Bio Statement:
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies
Chair, Department of Religious Studies
PhD Middle East History
Relevant Publications:
Forthcoming, "Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj Apps: Managing the Operations and Piety of the Hajj", Journal of Religion, Media, and Digital Culture,
Summer 2018 “Emoticons and Religious Authority: Emerging Practices, Shifting Paradigms”, Contemporary Islam 12 (2) July 2018, 153-171
Spring 2018 “The Search for a Young Imam Begins Now: Imam Muda and Civilizational Islam in Malaysia”, in Religion and Reality TV: Faith in Late Capitalism, edited by Mara Einstein, Diane Winston, and Katherine Madden (Routledge, April 2018)
Fall 2013 “Islamic Emoticons: Pious Sociability and Community Building in Online Muslim Communities”, Internet and Emotions, edited by Tova Benski and Eran Fisher (Routledge, 2013), 80-98
Private profile:
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