American, and Islamic Models” for Religious Healing in
America ed. Susan Sered and Linda L. Barnes, Oxford, 2004,177-197.
"The Evolution of American
Muslim responses to 9/11" in Ron Geaves (ed). Religious Responses to
9/11 Ashgate, 2004, 77-96.
“The ‘other’ Shadhilis of the
West” in The Shadhiliyya, ed. Eric Geoffroy, Paris:
Maisonneuve et Larose, 2005, 481-499.
“Keeping the Faith: Convert
Muslim Mothers in America and the Transmission of Islamic Identity” in Women Embracing Islam. Gender and Conversion in the West,
University of Texas Press, 2006 , ed. Karin van Nieuwkerk (ed.) 250-276.
“Identity Jihads: The Multiple Strivings of American Muslim Youth” in “Religious Perspectives on Spirituality in Childhood and Adolescence”, Aostre Johnson and Gene Roehlkepartain (eds.) Rowman & Littlefield, 2006, 423-436.
“Western Sufis and Sufi
Literatures in the West” in Sufism in the West ed. John Hinnells and J.
Malik Routledge, 2006, 28-48.
“Religious and Cultural Aspects of Islamic Sufi Healing”
in “Cultural Healing Systems: Beliefs and Practices” ed. James Pappas et alii,
(Calgary, AB: Detselig Enterprises, 2007), 193-205.
“Global Sufism: Theirs and Ours”
forthcoming in “Sufis in Western Society: Global
Networking and Locality” eds.
Ronald Geaves and Markus Dressler, Routledge, 2008.
“Mystifying Identities: The Case
of American Sufi Movements” forthcoming in volume, Altamira Press based on the
Pew Foundation’s Muslims in the American Public Square Project.
“Faith
in Islam” for volume on Islam ed. Zafar Ishaq Ansari. Forthcoming UNESCO.
“Islamic Eschatology” for “Cambridge Companion to Islamic
Theology” ed. T. J. Winter. forthcoming.
“Concepts of Community in the Gulen
Movement” accepted for publication in "Islam in the Contemporary World:
The Gulen Movement," ed. Dale F. Eickelman.
“Faith Development and Spiritual
Maturation in the Works of Said Nursi”, forthcoming in “Said Nursi and
Spirituality” ed. Ibrahim Abu Rabi, State University of New York Press.
“Two Early 20th Century South Asian Sufis’ Perspectives on Gender Issues: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927)” for Barbara Metcalf ed. South Asian Muslim Perspectives, forthcoming Princeton.
“The Study of Sufism at American Universities” for
volume edited by Zahid Bukhari.
“Reconciliation and the return to Normalcy in the Light
of Islamic Theology” in preparation for volume Reconciliation in Interfaith
Perspective: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Voices ed. by Reimund Beiringer.
forthcoming Peeters 2008.
“Sufi Autobiography in the
20th Century: Worldly and Spiritual Journeys of Khwaja Hasan Nizami”
for a volume on Sufi Hagiography ed. John Renard.
4. Articles in Refereed Proceedings
"The Challenge of Classical
Islamic Thought for Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals" in conference
volume Islam and the Challenge of Modernity. International Institute of
Islamic Thought and Civilization, Kuala Lumpur, 1996, 509-534.
"Shah Wali Allah and
Devotion to the Prophet" in Remembrances: Proceedings of the First
International Milad al-Nabi Conference, ed. A. A. Godlas, Chicago,
Naqshbandiyya Foundation, 1995, pp. 11-21.
"Muhammad Iqbal and
Devotion to the Prophet" in Sufi Illuminations, 1 (Summer
1997):22-30.
“Faith Development and Spiritual
Maturation in the Works of Said Nursi” in Bringing Faith, Meaning and Peace
to Life in a Multicultural World.
Istanbul: Science and Culture Foundation, 2004, 341-357.
“Mulla Sadra’s Commentary on the
Light Verse of the Qur’an” in Islam-West
Philosophical Dialogue vol. 10 Eschatology, Exegesis, Hadith Tehran: Siprin, 2005, 409-428.
“The Cultivation of Memory in
the Gülen Community” in The Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the
Gülen Movement (London: Leeds University Press, 2007), 60-76.
5. Encyclopedia Articles
"Shah Waliullah
al-Dihlavi" in Encyclopedia Iranica, Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1994.
"Ibn Khaldun,"
"Ahmadiyya," "Taj Mahal," "Akbar," "Shrines
(Islam)," "Saint (Islam)," Harper-Collins Dictionary of
Religion, ed. J. Z. Smith, 1995.
`Shah Waliullah al-Dihlavi'
3:311-312, `Khanqah' 2:415-417, 'Biography and Hagiography' 1:218-221, for
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, ed. John L. Esposito,
Oxford University Press, 1995.
"Shah Wali Allah" and
"Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi" for Great Thinkers of the Eastern World,
ed. Ian P. McGreal, Harper-Collins 1995, pp. 480-483, 489-492.
"Women, Men, and Gender in
Islam" for The Muslim Almanac: A
Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam
(Detroit: Gale, 1996): 381-391.
“Conversion” for Encyclopedia of Women in World
Religions, ed. Serenity Young, MacMillan, 1998. Vol. 1, 204-207.
“Sufism” in Encyclopedia of
American Religion ed. Wade Clark Roof, New York: MacMillan, 1999, II:
704-706.
Du’a, khirqa, Shah Isma’il
Shahid, Shauq, Huwiyya, Inayat Khan. Articles for the Oxford Dictionary of
Islam, ed. John L. Esposito. 2003.
“Sufism” for Encyclopedia of
Religion and American Culture, ed. Gary Laderman ABC-CLIO, 2003 Vol. 1,
144-6.
“Sufism in the West”, Adel
Tehran (ed.), Vol. VII, Encyclopedia Islamica, Encyclopedia Islamica
Foundation (Iran), 2003, 447-9.
“Shah Wali Allah”, “Genealogy”,
“Biography” “Fazlur Rahman” “Miracles”
“al-Biruni” “Masculinities”, and
“Mahdi” in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World,
Macmillan, 2003.
Various articles for Encyclopedia
of Holy People, CLIO. 2004.
“Women in Sufism: Turkey, South
Asia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Caucasus and the Middle East” for Encyclopedia
of Women in Islamic Cultures, III ed. Suad Joseph (Leiden: Brill, 2005),
766-770.
“Women in Sufism: North America”
Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, III ed. Suad Joseph (Leiden:
Brill, 2005), 770-772.
“Womb” “Talent” for Encyclopedia
of the Qur’an V, 2005 pp. 191-2, 522-3.
E.J. Brill.
“Women and Gender in South Asian
Qur’an Commentary” for Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures V ed.
Suad Joseph (Leiden: E. J. Brill,
2007), 258-262
“Conversion to Islam: North
America” for Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures V ed. Suad
Joseph,(Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2007),
293-296.
“Chicago” for “Encyclopedia of
Islam in America”, ed. Jocelyne Cesari, Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2007,
132-139.
“Shah Wali Allah’s Political
Thought” for “Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought”, Princeton-in
preparation.
Shah Wali Allah for “The Islamic
World” Routledge, ed. Andrew Rippin,
forthcoming, 2008.
Various articles for the new
edition of the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Muslim World. ed. Esposito. in
preparation.
6. Book Reviews
Henry Corbin, Spiritual Body
and Celestial Earth, From Mazdean to Shi'ite Iran, The Asian Student
Review, January 1978.
"Shah Wali Allah of Delhi:
New Publications from Pakistan," South Asia Library Notes and Queries,
June 1978.
Iqbal: Life, Art and Thought, ed. N. Y. Khan, in Studies
in Religion, A Canadian Journal, Vol. 9, #4, 1980, p. 478.
Kenneth Cragg, Muhammad and
the Christian, in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences,
Vol. 2, #1, 1985, pp. 130-131.
Fatna Sabbah, Woman in the
Muslim Unconscious, Choice, May 1985, p. 392.
Charles Le Gai Eaton, Islam
and the Destiny of Man, Choice, June 1986, p. 238.
Rajmohan Gandhi, Eight Lives:
A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter, Choice, December 1986, p.
256.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed., Islamic
Spirituality, Gnosis Magazine, No. 5, Fall 1987, p. 55.
Tor Andrae, In the Garden of
Myrtles, Choice, January 1988, p. 259.
S. M. H. Burney, Iqbal: Poet
Patriot of India, Choice, May 1988, p. 171.
Javad Nurbakhsh, Sufi Women,
in Iranian Studies, Vol. 25, # 3 & 4, (1992), p. 92-93.
Yohannan Friedman, Prophecy
Continuous, for Journal of Oriental Studies, Vol. 29, #1, 1992, pp.
284-285.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic
Spirituality: Manifestations for Journal of the American Academy of
Religion 1993, 610-611.
J. G. J. ter Haar, Follower
and Heir of the Prophet: Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi as Mystic for International
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1994.
Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I.
Smith, Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities for Journal
of Church and State. Vol. 36, #3 (Summer 1994), p. 611.
Mohammad Arkoun, Rethinking
Islam for Journal of Church and State, 1995.
Margot Badran., Feminists,
Egypt, and Nation for Canadian
Review of Studies in Nationalism,
XXIV, 1-2, 1997, p. 156-7.
Leah Kinberg, Morality in the
Guise of Dreams, for Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies VIII (1,
1997):91-2.
Avril Powell, Muslims and
Missionaries in British India for Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies,
1997.
Michael Sells, Early Islamic
Mysticism for MESA Bulletin
#31, 1997, 172-173.
Lila Abu Lughod, Writing
Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories for The International Journal of
Comparative Sociology, XXXIX, Nov
1998, 401-2.
Amira El Azhary Sonbol, Women, the Family, and
Divorce Laws in Islamic History for Journal of Church and State,
Vol. 4 No. 4 (Autumn 1998), 895-896.
Annemarie
Schimmel, My Soul is a Woman for International Journal of
Hindu Studies, Vol.
2 #2, 1998, 302-3.
Daniel Brown, Rethinking
Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought
for International Journal of Middle East Studies, 31 (1999),
445-6.
Pnina Werbner and Helene Basu,
eds. Embodying Charisma: Modernity,
Locality, and the Performance of Emotion in Sufi Cults for Journal of
Contemporary Religion. 14 (3,1999): 418-9.
Arthur R. Buehler, Followers
and Heirs of the Prophet for Journal
of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120 #1, 2000, 114-5.
Gisela Webb Windows of Faith:
Muslim Women Scholar Activists in North America for Journal of
Contemporary Religion 16 (3, 2001): 394-5.
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Islam and
Gender: the Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran for Journal of
Religion 81 (4, 2001): 682-3.
Myfanwy Franks, “Women and
Revivalism in the West: Choosing Fundamentalism in a Liberal Democracy” for Journal
of Contemporary Religion 18 (1,
2003): 140-141.
Carrie
Rosefsky Wickham, Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change
in Egypt for Journal of Contemporary Religion,19 (2, 2004): 255-7.
Elizabeth Poole, Reporting Islam: Media
Representations of British Muslims for Islamic Studies 43 (1, 2004):
138-42.
Abdelwahab
Meddeb, The Malady of Islam and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
What’s
Right with Islam for Elixir
Magazine (1, 2005): 109-111.
7. Other Publications
Nov. 2006 "Sufism and American Women" in World History Connected (IV, 1) an e-Journal of Learning and Teaching http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/4.1/hermansen.html
“Suffering: An Islamic Perspective” in Suffering: The Stauros
Notebook 26 (2, 2007): 10-12.
B. Refereed
Papers Presented at Meetings of Professional Organizations
"Fatimeh as a Role
Model," International Association of Historians of Religion, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, August 1980.
"Shah Wali Allah's Theory
of Religion," annual meeting of the Western Region of the American Academy
of Religion, CSU Fullerton, April 1983.
"Shah Wali Allah's Concept
of Person," annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Dallas,
Texas, December 1983.
"The Concept of Person and
Human Action in the Qur'an," annual meeting of the American Academy of
Religion, Chicago, Illinois, December 1984.
"Female Identity in Ibn Sacd's
al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, International Association of Historians of
Religion, Sydney, Australia, August 18-23, 1985.
"The
Semiotics of Sufi Cosmological Diagrams," Middle East Studies Association
annual meeting,
New Orleans, LA, November 22-26, 1985.
"Two-Way Acculturation: Muslim
Women in America Between Individual Choice and Community Affiliation,"
Conference on the Muslims of America, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
April 16, 1988.
"Power and Territory in
Sufi Hagiography," annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion,
Chicago, IL, November 18-22, 1988.
"The Vernacularization of
Sacred Tradition," annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, New
Orleans, LA, November 16-20, 1990.
"Mystical Visions in South
Asian Sufism," presented at the "Visions and Visionary Experience in
Religion" conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, April 6, 1991.
"The Heroic Woman as
Cultural Critique in the Islamic Textual Tradition," annual meeting of the
American Academy of Religion, Kansas City, MO, November 24, 1991.
"Sighting/Siting the Holy:
Naqshbandi Sufi Visionary Pilgrimage Narratives" annual meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association, Portland, Oct. 25, 1992.
"Detraditionalization and
the Development of Muslim Modernist Argument", Conference on Detraditionalization,
Center for the Study of Cultural Values, Lancaster University, England, July 9,
1993.
Ibn Arabi's Mystical Cosmology
Revisited" Annual Symposium of the Muhyiuddin Ibn Arabi Society, Berkeley,
CA. Sept. 18, 1993.
"The Challenge of Classical
Islamic Thought for Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals". Paper presented at
the symposium on "Islam and the Challenge of Modernity".
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Kuala Lumpur, Aug.
3, 1994
"Inscription and Erasure:
Siting Memory in South Asian Muslim Biographical Compendia" for Duke
University Conference on Muslim Identity in South Asia, April 22, 1995.
"Roads to Mecca: Conversion
Narratives of European and Euroamerican Muslims" for Conference on Islam
in America, De Paul University, Chicago, Sept. 29, 1995.
"Religious Biography in
Islam and Judaism". Conference on
Islamic/Judaic Studies, University of Denver, Oct. 20, 1996.
"Regional Identity in South
Asian Muslim Hagiography", Middle East Studies Association, Providence RI,
Nov. 20, 1996.
"Faqirs, Wahhabis, and
Others: Reciprocal Classifications in Early Colonial South Asia",
Conference, University of Bonn, Dec. 17, 1996.
"Sacred Intertextuality and
Contemplative Practices in Late Mughal Sufism", Conference on Safavid and
Mughal Sufism. School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, May 19, 1997.
“Conversion
to Islam in America” Henry Luce Forum
on Abrahamic Religions. Hartford Theological
Seminary, Connecticut, Nov. 10, 1997.
“Popular
Religious Practices among Chicago’s Indo-Pakistani Muslims” Mid-West regional AAR,
Chicago, March 21, 1998.
“Mulla Sadra’s Tafsir of the
Light Verse”, International Mulla Sadra Congress, Tehran, Iran, May 24, 1999.
“New Muslims and Islamic
Renewal: Conversion to Islam in India” at Annual Madison South Asian Studies
Conference, Madison WI, Oct. 16, 1999.
“Indian “Wahhabis”:
Intellectual, Actual, and Imagined Connections to Muhammad Ibn al-Wahhab and
His Movement” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC,
Nov. 20, 1999.
“Mystifying Identities: The Case
of America Sufi Movements” for conference on Muslim Identities in North
America, University of California, Irvine, May 20, 2000.
“Playing the Religion Card: The
Volatility of Religious identity in Pakistani Society” for Conference on Peace
in South Asia, Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, Oct. 7, 2000
“ Dreams and Visions in Islam”
Comparative Studies, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Nov. 20,
2000, Nashville
“Islam, Globalization, and Interfaith
Dialogue: Critique and Contribution”, Ethics Section, Annual Meeting, American Academy of
Religion, Nashville Nov. 21, 2000
“Reversion,
Conversion and Subversion: American Sufi Literatures” for Sufism in the West,
University of Derby, Buxton, UK July 22-24, 2001.
“American Sufi Literatures”,
American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO, Nov. 18, 2001.
“Muslims in the United States
and Europe” Social Science Research Council and the Russell Sage Foundation,
New York April 9, 2003.
“American Shadhilis” at the
conference on the Shadhiliyya Order, Alexandria Egypt, sponsored by French CRNS
and UNESCO, April 23,2, 2003.
“Keeping the Faith” for
conference on Women, Gender and Conversion to Islam in the West, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
Institute for the Study of the Modern Islamic World. May 17, 2003.
“Islamic Theories of Progressive
Revelation” Conference on Religion, Authority and Peacemaking, UNESCO and
Adenauer Institute, Jerusalem, Aug. 4, 2003.
“Muslim Women and Liberals: A Place at Which Tables?” Conference on Religion, Authority and Peacemaking, UNESCO and Adenauer Institute, Jerusalem, Aug. 5, 2003.
“Global
Sufism ‘theirs’ and ‘ours’ “ at American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Oct. 23,
2003.
“Global Sufi Networking” at “
Global Networking and Locality: Sufis in Western Societies” University of
Bremen, Germany, Oct. 1, 2005.
Nov. 13, 2005. “Understandings
of ‘Community’ in the Gulen Movement” for conference on “Islam in the
Contemporary World” Boniuk Center, Rice
University, Houston, Texas.
Nov. 19, 2006. “The Rushdie
Affair and the Danish Cartoon Crisis”, AAR Washington, DC.
Dec. 12,
2006. “Le Soufisme et la modernité” 3rd
International Colloquium on Sufism, Bedjaia, Algerie.
March 26, 2007. “Reconciliation and
the return to Normalcy in the Light of Islamic Theology” Conference on
Reconciliation in Interfaith Perspectives, Catholic University, Leuven,
Belgium.
May 28, 2007. “Literatures of
Western Sufi Movements” for “Sufi texts/Sufi Contexts” Northwestern University,
Evanston, Il.
Oct. 19, 2007. “Prophetic
Representations” for conference on “Islamophobia/Islamophilia”, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Oct. 26, 2007 ““The Cultivation
of Memory in the Gülen Community” for conference on The Muslim World in Transition:
Contributions of the Gülen Movement” School of African and Oriental Studies,
(SOAS) London.
C. Other Participation in Meetings of Professional Organizations
Respondent, Panel on
"Ethnosociology of South Asian Muslims," Wisconsin South Asian Studies
Conference, Madison, WI, November 1-3, 1985.
Chair, Panel on "Mysticism
and the State in South Asia," American Academy of Religion annual meeting,
Boston, MA, December 1987.
Organizer and Respondent, Panel
on "Pattern and Diversity in the Master/Disciple Relationship in the
Islamic Religious Tradition", Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Religion, Washington, D. C. Nov. 21, 1993.
Moderator and Discussant, Panel
on "Islam in Europe", Conference on "Post-Colonial Encounters:
Religion in the Post-Colonial World", Rutgers University, Oct. 27, 1996.
Chair, Panel on
"Hagiography and Biography in Islam", AAR annual meeting , New
Orleans, Nov. 23, 1996.
Organizer, Panel on “Adab
Islami: Islam, Religion, and Literature in the 20th Century” Middle East
Studies Association, San Francisco Nov. 23, 1997.
“Muslims in the American Public
Square” meeting of scholars, Pew Foundation in collaboration with Georgetown
University, Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 1999.
Panelist on “Site visits and
teaching Religious Studies” American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Nov. 23,
2003.
Respondent Panel on “Discourses
of Early Sufism” AAR San Antonio, Nov. 20, 2004.
Chair, Panel on “Women in
Sufism”, AAR Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 2005.
Respondent Harvard Islam in
America Conference, Dec. 1, 2005.
US Institute of Peace,
Presenter, Islam and Peace, Conference, Washington, Aug. 22, 2006.
Chair, Panel on “Engagement in
Sufism”, AAR San Diego, Nov. 19, 2007.
D. Scholarly Awards and Honors
Pre-Doctoral
Entrance
Scholarship, McGill University, 1969
Ontario
Scholarship, 1969
University
of Chicago Graduate Fellowship: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982
Canada
Council Doctoral Research Award, 1977
Humanities
and Social Sciences Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Research Award, 1978
Post-Doctoral
Affirmative Action Faculty
Development Award, San Diego State University, 1985
American
Research Center in Cairo Award for Post-Doctoral Research, July-December 1986
Participant, National Endowment
for the Humanities Workshop on the Introductory Course in World Religions,
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, June/July 1987
Meritorious Performance and
Professional Promise Award, SDSU, 1988
Summer Faculty Research
Fellowship, SDSU, 1989
Fulbright, U. S. Department of
Education Faculty Research Abroad Award, Pakistan, 1989-90
Research
"Micro Grants" San Diego State University, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997.
Fulbright
Lectureship in Islamic Studies, Malaysia, Summer 1994
San
Diego Historical Society, Award for Best paper on San Diego Religious History
1994
Research
and Creative Activity Award, SDSU, Spring 1995
Fellow,
Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, U. of Chicago Divinity School,
1995
Grant-in-Aid
for Research (SDSU) 1995, SDSU RCSA Mini Grant 1997
Senior
Fellow, Rutgers University Center for Historical Analysis, 1996-1997
Performance
Salary Step Increase Award (PSSI), SDSU 1996-97
Summer
Research Award, Loyola University Chicago, 1999. 2006
Fellow,
Center for Ethics, Loyola University Chicago, Spring 2001.
Fazlur
Rahman Award for Islamic Education, PakWatan TV, Chicago, March, 2002.
Research
Award, Institute for Christianity and Culture, Loyola University, Summer 2002,
2005
Associate Director, Dept. of
Education, Title VIA Grant for South Asian Studies at Loyola, 2001-3
Recognized as Prominent Woman
Leader at Loyola, 5th Annual Leadership reception, March 25, 2003.
National Humanities Center,
Fellowship 2004-5 (declined)
Fulbright
Multi-Country research Award India, Pakistan, Bahrain 2005
Gannon
Center for Women and Leadership, Research Fellow, Spring 2007
E. Language Training and Research in the Middle East and South Asia
1975 Summer Course in Arabic
1976 Persian Study, Mashhad,
Iran
1976 Berkeley Urdu Program
Fellowship, three months in Lahore, Pakistan
1977 Arabic Study, two
months, Cairo and Damascus
1978 Summer Language
Fellowship, Firdausi University, Mashhad, Iran
1978-7 Dissertation Research in
Hyderabad, India
1983 Summer Research
Project, Yarmuk University, Irbid, Jordan
1986 International Language Inst., Cairo,
July-Dec.
1988 Summer CASA III Fellowship in Arabic,
American University in Cairo
1989 Fulbright Faculty Research Abroad Award:
Research in Lahore, Pakistan
1993 Turkish Language Summer Program. Bogazici University, Istanbul.
1994 Fulbright Lecturer, Malaysia, Summer
1995 Summer CASA III
Fellowship in Arabic, American University in Cairo
2002 Summer CASA III
Fellowship in Arabic, American University in Cairo
2006 Summer, American
Research Center, Turkish Language and Culture
F. Participation in Professional Organizations
American
Academy of Religion 1982-
Chair,
Study of Islam Section, American Academy of Religion 1994-1999
Steering
Committee, Islamic Studies Section, AAR 1988-1991,
1993-94
Steering
Committee, Islamic Mysticism, Group, AAR 2003-
Committee
on Texts and Translations, AAR 1994-2000
Association
of Asian Studies 1982-1995
Middle
East Studies Association 1984-
American
Institute of Pakistan Studies 1994-
G. Service on Editorial Boards
Editorial
Board Journal of Contemporary Religion 1994-2002
Editorial
Board, Religion , Book Review Editor 1996-99
Advisory
Board, Journal for Islamic Studies
(South Africa) 1997-
Editorial
Board, Islamic Studies (Pakistan) 1998-
Editorial
Board, Islamic Research, Government College, Lahore 2006-
Editorial
Board, Journal: Fieldwork in Religion (England) 2006-
Editorial
Board, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2007-
Editorial
Board, Comparative Islamic Studies 2007-
IV. SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY
A. Service to San Diego State University
Member,
Africa and Middle East Area Studies Committee 1982-1996
Chair,
Africa and Middle East Studies Committee 1992-1996
Member,
College of Arts and Letters
Committee
on Committees 1984
Member, College of Arts and
Letters Research Committee 1984-1985,
1990-93
Center
for Asian Studies 1985-1996
Faculty
Fellow SDSU Residence Program 1993-1994
CAL
Committee on Diversity and Emergent Scholarship (Codices) 1995-1996
CAL
Personnel Committee 1995-1996
B. Service at Loyola University
Chicago
Departmental
Advisory Committee, Theology Dept. 1999-2001,
2007-
Jewish
Studies Committee 1999-2003
Asian
Studies 1998-
Religion
Culture and Society 1998-2002
Acting
Director, Religion, Culture and Society Program 2000-1
University
Academic Council 2003-4,
2005-
Director,
Islamic World Studies Minor 2006-
University
Research Committee 2007-
1. Academic Lectures
"Islamic Ethics,"
University of Southern California School of Religion, March 18, 1985.
"Islam and Modernity in
South Asia," Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 15, 1985.
"Interdisciplinary
Approaches to Islamic Biographical Literature," McGill University,
Montreal, October 1986.
"Contemporary Sufism and
Sufi Literature in Pakistan," Department of Religious Studies Colloquium,
SDSU, November 27, 1990.
SDSU Faculty Seminar on
"Covering Other Cultures: Bringing the Middle East into the
Classroom," April 11, 1991.
"Intercultural
Communication: Middle Eastern and Muslim Students in the Primary and Secondary
School Classroom," Department of Education, CSU San Marcos, March 20, 1991
and San Diego State University April 20, 1991.
"Islam and
Nationalism," Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Program, SDSU, and Institute
for International Security and Conflict Resolution, San Diego, February 25,
1991.
"Islam and Politics in the
90s: Algeria at the Crossroads," Africa and Middle East Area Studies
Committee, SDSU, May 4, 1992.
"Teaching Controversy---:
Women and Islam", California
History/Social Sciences Project
University of California, San
Diego, July 10, 1992.
"Theories of Religion in
World History", North County Global History Project, Mira Costa College,
Oceanside, Feb. 20, 1993.
"Visions as 'Good to
Think': Examples from Pre-Modern Muslim Mystics", UCSD Committee on
Religious Studies, Feb. 26, 1993.
"Muslim Immigrants in the
U. S.: A Complex Community" Conference on Bridges and Barriers to
Immigration, University of San Diego, March 24, 1994.
"'New' Islamic Movements in
the United States" at the Intellectual Discourse Circle, International
Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, June 25, 1994.
Lectures on various aspects of
Islamic Studies delivered at the National University of Malaysia, the
University of Malaya, the University of Indonesia (Jakarta), Sunan Gunung Jati
Islamic Institute, Bandung, Indonesia during June and July 1994.
"Visions in Islam",
Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Divinity School, University of
Chicago, May 3, 1995.
Discussant, Homi Bhabha's Location
of Culture, Religion and Social Theory Workshop, Divinity School,
University of Chicago, May 11, 1995.
Introduction to Islam" for
"Complexities of Culture Series"
UCSD Extension, Feb. 8, 1996.
"Muslim Conversion
Narratives" for UCSB Scholars of Islam Series, UC Santa Barbara, Feb. 28,
1996.
"Muslims in America"
American Center, Hyderabad, India, Aug. 1, 1996.
Various Lectures in Islamic
Studies, University of Peshawar, International Islamic University, Islamabad,
University of Karachi, Pakistan, Dec. 1996 and Jan. 1997.
"Pilgrimage and Conversion
in Islam", Religious Studies Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1997.
"Contemporary Muslim
Conversion Narratives". Institute
of Islamic Studies, McGill University, March 18, 1997.
“Contemporary Muslim Women’s
Issues”, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI. Feb. 3, 1999.
“The Rushdie Affair” for course
at Loyola on South Asian Literature, Nov. 8, 1999.
“Islam and Homosexuality” for
course at Loyola on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education.
“New Trends in Muslim America” Knight Center for Journalism, University of Maryland, June
9, 2000.
“Conversion to Islam and
InterFaith Dialogue” Catholic Theological Union Chicago, May 16, 2001.
“The Madrasa System of Islamic
Education” Iqra International
Symposium, Islamic Cultural Center, Villa Park, June 17, 2001.
“Women in Islam” University of
Georgia, Athens, Jan. 18, 2002.
Panelist on “Central Asia:
Globalization and Social Change” University of Georgia, Athens. March 20, 2002.
“American Sufi Movements’
lecture and Video presentation, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, April
11, 2002.
“Women in Islamic Spirituality”
St. Mary’s/Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana, October 16, 2002
“Religion and Violence in the
Middle East” panelist Loyola University Chicago , November 20, 2002.
“Must Civilizations Clash?”
Theology Department Colloquium, Loyola University, Feb. 16, 2003.
“Islam, Modernity and Authority” Newberry Library, April
2, 2003.
“Sufism and the Enneagram” for
“Three Spiritual Traditions”: Tracing the Roots of the Enneagram” for First
Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies and Institute of Pastoral Studies,
Loyola University Chicago, June 21-21, 2003.
“Muslims in the Peformative
Mode” Presentation on Christian Muslim Dialogue. Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Conn. October 22, 2003.
"Interpreting American Sufi
Movements: Reading the Visual Signs" Harvard Islamic Mysticism Workshop,
Feb. 13, 2004.
“Representing Muslims in the
American Academy” Harvard Conference on “Islam in America”,
March 7, 2004.
“The Shaping of American Muslim
Identity”. Keynote Speech, Islam in
America Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit. April 7, 2004.
“Faith Development and Spiritual
Maturation in the Works of Said Nursi”.
7th annual conference Istanbul Foundation for Science and
Culture, Oct. 4, 2004.
March
4, 2005 Lecture “The Relevance of Shah
Wali Allah’s Thought for Contemporary Muslims” at Dept. of Islamic Studies,
Jamia Millia University, New Delhi India
April 30, 2005 Lecture “American Muslims after 9/11” at International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan
Aug. 7, 2005. “Said Nursi and Maulana Ilyas: Examples of Pietistic Spirituality among 20th Century Islamic Movements” Ilm Wakfi Conference, Istanbul.
Sept.
20, 2005 “American Muslim Identity”, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Feb.
25, 2006. “Teaching about Islam”, Midwest Association of Colleges, Lake Forest
IL.
March 5-6, 2006 “Concepts of Childhood and Youth in
Islam”, Project on Childhood
Spirituality Conference, Chicago, Il.
April 19, 2006. “Introduction to Sufism” East-West
perspectives, East West University, Chicago.
Oct. 27, 2006. “Sufi Networking
in the West”, Islam in America Workshop, Harvard University, Boston.
Nov. 3, 2006. “Sufi Modernism”
East-West Seminar, Valparaiso University, Indiana.
Nov. 6, 2006. “The Nur Movement in Comparative
Perspective” John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Nov. 11, 2006. “Neither of the
East not of the West: Sufi Women in the United States”, St. Xavier University
Conference on Portraits of Women in Islam.
Jan. 16, Lecture “Sufism and the
Modern” at Darul Arqam, Singapore.
Jan. 17. Lectures ”Muslims in
America” at the University of Singapore, “Islam and Spiritual Identity” Simply
Islam, Singapore.
Jan. 19, 2007. Presentation on
“Muslim Youth Cultures, Negotiating Identity and Teaching for Tolerance”. Conference: Oslo Coalition and Hasanuddin
State University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Jan. 22, 2007. Lecture on “Sufi Modernism” at Hasanuddin
State Islamic University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Jan. 23, 2007. Lecture at Gadjah Mada University Center for
Religious Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Jan. 24, 2007. Lectures at Muhammadiyyah University and
Nawesea Pesantran, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
April 17, 2007. Lecture on
“Women In Islam: Beyond Polemic and Apologetic”, Northwest Illinois University,
Macomb, IL.
April 20, 2007. Lecture on “Iqbal’s Complaint and Answer”
at American Islamic College, Chicago.
Nov. 5, 2007. “Women and Textual Interpretation” Hidden
Treasures Conference, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.
2. Public Lectures
"Islam," Educational
Growth Opportunities Program, College of Extended Studies, SDSU, March 26,
1984.
"The Qur'an," Hoover
High School, San Diego, April 25, 1984.
"Islam and Judaism,"
Havarot Beshert of Temple Beth Israel, San Diego, April 30, 1984.
"Dialoguing with
Muslims," Episcopalian Priests of the Diocese of San Diego, St. Andrews by
the Sea Episcopal Church, San Diego, May 8, 1984.
"Islam and Nuclear
War," symposium on "The Arms Race and the Third World," College
of Extended Studies, SDSU, October 27, 1984.
Discussant, "Among the
Believers," by V. S. Naipaul, La Jolla Book Review Group, November 12,
1984.
"Islam and Politics,"
World Affairs Council of San Diego, March 21, 1985.
"Diversity Within
Islam," Pacific Beach Congregational Church, October 25, 1987.
Moderator of Muslim, Christian,
and Jewish Dialogue on "God and the Divine Attributes," Berkeley,
October 29, 1988.
"Islam and Judaism,"
Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Lecture Series, SDSU, April 2, 1989.
"Sufism," Educational
Growth Opportunities Program, College of Extended Studies, SDSU, April 19,
1989.
"Introduction to
Islam," La Jolla Friends Meeting, La Jolla, CA, February 2, 1991.
"Basic Beliefs in
Islam," Alpine Library Book Discussion Group, Alpine, CA, March 27, 1991.
"Women in Muslim
Societies," American Association of University Women, San Diego, April 13,
1991.
Panelist on "One Nation
under God—Indivisible?—Religion and the Establishment Clause," University
of San Diego, October 27, 1991.
"Islam and Modernity,"
Temple Adat Shalom, San Diego, November 4, 1991.
"Gender Roles in
Islam," UCSD International Studies Club, May 4, 1992.
"Panelist on "Islam in
Somalia" Refugee and Social
Services, San Diego, Feb, 20, 1993.
Organizer and Moderator of Film
Festival on "Women in Four Middle Eastern Muslim Societies" San Diego
State University, March-April 1993
"Women in the Middle
East" Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. San Diego, April 17,
1993.
"Introduction to
Islam" St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Chula Vista, April 18, 25,1993.
"Islam and Muslim Culture
in South Asia" University of California, San Diego, April 8, 1994
Organizer and Moderator. SDSU
Film Festival on Perspectives on Immigration and the Middle East, March-April,
1994.
"Shah Wali Allah and
Devotion to the Prophet' International
Milad al-Nabi Conference, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 12, 1994.
"Women in Islam",
Bilal Mosque, Fremont, California Jan. 22, 1995
"Shah Wali Allah of
Delhi" Villa Park Islamic Foundation, Chicago, February 19, 1995.
"The Future of Islam in
America" Islamic Society of Peoria, Illinois, March 4, 1995.
"Women in Islam". ATT
Employee Diversity Program, Lombard, Illinois, April 24, 1995.
"Muslim Women: Feminists or
Womanists?" Loyola University, Chicago, Muslim Students Association, April
28, 1995.
"Islamic Feminists?"
Villa Park Islamic Foundation, Illinois, May 7, 1995.
"Shah Wali Allah",
Muslim Students Association, University of Chicago, May 16, 1995.
"Muhammad Iqbal and Love
for Prophet Muhammad" 2nd Annual Milad al-Nabi Conference, Chicago, Il,
Aug. 27, 1995.
"Islam and Muslim
Students", English Language Center, University of California, San Diego,
Dec. 1, 1995.
Organizer and Moderator of Film
Festival on "Religion and Political Issues in Recent Films from the Arab
World", SDSU, March-April, 1996.
“Sufi
Qur’an Interpretation”. Libertyville
Islamic Center. July
15, 1997.
“Mystical Interpretations of the
Qur’anic Light Verse”. 4th Annual Milad
al-Nabi Conference. Chicago July 27, 1997.
“Fundamentals of Islamic Art”.
Council of American Muslim Professionals, Chicago. Oct. 2, 1997.
“Who are the Muslim
Community”. Muslim Community Center of
Chicago. Oct. 18, 1997.
“Muslims in America” for Lilly
Foundation National Conference for Newspaper
Religion Editors and Journalists, Harvey Islamic Center, Chicago, Dec. 4, 1997.
“Introduction to Sufism”, Council of American Muslim Professionals,
Chicago, Il, March 14, 1998.
“The Relevance of Shah Wali
Allah to Contemporary Muslim Thought”,
Northbrook Islamic Center, Illinois, March 15, 1998.
“Iqbal and Goethe”, Iqbal
Society, Villa Park, Il, March 15, 1998.
“The Place of Sufism in the
Islamic Tradition”, Islamic Unity Conference”, Washington, D. C. Aug. 8, 1998.
“Spiritual Aspects of the
Prophet’s Biography”, 5th Annual Milad al-Nabi Conference, Chicago, Il, Aug. 11, 1998.
“The Waliullahi Movement”,
Conference on The Contribution of South Asia to Islamic Thought”, Islamic Foundation, Villa Park, Il. Aug. 13, 1998.
“Contemporary Issues in Islamic
Law”, Islamic Cultural Center, Northbrook, IL, Nov. 8, 1998.
“Classical Islamic Political
Theory”, Islamic Cultural Center, Northbrook, IL, Feb. 7, 1999.
“Contemporary Issues in Islamic
Law” for Ithna Ashari Shi’i Community
of Toronto, Canada, March 17, 1999.
“Islamic Institutions: The
Khanqah”, Islamic Cultural Center, Northbrook, Il, May 9, 1999.
“Love and Devotion to the Prophet”, Milad al-Nabi Celebration, Peoria, Il, June 26, 1999.
“Adab-o Akhlaq: The Best Example
Of the Prophet”, Milad al-Nabi Celebration, Naqshbandiyya Foundation, Chicago
Il, July 12, 1999.
“Contemporary Issues in Islam”,
Emeritus Program. Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL, Sept. 21, 1999.
“Grief and Grieving in Islam” Ministry Center, Loyola University, Nov. 8, 1999.
“Shah Wali Allah and his
Influence” Muslim Educational Center, Morton Grove, IL, Nov. 13, 1999.
“Marriage and Childbirth
in Islam” Ministry Center, Loyola, March 8, 2000.
Graduation Speaker, Universal
Islamic School, Bridgeview, IL, June 11, 2000.
“Issues in Muslim Education”
American Muslim Council, Washington, DC, June 2000.
“Islam and the Death Penalty”
for Panel on Religious Perspectives on the Death Penalty, Chicago Humanities
Festival, Nov. 12, 2000
“The Significance of Jerusalem
for Muslims” Catholic Theological Union, Hyde Park IL, Jan. 23, 2001.
“Forgiveness in Islam” Ministry
Center, Loyola University, March 19, 2001.
“Islam and the Muslim Student”
Loyola Staff Council, April 25, 2001.
“The Place of Sufism in Islam”
Ibn Sina Society, Cleveland, OH, May 5, 2001.
Graduation Speaker, Islamic
Foundation School, Villa Park, IL, June 1, 2001.
“Heroic Women in Islam” Irshad Islamic Center, Lombard, IL Sept. 8,
2001.
Presenter, Interfaith Memorial Service, First
Presbyterian Church, Evanston, Sept. 11, 2001.
Speaker, St. Nicholas Church, Evanston, Sept. 16, 2001.
Session on Islam and Muslims, Lake Street Church,
Evanston, Sept. 23, 2001.
Speaker, Urs and Qawwali, Chishtiyya Foundation,
Chicago, Sept. 29, 2001.
Loyola Peace Studies Forum Speaker, Sept. 2001.
Oct. 4 Presentation for Loyola Faculty on “Background on
Islam and the Current Crisis”
Oct. 11, 2001.
Loyola Committee on Diversity Affairs, Department of Psychology, Forum
on Aftermath of Sept. 11.
Oct. 24, 2001 Rogers Park Community Forum on “Islam and
the War on Terrorism”
Oct. 29, 2001 Loyola University Teach-In “Beyond
September 11”
Nov. 13, 2001 International Trucking Company “
Warrenville, IL “Islam and Diversity.
Nov. 13. 2001 St. James Church Chicago “Islam”
Nov. 15, 2001 Vocation as “calling” Loyola Ministry,
project Evoke
Nov. 21, 2001 Thanksgiving service prayer, St. Nicholas
Church, Evanston
Nov. 27, 2001 Federal Deposit Insurance Institute,
Chicago. “Islam: An Overview”
Nov. 29, 2001. Columbia College Journalism Seminar
“South Asia: Cultural Elements”
Feb. 6, 2002 Beth Emet Evanston. Series of Four lectures on Islam.
Feb. 9 and Feb. 16, 2002. University of Chicago Middle East Center Outreach program for
Chicago Teachers.
Feb. 15, 2002. “Women in Islam Today” for North Shore
Women’s Club, Winnetka, IL.
Feb. 18, 2002.
Justice Week Speaker on “Governance and Democracy in Islam” for Loyola
School of Education.
Feb. 28, “Understanding Islam” Chicago International
Women’s Association.
March 1, 2002 “Hope in Islam” Islamic Foundation, Villa Park, IL.
March 12, 2002
Presentation for The Dow Chemical Company Diversity Initiative, Midland
Michigan and broadcast world wide to Dow employees on “Women in Islam”
March 12, 2002
Midland Michigan, Civic Center, presentation on “Women in Islam”
2002
March 13, Presenter, Peace Now Jewish-Muslim Dialogue,
Beth Emet, Evanston, IL.
March 18, 2002.
“Hope in Islam” Center for Faith and Mission, Loyola, Chicago.
April 12, 2002.
Lecture on “The Role of Islamic Movements in the United States” Islamic Center of Central Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign.
April 16, 2002 , “The Study of Religion post 9/11”
Religious Studies Colloquium, Theology Department, Loyola University.
April 25, 2002, “Meditation and Remembrance in the Sufi
Tradition”, Soul Space retreat center, Chicago.
June 1, 2002, “Hope, Fear, and Social Activism in Islam”
Indian Muslim Relief Committee, Lombard, IL
Sept. 11, 2002.
Memorial Service, Beth Emet Synagogue, Evanston, Presenter.
“Sufism in the Islamic Tradition” Northwestern
University Muslim Students Association, Oct. 24, 2002.
,March 25, 2003 “Winning the Peace?: Gulf War II
Teach-In” Loyola University Chicago.
Four Lectures at Elijah School of Religion on “Islam and
Authority”, Jerusalem, August, 2003.
Sept. 15, 2003.
Introduction to the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey, Chicago Theater,
Chicago.
Sept. 20/21, 2003.
Retreat Leader, Muslim Women’s Association of New Mexico, Abiquiu, NM.
October 15, 2003.
Loyola. Muslim Women:
Spirituality and Practice for Islam Awareness Week.
Nov. 26, 2003.
Presenter, Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. Ravenswood Ministerial
Association.
Feb. 10, 2004. "Going over
to the Dark Side: Otherness and Evil in Lord of the Rings" Theology
Dept. panel on Lord of the Rings, Loyola University.
March 21, 2004. Panel on “Faith,
reconciliation and hope” for Chicago Tikkun conference on the Middle East.
March 25, 2004. Presenter. Panel for Women’s History Month.
Loyola University.
March 31, 2004. The Iraq war-one year
later. Loyola University.
April 15, 2004 Loyola University
“Revisiting the Idea of Vocation”
April 20, 2004 “Islamic Views of
Vocation” Crossroads Center, Chicago.
May 2, 2004. “Spiritual Aspects of the
Life of Muhammad” Niagara Foundation Milad Celebration, Rosemont, IL.
May 8, 2004. Speech on “Knowledge and
the Intellect in Islam” for Midwest Ismaili Council Milad Celebration, Chicago
IL.
May 16, 2004. “Iqbal and Love of the
Prophet” Iqbal Day Celebration, East-West University, Chicago, Il.
July 10-12, 2004. Three presentations on aspects of Islam at
the Parliament for the World’s Religions, Barcelona, Spain.
Aug. 20, 2004. Talk on “Women in the
Chishti Order” Annual Urs of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, Chishtiyya Foundation,
Chicago, Il.
Aug. 21, 2004. “Shah Wali Allah and his relevance to Muslims Today” at the
Indian Muslim Educational Foundation dinner, Villa Park, Il.
Sept. 15, 2004. Introduction. Whirling dervishes of Konya, Turkey. Chicago Theater, Chicago, Il.
Feb.
16, 2005 Lecture on “Sufism in the West” (in Urdu) at the Arabic and Persia
Research center Library, Tonk, Rajastan, India
Feb.
25 and 27 lectures at the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Research Library, Patna India
March
4, 2005 lecture at the Habitat Center, New Delhi India
March 21, 2005 Lecture at the Jamaat-i Islami headquarters, New Delhi India
April 23, 2005 Presentation at the Council for Islamic Ideology, Islamabad Pakistan.
April 30, 2005 Lecture at International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan
April 28, 2005 Presentation at United States Educational Foundation Fulbright Conference in Lahore.
May 21, 2005. Presentation at the Annual Milad al-Nabi Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
May 22, 2005. Presentation at the Annual Milad al-Nabi Conference, Dallas, Texas.
July 1, 2005 Lecture, “American
Muslims” Community Builders Forum, Skokie, Illinois
Sept. 21, 2005. Respondent, Loyola University theatre
production “In the Heart of America”.
Nov. 9, 2005. Panelist on “textual criticism”
Theology Dept. Loyola University Chicago
Nov. 11, 2005 “Sufi Thought and
Contemporary Issues”, for the Chicago Interfaith Gathering.
Jan. 6, 2006 “American
Sufism” Community Builders Forum,
Skokie Illinois.
Jan. 8, 2006. “American Sufism” Downtown Islamic Center, Chicago.
Jan. 10, 2006. “Diversity in Islam: Media
Representations” Class in Journalism,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Il.
Jan. 15, 2006 “Muslim Women’s
Spirituality” for BVM National Meeting, Loyola University Chicago.
March 4, 2006. “Women and
Religion”, International Women’s Day
Celebration, Des Plaines Turkish Community Center, Il.
March 19 “Women in Islam” , Unitarian Church, Hyde Park, IL
April 3, 2006. “End of Life
Issues in Islamic Medical Ethics” Loyola Medical center, Maywood, IL.
April 16, 2006. Milad, Islamic
Women’s Association, Islamic Foundation, Villa Park, IL.
April 20 “Mercy and Spiritual
Transformation”, Milad, Turkish
Intercultural Club, Loyola University Chicago.
May 27, 2006 Workshop. “American
Muslim Identity”, Community Builders
Chicago Convention, Rosemont, IL
June 4, 2006. Welcome address.
Iqra International Educational Foundation Banquet, Bloomingdale, Il
Sept. 22, 23, 2006 Presentations at the Lutheran School of
Theology, Chicago IL for Conference on Christian Muslim Engagement for Peace
and Justice.
Oct. 30, 2006. “Transforming the
Self: Transforming Society” Muslim Christian Dialogue at the Siena Center,
Dominican University, Lake Forest, Illinois.
Nov. 4, 2006 “Gender and Family
Justice in Islam”, Evangelic Christian/Muslim Dialogue. North Park University,
Chicago.
Jan. 6, 2007. “Reflections on
the Hajj Pilgrimage: Patriarchal or Provocative”, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Mount Prospect, Il.
Feb. 13, 2007. Presentation at the Loyola Museum of Art on
“Islam and Islamic Art”.
Feb. 17, 2007. Panelist “Islam in Pakistan and Pakistanis
in Chicago” Fulbright Association of Chicago.
March 7, 2007. Presentation on “Basic Islam” at Christ
Church, Episcopal, Winnetka, IL.
March 20, 2007. Panelist “Gender
Apartheid: Fact or Fiction”, Loyola University Chicago.
March 21, 2007. Moderator, panel
on “Understanding Mideast tensions and Hopes”, Peacemaking Conference, Loyola
University Chicago.
April 2, 2007. Speaker. “Islam
and Modernization”, Northeastern University Chicago.
April 27/28, 2007. Respondent.
Jesus and Mary in Islamic and Christian Traditions, Nawawi Foundation
Seminar, Oak Brook, IL.
April 30, 2007. Presenter.
Honorary degree to Shirin Ebadi, Gannon Center/Loyola University
Chicago.
May 3, 2007, Presenter, “Rumi A
Voice for Our Times”. Niagara
Foundation, Chicago.
May 5, 2007. Presenter. Women in Religion and Culture. Hellenic Museum, Chicago.
May 11, 2007. Lecture on “Sufism
and the Modern” Frankfort Islamic Center, Frankfort, Il.
May 25, 2007. Presentation on
Islam at Veterans Center, Evanston, IL.
May 27, 2007. Moderator. Panel on Family Relationships, Community
Builders Convention, Skokie, IL.
Sept. 8, 2007. “Rumi: A Voice for our Times”. Mount Prospect Library, Mount Prospect, IL.
Oct. 2. Speaker, “Rumi Commemoration” North Park
University, Chicago.
3.
Service on Boards and Committees
Elected to Board, National
Conference (formerly National Conference of Christians and Jews), San Diego,
1995-6.
Theology and the Natural
Sciences (Templeton): Study of Islam, 1999.
Board, Iqra International
Educational Foundation, Chicago, 2005-
Board, Community Builders
Foundation, Chicago, 2005-
Board, Niagara Foundation,
Chicago, 2006-.
Faculty Advisor, Muslim Student Association, Loyola
University 1997-2005.
Faculty Advisor, Middle Eastern Students Association,
Loyola University Chicago, 2003-2005.
Faculty Advisor, Turkish Intercultural Club, Loyola
University Chicago, 2006-.
Theological Advisor, The Center for Spiritual
Development in Childhood and Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN. 2006-.
Reviewer, Fulbright National Committee, Washington,
2006.
External Reviewer for a number of Ph. D. dissertations
in Religious Studies and Sociology including Drew University, University of
Exeter, University of Queensland.
4.
Consultancy
Group Facilitator,
Canada-Pakistan Round Table Consultation (sponsored by the Canadian
International Development Agency), Toronto, Canada, January 29-31, 1986.
Consultant and Lecturer,
Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa, Canada. Presentations on "Cross-Cultural
Communication" (Pakistan), and "Islam in South Asia," May 1986.
Manuscript reviewer in Islamic
Studies for State University of New York Press, Paragon Press, U. of Wisconsin,
Prentice-Hall, Oxford U. Press, Blackwell.
Proposal Reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University of Alberta.
Evaluator. National Endowment for the Humanities Four
Week Institute for High School Teachers on "Islam: The Quran and the
Hadith as Texts in Understanding Islamic Tenets, Civilization, and World
View". New Mexico, Aug. 1994.
Academic Consultant, Council for
Islamic Education, Fountain Valley, CA
Academic Consultant, Islamic
Information Services, Los Angeles (Islam TV)
5. Other
Television Interview,
"Muslims in San Diego," Channel 51, San Diego, January 28, 1991.
Radio Interview, "The Islamic
Countries Today," KPBS Radio, San Diego, February 4, 1991.
Newspaper Interview (cited as
expert), "American Muslim Women", San Francisco Chronicle,
Nov. 3, 1991.
Article and Interview
"Marcia Hermansen: Professor of Islamic Studies" (in Arabic) al-Majalla.
The International News Magazine of the Arabs. (London) 25 June 1994. pp. 54-55.
Television Interview,
Radio-Television Malaysia, July 1, 1994, Kuala Lumpur.
Newspaper Interview, Berita
Harian Newspaper (in Bahasa Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, July 10, 1994.
Televised lecture broadcast on UCSD TV Channel.
"Introduction to Islam" Feb.
1996.
Various Interviews on
"Islam TV", Los Angeles, March 1996.
Admissions Interviewer of
Prospective Undergraduates, University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1983 to
present.
Faculty Adviser, Muslim Student Association, SDSU,
1984-1989, 1991- 6 and South Asian Student Association, SDSU, 1992-3.
Television Interview, "Saviree, Saviree",
Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 26, 1997.
Videographer (credited) “Celebrating the Prophet in the
Remembrance of God: Sufi Dhikr in Egypt”
1997 Video by Valerie J. Hoffman, Dept. of Religion, University of
Illinois
Interviewed for newspaper article on Rumi Festival, Raleigh
News and Observer, Oct. 2, 1998.
Interviewed by Chicago Sun Times on Generation X
and Religion (Muslim community)
Dec. 1998.
Consulted by National Public
Radio, WBUR Boston for upcoming program on the Qur’an responding to Atlantic
Monthly article. Dec. 23, 1998.
Interviewed by Columbia University
School of Journalism student, Priya Malhotra for article on “Muslim Women
Converts”. Jan. 1999.
Interviewed by Teresa Watenabe of Los Angeles Times
for article on “Sufis in America”, Jan. 27, 1999. Cited in article published on
April 15, 1999.
Organizing Committee. Rogers Park Community Vision, Committee for Unity Vigil against Violence. July 10, 1999.
Interviewed by Michael Paulson, religion writer for the Boston
Globe for story on “Muslim Home Schooling”. July 20, 2000.
Advisory Board, Pew Project on “Religion, Immigration,
and Civil Society in Chicago”, Loyola
2000.
Consulted by PBS show “Religion & Ethics
NewsWeeekly” about Conversion to Islam in America, August 7, 2000.
Consulted by San Diego Union regarding Bahraini
princess story, August 9, 2000.
Consulted by Los Angeles Times religion writer,
Teresa Watanabe for story on the “Role
of American Muslims in a Global Context”, Oct. 3, 2000.
Quoted in Company Magazine, Winter 2000 in
article “Changing Faces” on diversity at America’s Jesuit Universities, p. 29.
Consulted by Kathleen Roberts of the Elgin Courier,
May 3, 2001 for story of religious conversion in America.
Consulted by the Boston Globe, May 10, 2001 for
story of women converts to Islam in America. Published May 13 and copied world
wide.
Interviewed and quoted in Salt Lake City Tribune,
“Meaning of Jihad a Topic of Debate Since Terrorist Attacks on United States”,
by Peggy Fletcher Stack, Sept. 22, 2001.
Consulted, Oct. 1, 2001. Flame Productions, Great
Britain, for documentary proposal on Muslims in America.
Loyola Student Fulbright Application Committee,
Loyola University Chicago, Oct. 2001.
Oct. 5, 2001. Consulted by Aline McKenzie, Staff Writer,
The Dallas Morning News.
Oct. 9 2001. Consulted by M. Lampman, Christian
Science Monitor or Islamic conservatism.
Oct. 17, 2001. Consulted by Rick Wurtzman, Wall
Street Journal on “Muslims in San Diego”
Oct. 18, 2001, consulted by Blain Harden, NY Times
on “Saudi Influence on American Muslims”
Oct. 25, 2001, consulted by Sandi Dolbee, San Diego Union
on “Muslims in San Diego” and “Ramadan”
Nov. 21, 2001. Consulted by Douglas Todd of the Vancouver
Sun on “Authority in Islam” cited in article published.
Photographed for and featured in exhibit on “The
Historic Chicago Bungalow” and bungalow write-up and photograph published in, The
Chicago Bungalow Dominic A. Pacyga & Charles Shanabruch (Chicago:
Architecture Foundation, 2001), 140-1.
Produced Video “In the Garden of American Sufi Movements” Screened at American Academy of Religion, 2001.
Feb. 15, 2002. Cited in New York Daily News
article by Priya Malhotra on “American Muslim Women”.
Feb. 25, 2002 consulted by Marianna Farrell of the Daily
Southtown for story on Islam.
March 1 consulted by Sanjay Dixit of Newsweek on
a story regarding conservatism and American mosques.
March 1, 2002. Consulted by Maherin Gangat on “Converts to Islam in America” and videotaped interview for documentary on this subject.
March 7, 2002 consulted by Bruce Nolan of The Times
Picayune, New Orleans.
March 12, 2002. Interview
by John Hall at CBS, WSGW Saginaw, Michigan on Islam.
April 12.2002.
Interview on Focus 580, WINN Radio (PBS) Urbana on “Muslims in North
America’.
April 17, 2002. Consulted by Jennifer Gross, Valley
News Dispatch, Pittsburgh, for article on “Conversion”.
August 26, 2002.
Consulted by Michael Paulson, Boston Globe for Muslims in America
since Sept. 11.
Sept. 4, 2002. Consulted by Devin Fernandez for Public
Interest article on Muslim Schools in America.
Oct. 16, 2002.
Article on my talk, “Women’s Spirituality in Islam”. South Bend Observer.
Nov. 19,2002. Consulted by Muneeza Arjuman of India Observer (New York) for article on Pakistanis in the United States.
Jan. 24, 2003. Interviewed by Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune for story on Muslims in America.
Feb. 27, 2003. Interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on Muslim Student Associations in the United States.
March 2, 2003. Interviewed on “Our House” Pakistani radio program in Chicago on the topic “Women in Islam”.
August 8, 2003. Interview by Holly Rossi for Religious News Service on “Progressive Muslims”.
Sept. 3, 2003. Interviewed by Eric Roston, Time Magazine for an article on Islamic Schools.
Oct. 10, 2003. Interviewed by Fox News, off air for segment on arranged marriages.
Oct. 15, 2003. Consulted by Justin DeRose NPR Chicago WBEZ on Muslim youth cultures.
Nov. 13, 2003 Consulted by Paul Barrett, Wall Street Journal on Muslim youth in America.
Nov. 18, 2003. Consulted by Kimberley Palmer, Chicago Tribune/Red Eye for story on Islamic Finance. Cited in article published Jan. 21, 2004.
March 1, 2004. Live telephone interview for Iran’s Sahar satellite TV channel on “Muslims in America”.
March 6, 2004. Interview taped for WBEZ radio, Chicago on Progressive Muslim Youth.
March 13, 2004. Article on me in Zaman Turkish Newspaper.
April 5, 2004. Consulted by Chicago Tribune reporter Genieve Abdo for story on Detroit Mosque survey.
April 26, 2004. Consulted by Stella M. Chavez, Dallas Morning News for a story on a local Sufi center. Quoted in the Dallas Morning News, Thursday, April 29, 2004, page 1B. “Diversity in Suburbia”.
April 27, 2004. My interview on “Muslim Youth Cultures” aired on NPR station WBEZ Chicago.
April 28, 2004. Consulted by Anna Mulrine, U.S. News & World Report magazine for an article on the Progressive Muslim Movement in America.
May 3, 2004. Consulted by Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune for story on Muslim Youth in America.
May 12, 2004. Consulted by Mark Oppenheimer, Boston Globe for story on American converts to Islam.
July 22, 2004. Consulted by Judy Marcus of North Shore Magazine for story on “Religious Faith in Chicago”.
Sept. 3, 2004. Consulted by Asra Noumani, for piece on progressive Islam in Time Magazine.
Oct. 8, 2004. Consulted by Barbara Brotman, Chicago Tribune for story on Muslim Student Organizations.
Oct. 8, 2004. Consulted by David Briggs, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Religion News Service for story on Rumi, Ramadan, and interfaith dialogue.
Oct. 8, 2004. Featured in Inside Loyola, “Extraordinary Lives” column.
Oct. 15. Consulted by Irv Leavitt of the Pioneer (Glenview), for a story on Islamic Religious Healing.
Nov. 2, 2004. Consulted by Leah Zeldes, Lerner News for story on Foods of Eid.
Nov. 24, 2004. Consulted by Manya Bashear, Chicago Tribune for story on Bridges (Muslim) TV channel.
Dec. 7, 2004. Consulted by Barbara Brotman for Chicago Tribune story on Muslim Youth. Quoted Dec. 23, 2004 in article “Struggle for the soul of Islam: Muslim youth forge own path in America,” p. 1A.
Dec. 8, 2004. Consulted by Anitra Humphreys of Gospel Truth for a story on “Hearing the Voice of God.”
Dec. 31, 2004. Chicago Tribune interviewed by
Manya Bashear and quoted in article
"Questions of Faith bound to rise from Catastrophe" p. 10.
Jan. 10, 2005.
Interviewed on “Progressive Muslims” by Douglas Williams for Radio
program “Adhan” on station WLUW.
Jan. 11, 2005.
Consulted by Greg Di Cresce, Medill News Service for item on Islamic
Medical Ethics.
Feb. 2005
Lecture write ups published in several Indian Newspapers in Jaipur and
Patna.
April 14, 2005. Interviewed about American Muslims published in Times of India Newspaper.
May 3, 2005. Article on my lecture in Islamabad published in Jang newspaper, Pakistan.
Aug. 25, 2005. Consulted by Julia Liebovitz of Religionlink for article on Women’s groups in mosques.
Nov.-Dec. 2005 Consulted by BBC C4 re documentary on Sufism.
Aug. 19, 2006. Consulted by Ben Wallace-Wells of Rolling Stone for an article on Muslim Converts in the West.
Aug. 25, 2005 Consulted by Dennis Mahoney, Religion reporter, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio for story on the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey.
Oct. 20, 2006. consulted by Deborah Horan, Chicago Tribune for a story of Bohra Muslims and Eid.
Nov. 3, 2006 Consulted by the “Breakfast Club” Radio Program, Kingston, Jamaica, re Muslim Women.
Nov. 8, 2006 Consulted by Noreen Ahmed-Abdullah, Chicago Tribune for story of Muslim Women’s Conference in New York. Cited in article published Nov. 10, 2006, p. 3.
Nov. 29, 2006 Consulted by Helen Gray, Kansas City
Star, and cited in article, “Finding a Faith:
Discovering Islam and Charismatic Christianity” Dec. 16, p. 1.
Feb. 1, 2007. Consulted by Lisa Fernandez, San Jose Mercury News for an
article on Amulets and Islamic Spiritual Healing.
Feb. 20, 2007. Consulted by Cathleen Falsani, Chicago Sun Times for
article on “Sufism in Chicago”.
Feb. 25, 2007. Consulted by Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for
a story on female converts to Islam. Quoted in story published March 15.
March 1, 2007. Interviewed on the Radio show Extension 720, WGN Chicago,
on varieties of Islamic movements.
March 3, 2007 Consulted by Pat Kampert, Chicago
Tribune for the article on religion and masculinity "Men Muscle their
Way into a Faith that Fits" and quoted twice. Section Q. p. 3.
March 14, 2007. Consulted and quoted by Mark
Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for a story on "Conversions
Veiled" about female converts to Islam.
March 29, 2007. Interviewed on Channel 11
WTTW "Chicago Tonight" regarding the book, The Search by
Rhonda Byrne.
April 1, 2007. Interviewed by Nooreen
Ahmed-Abdullah, Chicago Tribune for story on female translator of the
Qur’an.
April 8, 2007. Interviewed by Steve Shoemaker on radio show “Keeping the Faith”,
WILL 580 AM (NPR) Champaign-Urbana on “Islamic Mysticism”.
April 25, Interviewed by Brad Greenberg, LA
News, for an article on divorce among American Muslim youth.
May 17, 2007 Consulted by Michele Marr, Huntington
Beach (CA) Independent on the meaning of “tariket” in Turkey.
Nov. 1, 2007. Consulted by M. Lampman, Christian Science Monitor on
“Sufism in the West”.
Nov. 9, 2007. Interviewed by Nooreen Ahmed-Abdullah, Chicago Tribune for
story on “Ismaili Center and Concert”.
Quoted in Section 2, p. 11.