Souad T. Ali, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Arabic Literature, Middle Eastern, Islamic Studies

School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC)Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ 85287-0202

Email Souad.Ali@asu.edu

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION & EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies (Arabic Literature & Islamic Studies (Honors) 2004The Middle East Center and the Department of Languages and LiteratureThe University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USADissertation: A Modern Liberal Development of Muslim Thought. Summa cum LaudePh.D. Advisor: Dr. Bernard G. Weiss: Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studieshttp://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/spirit_of_islamic_law/

Masters of Arts in English (American/African-American Literature) (Distinction) 1994Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USAMaster’s Thesis: Post-colonialism and the Emergence of African FeminismA Study of the position of women in Islam and Women’s Movements in Africa and the Middle East.

Bachelors of Arts in English (English/African Literature) (Distinction) 1991University of Khartoum and the Polytechnic of North London, England

ACADEMIC TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Arizona State UniversityASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 2010 – PresentArabic Literature and Middle Eastern/Islamic StudiesAssistant Professor 2004 – 2010Arabic Literature and Middle Eastern/Islamic StudiesSchool of International Letters and Cultures (SILC)

- Affiliate Faculty, Women and Gender Studies- Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict- Affiliate Faculty, African and African-American Studies- Affiliate Faculty, Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)- Affiliate Faculty, Center for Middle Eastern Studies. U of Arizona- Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) -Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy

Founding Chair: Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies 2013 – PresentHead of Classics and Middle East Letters and Cultures 2007 – 2014Coordinator of Classics and Middle Eastern Studies 2005 – 2007Director of Arabic Studies 2004 – PresentProvost National Scholarships/Fellowships Committee Member 2004 – PresentMember of the SILC Executive Committee 2007 – 2014Member of the SILC Personnel Committee 2010 – 2014Founding Director of the Certificate Arabic Studies 2006 – PresentFounding Director of the Minor of Arabic Studies 2010 – PresentMember of the SILC Undergraduate Committee 2014 – Present

American University of KuwaitVisiting Associate Professor Spring 2015

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR 2009 - 2010https://asunews.asu.edu/20100319_souadaliPRESIDENT and Past President (AAR/WR)American Academy of Religion/Western Region March 2012 – 2014

Vice President and Program Chair (AAR/WR) March 2011 – March 2012American Academy of Religion/Western Region

Speaker and Specialist: US Department of State July/August, 2012Awarded a Grant by the U.S. Department of State to participate in a program in Senegal in summer 2012 titled “Ramadan: Sufism and Democracy,” which focused on the role of tolerance in both Islam and democracy and the importance of religious freedom and tolerance in America. The rich program featured several lectures including selected lectures detailed on the scholarly conferences section on this CV.https://asunews.asu.edu/20120907_souadali

Previous Teaching Experience:

LECTURER 2002 – 2004Arabic and Middle Eastern StudiesDepartment of Languages and Literature University of Utah

ADJUNCT FACULTY 2003 - 2004Department of Asian and Near Eastern Studies Brigham Young University

ADJUNCT FACULTY 1997 - 2000African and Middle Eastern Studies. Hiram College, Ohio

INSTRUCTOR 1995 - 1997Middle Eastern StudiesDepartment of Anthropology. Brigham Young University

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-Graduate Instructor of English and Arabic 1991 – 1994English Department, BYUAsian & Near Eastern Department

PUBLICATIONS: Peer ReviewedBooks

Ali, Souad T., Stephanie Beswick, Richard Lobban, and Jay Spaulding, Editors. THE ROAD TO TWO SUDANS. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, April, 2014 (reached the top of Amazon’s List for “Bestselling New and Future Releases” in Sudan History and North African History when it was released in April 2014).

Ali, Souad T. A Religion, Not A State: ‘Abd al-Raziq’s Islamic Justification of Political Secularism. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2009 (reached the top of Amazon’s List for “Bestselling New and Future Releases in Turkey” when it was released in September 2009).

In Progress

Ali, Souad T. Kuwaiti Women in Leadership Positions. (Based on ongoing ethnographic research and interviews I initially conducted as a Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Kuwait and recently in summer of 2013 and 2015).

Ali, Souad T. Gender Reforms in Islamic Contexts: Modern Perspectives on Gender Issues, Arab, African, and Muslim Women. Monograph under substantial revision. This monograph grew out of my earlier manuscript, Post-colonialism and the Emergence of African Feminism.

Ali, Souad T. English Translation of Ali ‘Abd al-Raziq’s Islam and the Foundations of Rule: Research on the Caliphate and Government in Islam. Based on the first proposal, invited by Oxford University Press to submit the full manuscript (when it is ready) for publication consideration as part of their joint Series “Religion in Translation” with Harvard and the American Academy of Religion.

Ali, Souad T. Sufism and Democracy: The Role of Tolerance in Both Islam and Democracy. A study that has emerged out of my recent project in Senegal

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Scholarly Articles: Peer Reviewed______________________________________________________________________

Ali, Souad T. “The Central Argument Against the Islamic Caliphate.” In The Caliphate and Islamic Statehood: Formation, Fragmentation and Modern Interpretation – Volume III. Volume Editor: Carool Kersten. Gerlach Press. Berlin, Germany, 2015, pp. 158-174.

Ali, Souad T. “The Role of Muslim Women in Engendering Peace: The case of Sudan and Nigeria.” In Women and Peace in the Islamic World: Gender, Agency and Influence. Volume Editors: Saikia, Yasmin and Charles Haines. I.B. Tauris, 2015, pp. 169-190.

Ali, Souad T. “Sara Akbar: Female Kuwaiti Hero and Leader in the Oil Industry.” Hawwa: A Journal for Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World. Volume 14. No. 2. Brill, August 2016.

Ali, Souad T. “Gender Studies and Women: Methodologies” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, ed. by Natana DeLong-Bas, vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 371–382.

Ali, Souad T. “Barlas, Asma” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, ed. by Natana DeLong-Bas, vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 91–93.

Ali, Souad T. “Barazangi, Nimat Hafez” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, ed. by Natana DeLong-Bas, vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 90–91.

Ali, Souad T. “Feminism in Islam: A Critique of Polygamy in Mariama Ba’s Epistolary Novel: So Long A Letter.” Hawwa: A Journal for Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World. Volume 10.3: 179-199. Brill, December 2012.

*Ali, Souad T. “Women in Islam and Civil Society: An Overview of the Disparity between Religion and Culture.” In A Lecture on Gender Issues. Kosovar Gender Studies Centre (KGSC). Published (2010-11) 107-121. ISBN 978-9951-55.

*Article above translated into Kosovar and published in a separate volume in 2011.

Ali, Souad T. “Identity, Gender, and Politics in Buthaina Khidr Mekki's Novel Hujūl min Shawk” (Anklets of Thorns) The Ahfad Journal: Women and Change . Omdurman (Sudan): Ahfad University. Volume 23, No. 2. (2006), 107-132.

Ali, Souad T. “Muslim Women’s Rights: Religion and Tradition.” In Islam and the Contemporary World: Tolerance, Peace-building, and Women’s Rights in Islam. Editor: Amra Pandžo-Duric. Translated into Bosnian by Sonja Žujo. Sarajevo: Priručnik za Nastavnice i Nastavnike Islamske Vjeronauke o Mirovnoj Dimenziji Islama, Priredila: Amra Pandžo, Sarajevo, Udruženje za Dijalog u Porodici i Društvu Mali Koraci (2008), 17-28.

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Ali, Souad T. “Religious Practices: Preaching and Women Preachers (Sudan).” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Ed. Professor Suad Joseph. University of California, Davis. Brill Academic Publishers. Volume 5: 2007, 346-347.

Ali, Souad T. “Abd al-Karim al-Kabli: Sudanese Singer/Folklorist.” Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Ed. Dr. Michael R. Fischbach. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Group, 2008. 399-401.

Ali, Souad T. “Aspects of Grammatical Negation in Cairene, Sudanese, and Modern Standard Arabic.” Al-Mashriq: A Quarterly Journal of Middle East Studies. Australia. Volume 7 No. 27 (December 2008) 63-72.

Ali, Souad T. “Ali ‘Abd al-Raziq and the Controversy Over the Idea of the Islamic State.” Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Intellectual and Cultural Studies. New York: Binghamton University (SUNY). Volume II Issue II (Fall 2004) 47-74.

Several articles in progress; some are ready for journal submission for publication.

Other scholarly Articles

Ali, Souad T. “Al-Suhrwardi and the Philosophy of Illumination.” DAHESH VOICE. New York City. Vol. 13. No. 51 (2008) 30 – 34.

Ali, Souad T. “Analyzing Nora Moll’s ‘The Myth of European Literature and Its ‘Mediterranean’ Criticism: Arabic and Italian Contributions.’” Proceedings of The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture Conference. International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS). (Forthcoming).

Ali, Souad T. “Hadith Transmission: A Brief Survey of Contributions made by Western Scholars–Goldziher, Schacht, and Juynboll.” DAHESH VOICE. Volume 12. No. 2 New York City: (Winter 2007), 13-19.

Ali, Souad T. Review of Nimat Hafez Barazangi’s Woman Identity and the Quran: A New Reading. (University of Florida Press). Anthropology and EducationQuarterly. Vol.36: 3,4 (Spring 2005).

SELECT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRSENTATIONS AND/OR OTHER PANELS

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Paper: “Sara Akbar's Experience as the First Arab CEO of a Gulf Oil Company.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region (AAR/WR). Santa Clara University, California. March 20-22, 2015.

Chair and Moderator. “Academic Scholarship and Activism: Negotiating Normativities, Subjectivities, and Feminism.” American Academy of Religion (AAR). Atlanta, Georgia, November 21 – 24, 2015.

Keynote Lecture: “Discussing Kuwaiti Women in Leadership Positions.” Invited Lecture. American University of Kuwait. June 21, 2015.

Presentation: “A DISTINGUISHED ARTISTIC AND LINGUISTIC SUDANESE

LEGACY: KABLI, ABDEL-KARIM.” Sudan Studies Association of North American University of Minnesota 22-24 May, 2015.

Chair and Moderator: “Institutional Practices and Missionary Manuals: Temple, Church, and Community.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Santa Clara University: March, 20-22, 2015.

Organizer and Moderator: “Women and Religion’ and ‘Jewish Studies’ Joint Session: Responding to Edith Stein and Regina Jonas: Religious Visionaries in the Time of the Death Camps_ by Emily Leah Silverman.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region (AAR/WR). Santa Clara University, California. March 20-22, 2015.

Chair and Moderator. “Islamic Practices and Rituals.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region (AAR/WR). Santa Clara University, California. March 20-22, 2015.

Presentation: “History of the African-American Experience Through Literary Eyes.” Invited Presentation. American University of Kuwait. February, 2015.

Panel Participant. “Rethinking Islamic Studies in Academia: Teaching Islamic Studies: Key Topics and Best Practices.” American Academy of Religion (AAR). Atlanta, Georgia, November 21 – 24, 2015.

Paper: “Sudanese of the Second Diaspora in Arizona: Challenges and Opportunities.” Sudan Studies Association of North American. University of San Francisco. May 23-25, 2014.

Panel. Participated in “Rethinking Islamic Studies in Academia: Teaching Islamic Studies: Key Topics and Best Practices.” A scholarly Workshop at the American Academy of Religion (AAR). San Diego, CA, November 21 – 24, 2014

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Paper: "Sufism and democracy: Deep Roots for Modern Practices in Senegal." American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Loyola Marymount University; San Jose, CA: March, 20-22, 2014.

Chair and Moderator: Keynote Address Panel of Professor Amir Hussain. American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Loyola Marymount University; San Jose, CA: March, 20-22, 2014.

Chair and Moderator: “Islam and Diaspora: Negotiating New Centers.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Loyola Marymount University; San Jose, CA: March, 20-22, 2014.

Chair and Moderator. “"Sufism and Resistance in Sudan.” Sudan Studies Association of North American. University of San Francisco. May 23-25, 2014.

Paper: “Contributions of Translators of Arabic Texts in Transferring Literatures.” Third Baghdad International Conference of Translation on the theme: "Translation as a Means of Communication among Cultures." Baghdad: May 7 -9, 2013.

Panel. Participated in “Rethinking Islamic Studies in Academia.” A scholarly Workshop at the American Academy of Religion (AAR). Baltimore, November 21 – 24, 2013.

Participated in the 2013 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference’s Center for the Study of Arabic Abroad (CASA) and the American University of Cairo (AUC) Programs, in addition to several American Panels. New Orleans: October 11-14, 2013.

Participant and Respondent: American University of Cairo’s (AUC) Session on Arabic Heritage Teaching. MESA: New Orleans: October 11-14, 2013.

Paper: “The Politics of Sudanese Identity: A Study of Buthaina Khidr Mekki’s Novel, Husjul min Shawk (Anklets of Thorns).” Sudan Studies Association of North America (SSA). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 24-26, 2013.

Chair and Moderator. “Honoring a Lifetime of Distinguished Scholarship: Dr. Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angeles: “Running Out of Poems? An Auto- ethnography of Sudan.” Sudan Studies Association of North America (SSA). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 24-26, 2013.

Chair and Discussant: Dr. Amina Wadud’s Lecture on: "Challenges of Muslim Women in the Diaspora and in their own Communities." Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies Lecture. ASU, Tempe: March 11, 2013.

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Invited Participant: “Representations of the Self and the Other in the Gulf Arabic Literature.” Arabic Department. The University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar: April 24 - 25, 2013.

Invited Participant: “Tenth International Interfaith Dialogue Conference.” Qatar International Center for Interfaith Dialogue. Qatar Foundation. Doha, Qatar: April 23 - 25, 2013.

Paper: “The Role of Women in Peaceful Theology: the Case of Muslim-American Women Scholars.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Santa Clara University: March, 24-26, 2012.

Paper: “Sudanese Women in Transnational Worlds: Negotiating Peaceful Coexistence.” The Sudan Studies Association of North America’s 31st Conference. Tempe, Arizona State University. May 18-20, 2012

Panelist: Participated in “Rethinking Islamic Studies: Performance and Practice in Muslim Experience” A Workshop (1 – 5 PM 11/16) at the American Academy of Religion (AAR). Chicago. November 16 – 20, 2012

Invited Keynote Lecture: “Challenging Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an.” Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The University of Arizona. University of Arizona. October 26, 2012.

Invited Keynote Address: “Sufism and Democracy: A Religious Studies Viewpoint." U.S. State Department Speaker and Specialist program on "Sufism and Democracy." Dakar, Senegal, July, 2012.

"Interfaith Dialogue: Comparative Viewpoints on ‘How’ and ‘Why’ in Senegalese and U.S. Context." West African Research Center (WARC). U.S. State Department Speaker and Specialist program on "Sufism and Democracy." Dakar, Senegal

July, 2012.

"Women and Democracy in Sufism." U.S. State Department Speaker and Specialist program on "Sufism and Democracy" on the role of tolerance in both Islam and democracy and the importance of religious freedom and tolerance in America. Dakar, Senegal. July, 2012.

“Deep Roots in Sufism and Democracy for Modern Practice in Senegal." U.S. State Department Speaker and Specialist program on "Sufism and Democracy" on the role of tolerance in both Islam and democracy and the importance of religious freedom and tolerance in America. Dakar, Senegal. July, 2012.

"Interfaith Dialogue in Sufism and in a Democracy: Origins and Practical uses in Arabic Pedagogical Contexts.” University of Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. U.S. State

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Department Speaker and Specialist program on "Sufism and Democracy." Dakar, Senegal July, 2012.

Chair: “Directions in Buddhism.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region (AAR/WR). Santa Clara University, California. March 24-26, 2012.

Chair and Moderator. “Sudan in the Ancient World.” The Sudan Studies Association of North America’s 31st Conference (SSA). Tempe, Arizona State University. May 18-20, 2012

Paper: “The Role of Muslim Women in Engendering Peace: Sudan and Nigeria.” ASU Conference on Islam, Women, and Peace. Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. March, 2011.

Keynote Lecture: “A Focus on the Egalitarian Message of the Qur'an.” Invited Keynote Lecture. Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah. Kuwait. December 19, 2011.

Invited Presentation: “Reflections on Issues Related to Arab and Muslim Women.” Association of American University Women (AAUW). Phoenix Branch, AZ. November 15, 2011.

Moderator: “Islamic Law and Liberal Democracy.” Coordinated and Moderated. Professor Clark Lombardi’s Symposium. ASU Law School: Center for Law and Global Affairs. January, 2011.

Chair: “Current Islamic Thought: Philosophy, Reformation, War, and Religious Pluralism.” American Academy of Religion/WR. Whittier College, California. March 28, 2011.

Chair: “Identity, Gender and Activism.” American Academy of Religion/WR. Whittier College, California. March 27, 2011.

Invited Presentation. “The Politics of the Veil.’ American University in Kuwiat: A Presentation Delivered to the Fulbright Hays Scholars. May, 2010.

Invited Presentation. “Modern Perspectives on Gender Issues.” American University in Kuwait: AUK American Corner. March, 2010.

Invited Lecture. “Hijab From an Islamic Perspective.” American University in Kuwait for Boston College. May, 2010.

Organizer, Moderator, and Discussant. “The Experience of Kuwaiti Women in Leadership Positions.” A Distinguished Panel that featured Sarah Akbar (Kuwait Energy CEO), Safa Al-Hashem, and Lulwa Al-Mulla.” Gulf Studies Center. American University of Kuwait. May 23, 2010.

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Invited Panelist. “How Far-Reaching is the Contribution of Contemporary Arab Culture to the Enhancement of World Culture?” The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture. A Congress organized by the International Association of Intercultural Studies. Paris: UNESCO. March 26-27, 2009.

Invited Discussant of Dr. Nora Moll’s (University of Rome) Paper, “The Myth of European Literature and Its ‘Mediterranean’ Criticism: Arabic and Italian Contributions.” The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture. A Congress organized by the International Association of Intercultural Studies. Paris: UNESCO. March 26-27, 2009.

Invited Presentation: “A Muslim-American Feminist Interpretation of Islam: The Case of Amina Wadud.” Faith Communities and Civil Society: A Two-Week Interactive U.S. Seminar for Religious and NGO Leaders from Kosovo. Sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The ASU Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Tempe: January 2009.

Invited Chair and Moderator. “Social Scientific Research: A Different Approach To Analyzing Current World Economic Crisis.” The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture. A Congress organized by the International Association of Intercultural Studies. Paris: UNESCO. March 26-27, 2009.

Invited Moderator and Discussant. “Women and Religion.” Faith Communities and Civil Society: A Two-Week Interactive U.S. Seminar for Religious, NGO Leaders, and Academics” sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair. The ASU Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Prishtina, Kosovo: May 16 – 29, 2009.

Chair and Discussant: “Muslim Students Associations in California Universities.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Santa Clara University, California. March 22-23, 2009.

Discussant: “Muslim Women in America.” Women in American and Balkan Religious Life. Faith Communities and Civil Society: A Three Week-Interactive U.S. Seminar for Bosnian Visitors of Religious Leaders, NGO’s and Academics. The ASU Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Tempe: January 8-26, 2008.

Chair and Discussant. “Teaching and Studying Islam in North America and the Arab World.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Fuller Theologian Union. Pasadena, California. March 29-31, 2008.

Participant: Annual Meeting of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) convened as part of the Middle East Studies Association’s (MESA) Annual Conference. Represented SILC and ASU as a new member of the CASA. Washington DC: November 22-25, 2008.

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Paper: “Abu-Hamid al-Ghazali: A Complex Journey to Sufism.” The 2007 Middle East and Central Asia Annual Conference, The University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 6 – 8, 2007.

Paper: “Current Transformations of Islamic Education in Sudan and East Africa.” Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). Boston, MA. November 18 – 21, 2006.

Chair. “Islamic Frontiers.” 13th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Conference. ASU. Tempe, Arizona. 15-17 February, 2007.

Chair. “Language, Tradition, and the Arts in Eurasia.” 2006 Middle East and Central Asia Conference. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, 7-9 September, 2006.

Paper: “Modernity and Authenticity in Islam: The Case of al-Azhar University.” The 2006 Middle East and Central Asia Annual Conference, The University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 7 – 9, 2006.

Paper: “A Feminist Ideology in Islam.” The 2005 Middle East and Central Asia Annual Conference. The University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 8 – 10, 2005.

Organizer, Chair, and Discussant. “Sudan’s Wars and Peace: The Complexity of

Identity Engineering.” Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and the African Studies Association of North America’s Conferences (ASA). Boston, MA. November 19 - 22, 2005.

Paper: “The Emergence of Egyptian Feminism.” Conference on Gender, Diversity, and Identity: An International and Interdisciplinary Women’s Forum. The University of Utah. Salt Lake City: March 5, 2004.

Paper: "A Critique of Polygamy: A Study of Mariama Ba's Epistolary Novel: So Long A Letter." The Inaugural World Conference of the Black Expressive Culture Studies Association. Pan African Studies Department, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio: November 19-21, 1998.

SELECT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE PANELS CHAIRED AND/OR DICUSSANT

Ali, Souad T. Chair and Moderator. “Honoring a Lifetime of Distinguished Scholarship: Dr. Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angeles: “Running Out of Poems? An Auto- ethnography of Sudan.” Sudan Studies Association of North America (SSA). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 24-26, 2013.

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Ali, Souad T. Chair and Discussant: Dr. Amina Wadud’s Lecture on: "Challenges of Muslim Women in the Diaspora and in their own Communities." Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies Lecture. ASU, Tempe: March 11, 2013.

Ali, Souad T. “Directions in Buddhism.” American Academy of Religion/Western Region. Santa Clara University, California. March 24-26, 2012.

Ali, Souad T. Chair and Moderator. “Sudan in the Ancient World.” The Sudan Studies Association of North America’s 31st Conference. Tempe, Arizona State University. May 18-20, 2012

Ali, Souad T. Islamic Law and Liberal Democracy. Coordinated and Moderated. Professor Clark Lombardi’s Symposium. ASU Law School: Center for Law and Global Affairs. January, 2011.

Souad T. Ali. Chair. “Current Islamic Thought: Philosophy, Reformation, War, and Religious Pluralism.” American Academy of Religion/WR. Whittier College, California. March 28, 2011.

Ali, Souad T. Chair. “Identity, Gender and Activism.” American Academy of Religion/WR. Whittier College, California. March 27, 2011.

Ali, Souad T. Organizer, Moderator, and Discussant. “The Experience of Kuwaiti Women in Leadership Positions.” A Distinguished Panel that featured Sarah Akbar (Kuwait Energy CEO), Safa Al-Hashem, and Lulwa Al-Mulla.” Gulf Studies Center. American University of Kuwait. May 23, 2010.

Ali, Souad T. Invited Chair. “Social Scientific Research: A Different Approach To Analyzing Current World Economic Crisis.” The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture. A Congress organized by the International Association of Intercultural Studies. Paris: UNESCO. March 26-27, 2009.

Ali, Souad T. Invited Moderator and Discussant. “Women and Religion.” Faith Communities and Civil Society: A Two-Week Interactive U.S. Seminar for Religious, NGO Leaders, and Academics” sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair. The ASU Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Prishtina, Kosovo: May 16 – 29, 2009.

Ali, Souad T. Chair: “Muslim Students Associations in California Universities.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Santa Clara University, California. March 22-23, 2009.

Ali, Souad T. Chair and Discussant. “Political Islam.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Fuller Theologian Union. Pasadena, California. March 29-31, 2008.

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Ali, Souad T. Chair and Discussant. “Teaching and Studying Islam in North America and the Arab World.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Fuller Theologian Union. Pasadena, California. March 29-31, 2008.

Ali, Souad T. Chair and Discussant. “Muslim Experiences with Modernity, Secularism and Globalization.” 2007 Middle East and Central Asia Conference. University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 6-8, 2007.

Ali, Souad T. Chair. “Islamic Frontiers.” 13th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Conference. ASU. Tempe, Arizona. 15-17 February, 2007. (Local)

Ali, Souad T. Chair. “Language, Tradition, and the Arts in Eurasia.” 2006 Middle East and Central Asia Conference. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, 7-9 September, 2006.

Ali, Souad T. Organizer, Chair, and Discussant. “Sudan’s Wars and Peace: The Complexity of Identity Engineering.” Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and the African Studies Association of North America’s Conferences (ASA). Boston, MA. November 19 - 22, 2005.

Regional, Local Conference Papers and Presentations

Several Papers presented at regional and local conferences through 2014 (please see details on the Faculty Activity Report FAR--2014).

Paper: “Sufism, the Shatahat, and the Legacy of al-Ghazali.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Santa Clara University, California. March 22-23, 2009. (Regional).

Invited Lead Panelist. “Deconstructing Islamophobia.” Students Advocates for Global Justice. Arizona State University. September 29, 2010.

Presentation: “Examining Nimat Hafez Barazangi’s Gender Reform Proposal of ‘Self-Learning of Islam’ as a Tool for Change in Muslim Societies.” Religion, Gender, and Reform Research Cluster. Institute for Humanities Research. ASU. February 18, 2009. (Local)

Panelist: “Women in the Academy.” American Academy W/R Conference (WECSOR). Fuller Theologian Union. Pasadena, California. March 29-31, 2008. Regional.

Paper: “Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic Justification of Political Secularism.” American Academy of Religion W/R Conference (WECSOR). Graduate Theological Union. Berkeley, California. March 25-26, 2007. (Regional)

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Panelist: “The Development of Islamic Education in Sudan, Egypt, and East Africa.” American Academy of Religion Regional (WECSOR) Conference. Arizona State University. March 14 – 15, 2005. (Regional)

Paper: “A Religion, Not a State: ‘Ali ‘Abd al-Raziq and the Controversy Over the Idea of the Islamic State.” The 2004 Middle East and Central Asia Conference. The University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 9 – 11, 2004. (National)

Paper: “Polygamy: Muslim Scholars’ Conflicting Discourse.” The 2004 Middle East and Central Asia Conference. The University of Utah. Salt Lake City. September 9 – 11, 2004. (National)

Paper: “’Modern’ and ‘Traditional’ Forces in Sudanese Politics.” The 17 th Annual Conference of the Sudan Studies Association (SSA) of North America. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: May 8-10, 1998. (National)

Paper: "Al-Sudan Center for Democracy, Peace, and Civil Rights: An Overview." The 18th Annual Conference of the Sudan Studies Association (SSA) of North America. Tufts University: Medford (MA), June 4-6, 1999. (National)

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE/SCHOOL SERVICE

Director of the Arabic Studies Program (2004 – present): Building curricular, working very closely with all Arabic Faculty and Instructors, mentoring, advising, paying class visits, providing feedback, meeting regularly for developing the program; conducting assessment for college. Has spared no time or effort for the past nine years in the path of successfully developing the Arabic Studies program with all of its several components, in addition to working closely with students and advising them. Working diligently on creating the Major in Arabic Studies based on the approved academic plan.

Founding Chair, Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU. 2013 – Present.

Head and Coordinator of Classics and Middle East Letters and Cultures: School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC) (2007 – 2014).

Coordinator of Classics and Middle East Studies. SILC (Formerly Department of Languages and Literatures). (2005 – 2007).

Founded the ASU Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies. Organized Lecture Series bringing prominent scholars of Arabic and Islamic Scholars to ASU including Dr. Amina Wadud, Dr. John Esposito, among others, pending fundraising programs. Submitted two proposals for raising funds to help execute the Council’s Mission of diverse research and interdisciplinary teaching and of cross-cultural understanding.

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Chair: Search Committee to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic Applied Linguistics (2012-13).

Established the Successful Minor in Arabic Studies Program (2010/11).

Created the Study Abroad Program in 2012-13 at the American University of Kuwait in Kuwait city for a global expansion of our successful Arabic Studies Program. The program runs every two years. The first year was quite successful academically, despite local difficulties and also given the lack of a staff assistant from the study abroad program.

Earlier created an online program proposal for the Certificate in Arabic Literature and Culture; pending.

University of Qatar Initiative. Traveled in 2013 to Doha Qatar and discussed their interest in signing a memorandum of understanding agreement for exchange programs between ASU and the Arabic Studies Department at Qatar University.

Qatar Foundation: Submitted a grant proposal to develop the Arabic Studies Program and the Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies.

Kuwait: Submitted a grant proposal for the Council of Arabic and Islamic Studies.

Founding Director and Coordinator of the Certificate in Arabic Studies: Builds Curricular, advises, mentors, and works closely with students taking the Certificate. Follows measures for verification of completion of the certificate requirements in coordination with the SILC academic advisors. Checks and double checks to confirm that each student has met the requirements and signs off on all Certificates (2006 – Present).

SILC Executive Committee Member (first LL in 2006 – 2007, and EC: 2007 – 2014)

SILC Personnel Committee Member 2010 – 2014).

University Vice President and Provost’s National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee. Member, Evaluator, Interviewer: ASU Barrett Honors College (2004 – Present).

Evaluator, Interviewer: Fulbright and National Security Education Program (NSEP) Fellowship/Scholarships Committee: ASU (2004—Present).

Chair: First Arabic Search Committee to hire tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Studies, 2010.

Institute for Humanities Research Advisory Board Member. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (2006—2008)

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SILC Steering Committee Member: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2005—2006)

Chair: Committee on community Links for SILC Steering Committee (2005—2006)

Department Affirmative Action Committee Representative (2004—2005)

Member: University Committee for planning the 2005 All-University Orientation for new Faculty & Academic Professionals (2005).

Created the Persian (Farsi) Program and Turkish Programs that are now taught in their elementary and intermediate, or elementary level, respectively, in SILC. In Fall 2009 the first Advanced Persian (Farsi) class will be introduced. Turkish is temporary not offered for lack of Faculty.

Member: Screening Committee for Hiring an Assistant Professor of Hebrew. Department of Languages and Literatures (Spring 2005).

Organizer and Coordinator of Dr. Bernard Weiss’s Visit and Lecture. Department of Languages and Literatures and Department of Religious Studies (Spring 2006).

Member: Search Committee for Hiring a Lecturer in Hindi/Urdu. Department of Languages and Literatures and Department of Religious Studies (Spring 2006/Fall 2007)

Member: Search Committee for replacing a Hebrew Lecturer. SILC. (2008),

Advisor: Saudi Arabian Students Club at ASU. 2016 – Present.

Advisor: Women on the Move Students Club – 2014 – Present. https://cais.asu.edu/

Advisor: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Club; ASU branch of a Harvard-based national Club. ASU (2014 – Present).

Advisor: Arab Students Association (now Arabic Culture and Language Club) ASU. (2004 – Present).

Advisor: Graduate Muslim Students Association (2009 – 2011).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, AFFILIATION, MEMBERSHIP

Professional Service:

Book Review Editor, Hawwa: Journal for Women of the Middle East and the Muslim World. Georgetown UP--Qatar, Brill Publishers (2014 – Present.).

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Board Member of the Arizona Chapter of the Fulbright Association (2014 – Present).

Steering Committee Member. "Sacred Texts and Ethics Section." The American Academy of Religion National AAR (2015 – Present).

Interim Chair. “Women in Religion Section.” The American Academy of Religion/Western Region (AAR/WR) (March 2014-March 2015).

President: American Academy of Religion/Western Region (2012-2013): A Three year commitment: (VP, President, Past President (2011 - 2014).

Organized the 2013 American Academy of Religion/Western Region Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona March 9 – 11, 2013.

Manuscript Peer Reviewer. Journal of African Studies. 2013 – Present.. Board of Directors Member and Arizona and Nevada Representative: American

Academy of Religion AAR/WR (March 2008 – Present).

Executive Committee Member. International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS). Cairo, Egypt and Bremen Germany. (2008 – Present).

Board of Directors member: Sudan Studies Association of North America (2009 – Present).

Served as Manuscript Peer Reviewer. Georgetown University Press.

Team-Organized the 31st Annual Conference of the Sudan Studies Association of the North America under the theme: “Sudan in the World.” The Sudan Studies Association of North America’s 31st Conference. Tempe, Arizona State University. May 18-20, 2012

Vice President and Program Chair: American Academy of Religion/Western Region (March 2011 – March 2012): A Three year commitment: VP, President, and Past President.

Co-Chair: Islamic Studies Section. American Academy of Religion AAR/WR (March 2007 – 2011).

Served for several years as Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Sudan Studies Association’s Bulletin.

Membership and Affiliation:

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Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) since 2004. American Academy of Religion (AAR) since 2005. American Association of University Professors (AAUP) since 2004. American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) since 1994. Sudan Studies Association of North America (SSA) since 1997. Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict (ASU) since 2005. Association of American University Women (AAUW) since 2004. Council for Foreign Relations, since 2011. West African Research Center (WARC): Dakar, Senegal since August 2012. American University of Kuwait since 2009 Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah, Kuwait since 2009. Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA): University of Texas, Austin and the

American University in Cairo (AUC) since 2008. Women and Gender Studies Program (ASU) since 2005. African and African-American Studies (ASU) since 2004. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona since 2004. Middle Eastern Studies Center, University of Utah since 2001. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) since 2005. Gulf Studies Center. American University of Kuwait Since 2010. Black Expressive Culture Studies Association (Kent State University) Since 1998.

GRANTS

EXTERNAL GRANTS AWARDED

American University of Kuwait (Visiting Teaching Fellowship). Spring 2015. One semester: $65,000.

Speaker and Specialist Grant: U.S. State Department (Sufism and Democracy in Senegal) focusing on the role of tolerance in both Islam and democracy and the importance of religious freedom and tolerance in America (2012). $15,000.

Fulbright Grant (Research/Teaching Fellowship). The American University of Kuwait. 2009-2010. Sponsored by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program (U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs). $60,000.

Travel, Lodging, and Accommodation Grant to participate in the Seminar on “Faith Communities and Civil Society” conducted in Kosovo and Macedonia for Arizona Religious, Academic, and NGO Leaders as part of the ASU Delegation to Kosovo. ASU Melikian Center under terms of a Grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Kosovo: May 16 – 29, 2009.

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Lodging and Accommodation Grant to attend the International Conference on “Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture.” International Association of Intercultural Studies (IAIS) and UNESCO. Paris, France: March 26—27, 2009.

Travel, Lodging, and Accommodation Award to attend the Ahfad University Centennial Anniversary. Khartoum, Sudan (December 4 – 6, 2007). Declined.

Internal Research Seed Grants Awarded

Institute for Humanities Research Seed Grant, ASU (Spring 2005): $10,000. A Collaborative Research Project on “Current Transformations of Islamic Education in Global and Comparative Perspectives.”

Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict (CSRC), ASU (Fall 2005): $15,000. A Collaborative Research Project on “Democracy in the Middle East’ (DIME).

Women and Gender Studies Summer Award, ASU (2005): $2,000. In support of “A Feminist Ideology in Islam” Project.

Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) Research Cluster. Recipient of the Jenny Norton Award for Research on Women (2008-2009): $2,500. Research Project, “Religion, Gender, and Reform.” Cluster Facilitators Souad T. Ali and Mirna Lattouf.

Dean of Humanities Research Grant. $2,000. 2009.

Fellowships and Scholarships Awarded

Steffensen Cannon Graduate Scholarship, the University of Utah (2003-2004): $12,000 Steffensen Cannon Summer Graduate Scholarship, the University of Utah (2004): $6,000

(Declined and accepted the ASU offer to move to Tempe, Arizona in August of 2004).

The Middle East Center Graduate Fellowship, The University of Utah (2002- 2003): $11,000

The Middle East Center Graduate Fellowship, the University of Utah (2001-2002): $11,000

External Collaborative Research Grants Sought

“Islamic Justification of Political Secularism.” Carnegie Scholars Program. Submitted a Grant Proposal for $100,000. Selected among a short list of Finalists. PI.

Transformation Of Islamic Education And Construction Of Identity And Otherness. A $500,000 Grant Proposal submitted to the Spencer Foundation. Co-PI.

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The Legitimation Of Excluded Islamist Political Parties: Religion, The State, And Society In Six Muslim Majority Countries. A $50,000 Grant Proposal submitted to the United States Institute of Peace. Co-PI.

Religious And Community Leaders' Dialogue For Democracy And Tolerance. A Grant Proposal within Limited submission public service. Co-PI.

External Teaching Grant Sought

Submitted in 2007 a joint proposal (ASU and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) to StarTalk Summer Arabic Teacher Program for a total of $100,000 with approximately $40,000 designated for SILC to train Arabic High School Teachers on campus in summer of 2008. Co-PI.

Teaching Monetary Award Provided annually for Students

The Souad T. Ali Award of Excellence for Advanced ArabicProvided to outstanding students of advanced Arabic at the annual award ceremony

--Provided a gift of $500 to a student toward her travel needs for the Kuwait Study

Abroad Program, Summer 2013.--

Led efforts to provide two travel awards for a total of $5,000 approximately donated by Kuwaiti Donors (Um and Abu Nawwaf) for two students for their travel needs for the Kuwait Study Abroad Program, paid directly to the travel agent: Nora Travels,

Summer, 2013.

Honors / Appreciation Awards

Nominated for the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. Faculty Women’s Association (FWA). Nominated for five years in a row: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Arizona State University.

Recognition for Outstanding Efforts in Developing the Arabic Studies Program at Arizona State University.

State Department’s Speaker and Specialist Award.

Gulf Studies Center Distinguished Award. American University of Kuwait.

Institute for Humanities Research (IHR). Certificate of Appreciation for Services as a Member of the Advisory Board—for two years.

Honors Disciplinary Faculty Certificate of Appreciation: In recognition of outstanding performance and contributions to the Honors students of the University. ASU Barrett Honors College. (Several Years).

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Outstanding Performance Award in recognition of role as Vice President of the International Women’s Association, Brigham Young University, Utah.

Sudanese-American Center of Arizona. Honors Award in recognition of distinguished service as co-Chair of the Women’s Society and member of the Center’s Executive Committee.

ASU Muslim Students Association. Certificate of Appreciation for contributing Lectures on Islamic Studies.

ASU Arab Students Association. Certificate of Appreciation for Role as Advisor.

Distinguished Teacher Award, FORSCOM Arabic Language Training Program, Brigham Young University.

Outstanding Professional Achievement Award. International Office: Brigham Young University, Utah.

Advising MentorshipGraduate Committees

Doctoral

Chair: Jeffry Halverson’s Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (Defended Spring 2008). The Creed of the Islamic State: Kalām, Islamism, and the Postulates of Political Sunnism.” ASU: Religious Studies Department. The first Ph.D. in Islamic Studies; dissertation was transformed into a book that came out in 2010 from Palgrave. Just before his defense in 2008, Jeff applied and made it to the short list of three for a campus interview for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Islamic Studies at Ithaca, N.Y. The search was cancelled for economic reasons. Jeffry is currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Coastal Carolina University (CCU), Myrtle Beach campus, SC.

Co-Chair of Nicole Khoury’s Ph.D. Dissertation on “(Re) Positioning Lebanese Feminist Discourse: A Rhetorical Study of Al-Ra’ida (Pioneer) Journal, 1976-1985.” ASU: English Department. (Defended Spring 2012). Nicole was immediately invited for two prestigious campus interviews, offered both jobs, and eventually accepted her current position as Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She had turned down the other offer from Carnegie Melon.

Co-Chair. Flurije Salihu. Ph.D. Dissertation on How Radical Islamist Movements in the Middle East use the Internet and Social Media to promote their Agenda. (Defended in May and graduated in 2014). ASU: English Department. Flurije was selected among the only two graduate students from CLAS who won the University Fellowship on Security (2011-2012).

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Semiha Topal. Committee Member. Ph.D. Dissertation on “Building a Pious Self in Secular Settings: Pious Women in Modern Turkey.” (Defended Fall 2012). ASU: Religious Studies.

Committee Member: Richard Bennett Furlow. Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (Defended 2013) on “Islamist Movements in Somalia.” ASU: Religious Studies.

Committee Member: Sarah Risha. Ph.D. Dissertation Committee on “Exploring Principles for Education Curriculum in the Qur’an.” ASU Education. (Defended in October 2013). Sarah intends to expand her dissertation and recast it as a book after the defense. She also intends to publish chapters and articles.

Rebecca Robinson. Committee Member. Ph.D. Dissertation in Progress on “Diaspora Muslim Women’s Struggles and Challenges.” ASU: Justice and Social Inquiry; School of Social Transformation (Defended in March 2014).

Committee Member. Lourdes Saez. Ph.D. Islam in Global Context (Muslims in Spain), in progress.

Committee Member. Bethany Elias. Ph.D. in Islam in Global Context (Women’s Mosques in Indonesia), in progress.

Masters

Chair. Faraj Hamdan. Master’s Thesis: “The ‘Ashurā Rituals and the Visitation of Al-Arb’aīn.” (Defended Fall 2012). ASU: Religious Studies. Faraj has translated his Thesis into Arabic as a book that has been accepted for publication. He is working on recasting the English text as a book. Faraj has recently been accepted (2014) into the Ph.D. Program at the U of Arizona (Arabic Linguistics and Literature).

Chair. Stephanie Vasko. Master’s Portfolio on “Refugee Parents and Schools Curriculum: Aiding Refugee Transition to the United States.” (Defended June, 2012). Social Justice and Human Rights. ASU: The New College.

Committee Member. Bethany Elias. Masters Portfolio. (Defended 2011). ASU: Religious Studies Department.

Committee Member. Sarah Moore: Masters of Science in Design. (Defended 2011). Master’s Thesis: “Unveiling: An Examination of Visual Stereotypes of Muslims in Western Media.” ASU: Art Design.

Committee Member. Hawraa Al-Taee. Master’s Thesis “The Development of Child Labor in Iraq.” (Defended 2011). Social Justice and Human Rights. ASU: The New College.

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Chair. Diana Biya. Master’s Thesis on “From Iraq to the United States: Justice, Human Rights, and Migration.” Justice Studies, School of Social Transformation. Tempe. (Defended in March 2014).

Committee Chair. Shabnam Rezai. Islam in Global Context. “Afghani Women Under the Soviet and the Taliban. In Progress.

Committee Member. Samuel Tamo. Master’s Thesis on “The Assyrian Diaspora: Hometown Associations as a Means to Cultural Preservation and Community Development.” Social Justice and Human Rights. ASU: The New College (Defended April 21st 2014).

Committee Member. Zenyep Unver. Master’s Thesis (Defended 2007): Postmodernism and Sufism in the Novels of Elif Shafaq. ASU: English Department.

Committee Member. Geoff Orens. Master’s Thesis Committee (Defended 2007): The Sun Rises in the West: The Transmission of Two Sufi Orders to the United States--The Jerrahis and the Naqshabandis. ASU: Religious Studies Department.

Committee Member. Inayah Rohmaniyah. Master’s Thesis Committee (Defended 2006) The an-Nissaa (Women’s) Movement in Majlis Mujahidin Indonesia (Council of Indonesian Warriors). ASU: Religious Studies Department.

Honors Theses

Director: Melynn Grebe. Honors Thesis on Gender and the Use of Cell Phones in Morocco. ASU: Biochemistry and Arabic Studies Certificate. (Defended Spring, 2015).

Director of Brittany Morris. Honors Thesis on “An Exodus into the Social Percepts of Feminism in Islam.” (Defended spring 2014). Journalism and Communication Studies and Arabic Studies Certificate.

Director of Musa Shakoor’s Honors Thesis on “’I’jaz al-Qur’an: Quran’s challenge of

inimitability.” (Defended spring 2014).

Co-Director of Jesus DeLintt. Honors Thesis on “Political legitimacy of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and the Syrian Islamic Front.” (Defended spring 2014). ASU: SILC, Spanish Literature and Arabic Studies Minor.

Director of Christina Choueiri’s Honors Thesis on “Exploration of Female Entrepreneurship in Lebanon.” (Defended 2010). Designated by the Honors College as Exceptional. ASU: Business and Women’s Studies.

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Director of Amirah Ismail’s Honors Thesis on “Mubarak’s Lip Service to Democracy: the Politics of Authoritarian Rule in Egypt.” (Defended 2009). Designated by the Honors College as Exceptional. ASU: Global Studies and Social Justice.

Director of Lena Arkawi’s Honors Thesis on “The Role of Women of Aljazeera.” (Defended 2009). Designated by the Honors College as Exceptional. ASU: Interdisciplinary Communication and Business.

Director of Jylan Megahed’s Honors Thesis on “Divorce Laws in Cairo Egypt and Arizona: A Comparative Study.” (Defended 2008). ASU: Political Science.

Director of Momin Shakoor’s Honors Thesis on “Studies on Qur’an’s Science of Tarteel and Tajweed.” (Defended November 2012). ASU Health and Pre-Medicine.

Committee Member of Nahid Hiermandi’s Honors Thesis on: “An Ethnography on Birth Experiences of American Muslim Women in a U.S. Biomedical Setting.” (Defended Spring 2012). ASU Global Health.

Committee Member: Nesima Aberra. Honors Thesis on “The Road to Empowerment: Narratives of Eritrean Refugee Women’s Resettlement Experiences in Phoenix.” Defended spring March 22, 2013. ASU Global Studies and Journalism.

TEACHING

Based on my academic training, I have taught a range of subjects previously and currently, including general survey courses and more specialized topic course in the interdisciplinary fields of Middle East Studies; Arabic Literature; Women and Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language, English, African and African-American Studies, etc.

Courses I introduced, developed, and taught at ASU since 2004:

Literature/Culture Courses developed and taught at ASU

ARB 331 / REL 394 Arabic/Islamic Cultures and Literature ARB 341 / REL 394 Quran Text and Women ARB 351 Classical Arabic Literatures ARB 394 / REL 394 / POS 394 Introduction to the Qur’an (has currently been regularized at 336)

*ARB 394 / REL 394 Hadith and Prophetic Tradition (this course was originally created by Abuhamid Abdul-Quadir; I maintained teaching it since his passing in 2012). We have recently regularized as ARB 337 in 2013 along with other two courses)

Language Courses equally developed and taught at ASU since 2004

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ARB 311 Advanced Arabic Skills IABB 321 Advanced Arabic Conversation IARB 411 Advanced Arabic Skills IIARB 421 Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition IIARB 590 Reading and Conference in Graduate Arabic Language Studies

Graduate Courses developed and taught:ARB 598/REL598 Seminar in Arabic/Islamic Culture and LiteratureARB 598 Seminar in Quran Text and WomenREL 691 Graduate Studies in Islamic TraditionREL 690 Graduate Directed Study in Arabic and Islamic StudiesSLC 690 Graduate Directed Study in Arabic and or Islamic StudiesARB 590 Reading and Conference in Arabic and or Islamic Studies ARB 590 Reading and Conference in Arabic Literature

Honors and InternshipsARB 484 Internship in ArabicARB 492 Honors Thesis ResearchARB 493 Honors ThesisARB 499 Individualized Instruction covering a wide range of subjects in both Arabic and or Islamic Studies.

Middle East and Islamic Studies Classes taught nationallyPolitical Thought in IslamIntroduction to IslamPeoples and Cultures of the Middle EastSufismIntroduction to Arabic Literature and Islamic CultureClassical Islamic Texts: the Qur’an and HadithClassical and Modern Arabic LiteraturesIntercultural Communication: the Middle EastWomen in IslamElementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and Graduate Arabic

English Literature and Writing Courses taught previously at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Hiram College, Ohio, etc.

African and African-American Women WritersAfrican LiteratureAfrican-American LiteratureTechnical WritingCollege CompositionFirst Year Seminar

Arabic and Middle East Programs Development at ASU

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Has been successfully developing the Middle Eastern Studies Program since 2004 raising Arabic enrollment to over 700 per academic year consistently (and almost 800 in

one academic year 2012) – the majority of these students take Arabic as elective in addition to our Minor and Certificate students.

Created the Minor in Arabic Studies program that has been successfully taught since the academic year 2010.-2011. Developed and put an Academic Plan in 2012 for a

Major in Arabic Studies currently in progress. --

Founded the Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies for cross-cultural understanding between the Arab and Western Worlds in research and teaching. Pending fund-raising and applications submitted, the Council has rich programs ahead to realize its mission and objectives. Council’s Mission: To acknowledge the significant contributions of Arabic Studies and Islamic civilization and cultures to the world at large both historically and in the modern age. The Council’s research and teaching programs seek to promote multiculturalism, diversity, inter-faith dialogue, cross-cultural understanding, and the expansion of human civilization and cultures through Arabic as well as other Middle-Eastern languages including Persian and Turkish. The Council seeks to develop constructive academic and cultural interaction and partnerships between ASU and similar groups in the Arab and Muslim worlds. https://cais.asu.edu/

--Worked closely with Middle East Studies Faculty and colleagues in Hebrew and Persian to develop Middle Eastern Studies; cooperated closely with Hebrew colleagues to develop and introduce online Hebrew courses in culture and Literature that have been successfully taught by them since 2011; worked cooperatively with Hebrew Faculty and colleagues who developed and put an Academic Plan for a Certificate in Modern Hebrew Studies in 2011; working cooperatively with Persian faculty working to put a plan for a Certificate in Persian Studies in the near future (this has been severely handicapped by the fact that for the past 8 years or so our only Instructor for Persian has been PARTIME despite numerous requests to appoint a FULTIME Lecturer for this Critical Language that is as important as Korean given the threat both countries pose. Worked diligently with CLI to resume Turkish in our program. We currently have a Fulbright FLTA teaching Turkish in SILC 2013-14.

Certificate and Minor in Arabic Studies

Continued Work on the Arabic Studies Certificate. Created the successful Program of the Certificate in Arabic Studies in 2006-7; consisting of 18 credit hours of exclusively upper division (300+ courses. Almost 60 students graduated with the Certificate since it was launched; about 15 more students are currently enrolled (fall 2013) working on it. ASU students in the liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences seeking academic or professional careers in any of the three disciplines or thematic concentrations have been attracted to this Certificate because of the added advantage the program gives them in the job

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market given the demonstrably high need for graduates with Arabic knowledge and Middle Eastern knowledge. A Minor in Arabic Studies was successfully added in 2010-11 and currently we are working on the approved academic plan to establish a Major in Arabic Studies.

Persian and Turkish Studies

Created the Persian (Farsi) Program and Turkish Programs that are now taught in their elementary and intermediate, or elementary level, respectively, in SILC. In Fall 2009 the first Advanced Persian (Farsi) class was successfully introduced completing the sequence of 101 through to 301. The programs have been hampered by the lack of full time faculty members. While Persian has been successfully taught for the past three years by a dedicated FA that we hope to promote to a lecturer, we were forced to stop offering Turkish that was taught by a Ph.D. student who could not maintain teaching it given her graduate work responsibilities. We hope to have full time faculty to expand these critical languages and important programs.

Cooperation with Osborn Elementary School District and Central High SchoolTo Develop Arabic Studies Program

Our Arabic program has been invited by the Osborn School District to join their application for the 5 year Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant for Local Education Administrations and Institutes of Higher Education. Accordingly, I have worked with the Director of SILC, Arabic and Chinese Faculty on a Partnership program between SILC and Arizona Osborn Elementary School District, Central High School of Phoenix Union High School District to develop a Mandarin and an Arabic language studies program. The intent of the grant is to implement programs which will facilitate foreign language fluency by college graduation. While Central High has a Mandarin program, they don’t yet have an Arabic program. Osborn has neither. The ultimate objective of this significant project is to improve services to the students and families residing in the greater Phoenix area.

The Nora Risha Scholarship Funds

Led efforts in 2008-2009, in cooperation with the Risha Family (in honor of their beloved daughter Nora who died in a tragic car accident in Phoenix), CLAS and SILC, that have

resulted in the establishment of the Nora Risha Funds in SILC and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the development of Arabic Studies and the creation of an

Arabic Scholarship Program

SELECT INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Continued contributing several invited Lectures, panels, symposia, Lectures, Radio and TV interviews on the turmoil and developments in the Middle East, the Arab Spring, and related issues to Islam and the Arab World.

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Issues of Islam and Secularism: ‘A Religion, Not A State’ and Abd al-Raziq’s Vision. A Symposium organized by the University of Khartoum. Sudan. July, 2013.

Reflections of the Iraqi and Kuwait Situations. Spirit of the Senses: Performances and Conversations on Contemporary Arts and Issues. Paradise Valley, Arizona, August 2013.

Neglecting the Egalitarian Message of the Qur’an. Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah. Kuwait City, Kuwait. December 19, 2011.

“Has the Scholarship of Muslim-American Feminist Scholars Succeeded in Effecting Change?” ASU Religious Studies Faculty Forum. September 23, 2010.

“Islam and Secularism.” Keynote Lecture. American University of Kuwait: November 24, 2009.

“Reflections on Issues related to Arab and Muslim Women.” A Lecture presented for the Fulbright-Hays Scholars Program. American University of Kuwait, June 21, 2010.

“Modern Perspectives on Gender Issues: Arab and Muslim-American Female Scholars.” American Corner of the American University of Kuwait: March 22, 2010.

“Women in Islam: A Modern Perspective.” Philosophy Department. University of Prishtina, Kosovo. Faith Communities and Civil Society: A Two-Week Interactive Seminar for Religious, NGO Leaders, and Academics. Sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The ASU Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Prishtina, Kosovo: May 16-29, 2009.

“Is Political Secularism Possible in Islam?” School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC). Work in Progress Lecture Series. Arizona State University, Tempe. April 15, 2008.

“Arab Women’s Movements.” International Education Week. Sponsored by the School of International Letters and Cultures. ASU main campus, Tempe. Fall, 2008.

“A Modern Perspective on Arab and Muslim Women in the World.” Guest Speaker. American Association of University Women. Phoenix, Arizona. September 18, 2007.

Delivered two Lectures on “Islam and Secularism” during Orientation Week to new students and their families. ASU main campus, Tempe. Fall 2008.

“The Impact of the War in Darfur on the Lives of Sudanese Women.” Sudanese Women for Peace. The University of Khartoum, Sudan. July 11, 2006.

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“Is There A Feminist Ideology in Islam?” A Lecture presented at the Women and

Gender Studies Lecture Series. Arizona State University. March 30, 2005.

“Sudan’s Path to Peace: Unilateral or Comprehensive?” A Lecture presented at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The University of Arizona. Tucson. March 7, 2005.

“Women’s Rights in Islam: the Conflict between Religion and Culture.” Part of the ASU: Indonesian Women Exchange Project: January 22 - February 16, 2005.

“Arab and Muslim Women’s Human Rights.” The American Association of University Women, Salt Lake City Branch, October 11, 2003.

“The Quran as a Literary Text.” A Presentation delivered to the World Literature Forum: Masterpieces of World Literature, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 9, 2003.

Media

List Interviews. Iraqi TV. Senegal: State Department. Local TV Interviews. Interfaith Dialogue, etc.

News Stories.

Select Professional Workshops

Participated in numerous language and literature professional workshops (2005 – Present) including the following few select examples.

- Participated in the SILC Language Conference in 2014, and 2015.

-- The American English and Culture Program: Fall 2014 Professional Development Workshop: Invited Presentation: "Kuwait Culture and Educational Systems." Presented to American English Teachers of bilingual students from Arab countries studying English. October, 2014.

- Organized and participated in the Arabic Heritage Speakers Workshop. SILC. March 2014. ASU.

- “The Power and Potential of Language Assessment tools.” Organized by Professors Kirk Belnap, Erika H. Gilson, Hussein M. Elkhafaifi, and Kamran Talattof. MESA. Washington D.C. November 24, 2008.

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- “Feature Films in Language Courses.” Presented by Dr. Cheryl Krueger, University of Virginia, Department of French Language and Literature. ASU: School of International Letters and Cultures. April 11, 2008.

- Blackboard Tests. UTO Training (ASU). August 19, 2008.

- Blackboard Assignments. UTO Training (ASU). August 19, 2008.

- The American English and Culture Program: Fall 2006 Professional Development Workshop: Invited Presentation: "Arabic Culture and Educational Systems." Presented to American English Teachers of bilingual students from Arab countries studying English. Oct 16, 2006.

- Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference: “What Works in the Language Classroom.” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona. March 4-6, 2005.

SELECT INVITED OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS

Co-Founder and Coordinator: Sudan Peace Committee, promoting peace, and celebrating the 2005 Peace Agreement signed by the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) that ended the longest civil war in the African continent. Phoenix (2004 – present).

Has always been contributing several invited panels, symposia, Lectures, Radio and TV interviews on the turmoil and developments in the Middle East, the Arab Spring, and related issues to Islam and the Arab World. The most recent Keynote Speech was for the Intercultural Foundation of Phoenix AZ on “Women in Islam: An Overdue Progressive View” on October 9, 2014; and a Panel on Interfaith Dialogue on November 16th for the Scottsdale’s First Baptist Church (please see ASU News).

Contributed a myriad of invited Guest Lectures (for different Communities in Arizona, Utah, and Ohio; as well as to several Classes at ASU) on Islamic Studies, Middle East Studies, African Studies, Sudanese Issues, as well as Arab, African, and Muslim Women’s issues (2004 – Present).

Spirit of the Senses, Phoenix, AZ: numerous lectures since 2006, the most recent of which a lecture on my visits and conference in Baghdad, Iraq, and Kuwait (2013).

“Islam and Secularism.” Spirit of the Senses: Performances and Conversations on Contemporary Arts and Issues. Phoenix, Arizona. June 3, 2008.

“Culture, Politics, and Current Events in the Sudan.” Guest Speaker. Spirit of the Senses: Performances and Conversations on Contemporary Arts and Issues. Phoenix, Arizona. May 17, 2006.

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Guest Speaker at the Graduation Ceremony of ASU Sudanese Refugee students. Lost Boys Center. Phoenix, Arizona. May 13, 2006.

"Women in Islamic Texts." The Religious Studies Society. Guest Speaker. ASU: Feb 20, 2006

Contributed several Community invited outreach Guest Lectures in the Greater Phoenix area on Middle East, Islamic, and Arabic Studies as well as well as women and Gender Studies (2004 – Present).

“The Neglected Sudanese ‘Community of Women’ in Eltayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North.” Sudanese Women’s Forum. Salt Lake City, Utah. March 7, 2004.

“The Women of the Middle East.” The Utah Women’s Forum, Salt Lake City, October 7, 2003.

“Huda Sha‘rawi and Pioneer Egyptian Feminists.” A Presentation delivered to the Utah Teachers’ Workshop, Salt Lake City, April 5, 2003.

“Women and Islam.” A Lecture delivered to the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Group,

Cleveland, Ohio; October 6, 2002.

“Understanding Healthcare Practices in Muslim and Middle Eastern Culture.” The Community Nursing Service Institute. Salt Lake City, Utah. March 18, 2004.

“Arab Women’s Issues in the Middle East.” A Presentation delivered to the Soroptimists Women’s Group, Salt Lake City, February 27, 2003.

“The Distorted Image of Arab and Muslim Women.” A Presentation delivered to the Catholic Community Group, Park City, Utah, April 2001.

Invited by the Outreach Program of the Middle East Center, the University of Utah,

to contribute several lectures and speeches addressing Arab, Islamic, and Middle Eastern issues to schools in Salt Lake City, Lindon, as well as other cities in Utah (2001 – 2004).

SELECT COMMUNITY SERVICE

Have been constantly invited to give lectures, presentations, and speeches in numerous community outreach venues in the greater Phoenix area on issues related to Interfaith Dialogue, Peace, the Arab World, the Middle East, Islam, Africa, Women’s Issue, etc. (2004 – Present)

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Have recently been elected Vice President of the Sudanese-American Center, Mesa, Arizona for a two-year term (December 2015-December 2017).

Executive Committee Member. Sudanese-American Center, Mesa, Arizona for a two-year term (December 2015-December 2017).

Co-Founder and Coordinator: Sudan Peace Committee, promoting peace, and celebrating the 2005 Peace Agreement signed by the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) that ended the longest civil war in the African continent. Phoenix (2004 – present).

Participant in the Arab-American and Muslim-American Humanitarian Projects to help the Needy and Helpless.

Member: Executive Committee of the Sudanese-American Center; Coordinator of the Center’s Social and Cultural Affairs Office, and co-Chair of its “Sudanese-American Women’s Society” Mesa, AZ (2005 – Present).

Participant: Lost Boys Center of Sudan. Phoenix, Arizona. I have also mentored and worked closely with several student Lost Boys at ASU who have taken my classes and was invited to participate in their Graduation Ceremonies at the Lost Boys Center in Phoenix.

Involved in several community service projects, lectures, and activities in the greater Phoenix area.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CO-FOUNDER

Al-Sudan Center for Democracy, Peace and Civil Rights (Kent, Ohio 1997-2002) Promoting a Culture of Peace and Democracy in Sudan

Organized and Directed a Symposium on Peace and Democracy in Sudan. Chaired Panel Discussions on Peace and Democracy in Sudan. Performed writing of articles, opinion and commentary on current events. Edited, translated and analyzed news stories and current events relevant to the

Center’s mission of a Peaceful, Democratic Sudan. Coordinated the Center’s activities with other Human Rights organizations.

LANGUAGES

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- Arabic/English (Bilingual)

- Native: Arabic

- French Reading and Writing Skills: (upper intermediate)

- French: Speaking Skills: (intermediate)

- Additional Arabic Dialects: Egyptian, Sudanese, Iraqi, Kuwaiti

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND RESIDENCY

Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Qatar, Senegal, Sudan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.

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