Dr. Asma Uddin

Biography

Asma T. Uddin is an Assistant Professor at the Michigan State University College of Law, where she teaches courses in Constitutional Law II and International Human Rights. Her scholarship focuses on religious liberty, constitutional theory, and judicial rhetoric, with particular attention to how courts use opinion writing to foster depolarization and inclusive constitutional cultures. Uddin has published works including 'Islam Religion: America’s Fight for Religious Freedom' and 'Politics Vulnerability: Today’s Threat to Religious Freedom', both with Pegasus/Simon & Schuster. Her recent articles have appeared in prestigious law reviews such as the William & Mary Law Review and the Notre Dame Law Review Reflections. Uddin has also held positions as a Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center on Constitution and as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Catholic University of America. She has taught a religious liberty clinic at Harvard Law School and has experience serving as Legal Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, litigating significant cases within the U.S. Supreme Court and the Indonesian Constitutional Court. In addition to her academic work, Uddin writes for public audiences on topics related to religion, rights, and political polarization, with articles featured in the New York Times and Washington Post.

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