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Tazeen Ali is an Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics at Washington University. Her research focuses on Islam in America, women’s religious authority, and intersections of gender, race, and religion. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Boston University (2019), with additional degrees from Lehigh University (BA), Washington University (MA in Islamic Studies), and Boston University (certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies).
Her current book project, Authorizing Women: Islamic Authority at the Women’s Mosque of America, examines how American Muslim women navigate Islamic tradition to build gender-equitable religious communities. Ali has been supported by prestigious fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Boston University’s humanities initiatives.
Her recent publications analyze representations of US Muslims in media, Syrian immigrant communities in the Midwest, and Islamic feminist ethics around reproductive rights. She also explores how US liberalism shapes perceptions of Muslim identity through racialized frameworks.
Ali’s academic trajectory includes a visiting postgraduate fellowship at the University of Edinburgh (2017–2018) and grants supporting her work on Muslim women’s interpretive practices. Her research bridges theological scholarship with contemporary social justice movements, particularly focusing on Black Lives Matter solidarity and anti-Islamophobia activism.
