Maha Marouan

Maha Marouan serves as Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, contactable via mzm24@psu.edu or (814) 867-4269.

Her research critically examines intersections of race, gender, and religion across Africa and the African Diaspora through interdisciplinary lenses. Key thematic concentrations include:

• Transnational and African Feminist frameworks
• Comparative Racialization and diasporic identity formation
• Religious Studies with focus on Islamic Africa
• Literary analysis of African and diasporic women’s writing
• Migration studies intersecting with race, gender, and belonging
• Historical legacies of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

Dr. Marouan’s methodological approach integrates literary criticism, religious studies, and critical race theory to analyze power structures across linguistic boundaries (English, French, Arabic, Spanish).