Former Center Researchers
Hadia Mubarak
Hadia Mubarak is a Research Assistant for The Gallup Poll’s Muslim World project and Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim Christian Understanding. She previously worked as a Research Assistant for the Islam in the Age of Globalization Project sponsored by the Brookings Institute, Pew Forum and American University. Mubarak recently ended her term as the first female to be elected as president of the Muslim Students Association National (MSA). Mubarak received her Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab Studies with a concentration in Women and Gender from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She received her Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and English from Florida State University. Hadia’s publications include “Young and Muslim in Post 9/11 America” (The Brandywine Review of Faith & International Affairs Vol. 3, No. 2); “Breaking the Interpretive Monopoly: A Re-Examination of Verse 4:34” (Hawaa Vol. 2, Issue 3); The Politicization of Gender Reform: Islamists' discourse on repealing Article 340 of the Jordanian Penal Code (MA Thesis, Georgetown University, 2005); and “Blurring the Lines Between Faith and Culture” (America Now: Short Reading from Recent Periodicals. 5th ed.), among many others. She is a native of Panama City, Florida.
Sara Amin
Sara Nuzhat Amin is a doctoral student in sociology at McGill University. She is affiliated with the ACMCU as a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Researcher for 2007-2008. Her doctoral research examines the politics of collective identity mobilization by national Muslim groups in Canada and the United States. Her areas of specialization are political sociology and quantitative methods in the social sciences. Her research interests are: democratic politics, social movements, collective identity, political violence, international development, network analysis, and longitudinal analysis. She has also worked on the following projects in the past: measuring women’s autonomy and its consequences for fertility in India using the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS); the social and labor-market consequences of shifts unemployment benefits policies in Canada using the Survey of Labour Income Dynamics (SLID). Sara did her MA (Sociology, McGill) thesis on the the identity consequences for second-generation South Asian young adults in Canada. She also completed a BSc (McGill) in Mathematics and a BA(McGill) in International Development and Humanistic Studies. Her doctoral research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-Canada Graduate Scholarship (2004-2007) and is currently being funded by the Canada-US Fulbright Program (2007).
Jon Clifton
Joe Clifton is a 2nd year law student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned his BA in Political Science and History from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor where he served on the student government. Clifton studied Religion in India, Global Studies in Africa, and International Business in Asia. He has extensive experience on Capitol Hill, where he worked for US Senator Chuck Hagel, US Congressman Lee Terry, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In addition to pursuing his juris doctorate, Clifton is a Deputy Director of The Gallup Organization's World Poll project and a Visiting Scholar of European Law at Universidad San Pablo-CEU.
Dr. Alamgir Serajuddin, sponsored by the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Serajuddin received his M.A. in History from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, PhD in British Indian History from London University, and Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn (Council of Legal Education), London. He served as Professor of History, Chariman of the Department of History, Dean of the Facuty of Arts, and Vice-Chancellor (President) of Chittagong University, Bangladesh. His recent field of research specialization is Muslim family law in South Asia. His book "Sharia Law and Society: Tradition and Change in South Asia," published by the Oxford Univeristy Press in 2001, was largely based on his reserach at CMCU in the summer of 1996 on a Ford Foundation grant. He is now working on Sharia Law, Secular Courts and Muslim Women of South Asia. In this work he is investigating how and to what extent has the South Asian judiciary succeeded in adapting the rules of Muslim family law to the needs of a modern, forward-looking society from within the Islamic framework and ensure to Muslim women enjoyment of their legal rights.
Paul Scott
Paul Scott is a 2nd year law student at Georgetown University. Previously, he earned a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where he was Editor-in-Chief of the school's newspaper, The Citizen. Scott obtained his BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor where he served on the student government and was Senior Editor of the Michigan Journal of Political Science. He has also studied US-Cuba relations at the Universidad de la Habana in Havana, Cuba. Paul has worked for the Government of Canada's Finance Committee in Ottawa, Canada, and currently is a Deputy Director of The Gallup Organization's World Poll project.
Dr. Brian J. Grim
Brian J. Grim is a senior research fellow in religion and world affairs at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Washington, DC. He also manages the international initiative of the Association of Religion Data Archives, housed at Penn State University and funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the Lilly Endowment. He received his doctorate at Penn State in the sociology of religion with a concentration in survey methodology. He also worked 20 years as an educator and development director in the former USSR, China, Europe, and the Middle East. His research interests include religious regulation, religious freedom, and quantitative measurement of socio-religious conflict.
Haleema Sadia Mian
Haleema Sadia Mian earned the distinction of receiving first division in all the three master's level degree programs i.e. M.Ed., M.A. Arabic and M.A. Islamiat. She remained an active participant in different workshops including, four days Leadership Skills Training Workshop organized by National Research and Development Foundation, Health Awareness Against Certain Diseases organized by Save the Children USA, 3 days workshop on Reforms for Madrassah Schools, 11 days workshop on Improvement of Learning Environment organized by Directorate of Curriculum and Teacher Education Abbott bad, Pakistan. Sadia Mian received merit certificates in Instructional Techniques from Pakistan Air Force, English Language Training from British council Pakistan, Arabic Language from University of Peshawar Pakistan, Certificate of Training from Institute of Computer and Management Science Peshawar and successful completion of Computer Course from Pakistan Air Force. Her articles are published in Urdu daily newspapers, "Subah" and " Pakistan."