Samina Gul Ali

Samina Gul Ali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Kean University's College of Liberal Arts. She joined Kean in 2021 after participating in the Equity in Action Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

• Ph.D., English, University of Miami, 2021
• M.A., English with Graduate Certificates in Gender Studies and Media Studies, Duquesne University, 2014
• B.A., English with Minor in Women's Studies, Penn State University, 2010

Dr. Ali's research focuses on Contemporary U.S. Literature, U.S. Latine/x Literature, Asian American Literature, Critical Muslim Studies, and Feminist Theory. Her current book manuscript, Articulations of Islamic Feminist Identity in Post-9/11 Muslim American Narratives, analyzes how Muslim American women use storytelling to navigate intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and religion in shaping national concepts of community and belonging.

• Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship at Kenyon College
• Institute for Citizens and Scholars Fellowship in Women's Studies