B.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. Boston University
Assistant Professor at Loyola University New Orleans (2010-2012); Harvard Summer School (2011-2012); Hamnilton College Visiting Assistant Professor (2008-2010).
Islamic studies—law, theology, philosophy, Sufism, history, and culture
Freelance musician
Islamic intellectual history (law, theology, Sufism, logic), Islam in America, Islam in China, Islam and music, 13th-19th century legal and theological commentary traditions
- Ghazali on the Principles of Islamic Spirituality, Skylight Paths, 2011
- Apples and Oranges: The Logic of the Early and Later Logicians, Brill, 2010
- Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Harrasowitz, 2009
- Al-Bujuri, Brill, 2009
“The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of al-Bajuri”
Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (2008-2010); Visiting Researcher, Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Progra (Summers of 2008 and 2010)