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Nancy Khalil is an Assistant Professor in the Arab Muslim American Studies Program within the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University, specializing in anthropology, critical race and ethnic studies. Her research interests encompass the American diaspora, pluralism, race and ethnicity, teaching and pedagogy, as well as issues related to women of color, leadership, and bureaucracy within Islam. Khalil's forthcoming manuscript examines the politics of American Islam, focusing on Islamic higher education institutions, religious clerics, and imams. Her ethnographic project investigates how bureaucratic policies and visa offerings shape the decentralized regulation of religions and credentialing of religious leaders in the United States. Through her work, she aims to provide a closer examination of the role of bureaucracy in defining religion.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science