Lila Sharif

Lila Sharif is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Her interdisciplinary research examines land, food, and culture through indigenous perspectives, with a current book project focusing on olive cultivation in Palestine as resistance to settler colonialism.

Her teaching covers indigenous ontologies, Arab/Muslim experiences in the US, and global feminisms. Prior to ASU, she taught at multiple institutions including the University of California system.