ELIZABETH M. BUCAR Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

ELIZABETH M. BUCAR Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2012-present Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Northeastern University, Boston, MA 2007-2012

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Program Faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2006-2007

Post-doctoral Fellow Department of Islamic Studies Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Summer 2004 Resident Fellow Institute for Women’s Studies and Research, Tehran, Iran EDUCATION University of Chicago, The Divinity School Ph.D., Religious Ethics, 2006. M.A., Religious Studies, 2001. Dissertation: “Creative Obedience: Feminist Ethics From the Rhetoric of John Paul II and Ayatollah Khumayni.” Harvard University B.A., Government, 1996. Thesis (magna cum laude): “The Workings of a Women’s Human Rights Network: A Case Study of Domestic Violence in Brazil.” INTERNATIONAL FIELDWORK AND EDUCATION PROJECTS Fieldwork Santiago, Spain: June 2014 (scheduled May and August 2015) Granada, Spain: May 2014 and Sept. 2014 (scheduled May 2015) Rome, Italy: Nov. 2008, July 2010, March 2014 Istanbul, Turkey: Oct. 2004, April 2011, and April 2013 Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia: May 2010 Tehran, Iran: Summer 2004 and Summer 2011 (remotely with local Research Assistant)

Education Project 2014-present Director and Faculty Leader, Northeastern University’s Honors Dialogue of Civilizations (Spain) “From Moorish Rule to Christian Pilgrimage” http://www.northeastern.edu/honors/category/global/honors-dialogue/ PUBLICATIONS Books The Islamic Veil: A Beginner’s Guide (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2012). Religious Ethics in a Time of Globalism: Shaping a Third Wave of Comparative Analysis, ed. E. Bucar and A. Stalnaker (Palgrave: New York, 2012). • Subject of panel sponsored by Comparative Religious Ethics Group at the Society of Christian Ethics, January 2015. Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi‘i Women (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011). Reviewed in: Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics (forthcoming). Religious Studies Review 39:4 (2013). Review of Middle East Studies 47:1 (2013). Theological Studies 73:1 (2012). Theological Book Review 24:2 (2012). Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought 6:1 (2012). Tehran Review (May 2011). CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (Dec. 2011). Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion 32:3 (2011). Does Human Rights Need God? ed. E. Bucar and B. Barnett (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005). Reviewed in: Theological Studies 67:4 (2006) CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 43:5 (2006). Studies in Christian Ethics 20:1 (2007). Refereed articles “Comment: On Comparative Religious Ethics as a Field of Study,” with Aaron Stalnaker, Journal of Religious Ethics 42.2 (2014): 359-384 “Representation of Muslim Sexual Subjectivities: The Hidden Ethical Judgments of Journalistic Rhetoric,” Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life 7.2 (2013): 191-205.

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“Saving Face: Navigating Land Mines with Ritual Politeness in Iran,” History of Religions 52.1 (2012): 31-48. “The ‘Invention’ of Lesbian Acts in Iran: Interpretative Moves, Invisible Assumptions, and Emerging Categories of Sexuality,” with F. Shirazi, The Journal of Lesbian Studies, special issue on Islam 16.4 (2012): 416-434. “‘Unlikely Sex Change Capitals of the World:’ Trinidad, USA and Tehran, Iran as Twin Yardsticks of Homonormative Liberalism,” with A. Enke, Feminist Studies 37.2 (2011): 301-328. “Bodies at the Margins: The Case of Transsexuality in Catholic and Shi‘i Ethics,” Journal of Religious Ethics 38.4 (2010): 601-615. “Sexing Comparative Ethics: Bringing Forth Feminist and Gendered Perspectives,” with I. Oh and G. Kao, Journal of Religious Ethics 38.4 (2010): 654-659. “Dianomy: Religious Women’s Moral Agency as Creative Conformity,” Journal of American Academy of Religions 78.3 (2010): 662-686. “Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran: Ethical Genre in the Digital Age,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 29.2 (2009): 141-156. “Methodological Invention as a Constructive Project: Exploring the Production of Ethical Knowledge Through the Interaction of Discursive Logics,” Journal of Religious Ethics 36.3 (2008): 355-373. “Free Speech in Weblogistan? The Off-line Consequences of On-line Discourse,” with Roja Fazaeli, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 40.3 (2008): 403-419. “Speaking of Motherhood: The Epideictic Rhetoric of John Paul II and Ayatollah Khomeini,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 26.2 (2006): 93-123. Non-refereed articles “Veiling: Historical Discourse” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, ed. N. DeLongBas, 2013. “The Ambiguity of Moral Excellence: Response to Aaron Stalnaker’s Virtue as Mastery,” Journal of Religious Ethics 38.3 (2010): 429-435. “Negotiation Feminist and Gender Studies,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 26.1 (2010): 132-134. “Development: Nongovernmental Organization-Iran,” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, ed. A. Joseph, vol. 4 (The Netherlands: Brill, 2006): 99-100.

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“Review Essay of Charles E. Curran’s The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II,” The Journal of Religion 86:3 (2006): 484-485. Book chapters “Cultivating Virtues Through Sartorial Practices: The Case of the Islamic Veil in Indonesia,” in Character: New Directions from Theology, ed. C. Miller and A. Knobel (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press, expected 2015). “Religious Diversity and the Ethics of Sex,” in The Blackwell Companion to Religious Diversity, ed. K. Schilbrack (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, in press, expected 2015). “Islam and the Cultivation of Character: Ibn Miskawayh’s Synthesis and the Case of the Veil,” in Cultivating Virtue: Multiple Perspectives, ed. N. Snow (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 197-226. “Feminist Contributions to Traditional Moral Knowledge: Rhetorical (Inter)Play of Clerics and Women,” in Feminist Catholic Theological Ethics: Conversations in the World Church, ed. L. Hogan and A.. Orobator (Maryknoll, NY Orbis Press, 2014), 243-257. “Gauging the Status of Public Theologies: Rhetorical Analysis of the Media Construction of Political Islam,” in Political Theology for a Plural Age, ed. M. Kessler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 161-180. “Bodies at the Margins: The Comparative Case of Transsexuality,” in Religious Ethics in a Time of Globalism: Shaping a Third Wave of Comparative Analysis, ed. E. Bucar and A. Stalnaker (New York: Palgrave, 2012), 49-64. “Introduction: The Third Wave of Comparative Religious Ethics,” in Religious Ethics in a Time of Globalism: Shaping a Third Wave of Comparative Analysis, ed. E. Bucar and A. Stalnaker (New York: Palgrave, 2012), 1-26. “The Why of Human Rights,” (with B. Barnett) in Does Human Rights Need God?, ed. E. Bucar and B. Barnett (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005), 1-21. Works in progress “Islam,” The Oxford Handbook of Virtue, ed. Nancy Snow (Oxford: Oxford University Press), under contract, to be delivered June 2015. Advisor to Routledge Comparative Religious Ethics, Major Works Collection, ed. C. Matthews, under contract with Routledge, in press. Associate Editor and contributor to The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics, 2nd edition (expanded to 3 volumes), ed. W. Schweiker, under contract with Wiley-

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Blackwell, to be delivered Fall 2015. “An Introduction to the Ethics of Visual Culture” and “Modest Dress, Aesthetics, and Ambiguity: The Ethics of Indonesian Fashion-Veiling,” under review for focus issue on visual ethics for Journal of Religious Ethics. Pious Fashion: Muslim Women’s Ethical Negotiations of Aesthetic Authorities, book manuscript in preparation. The Good of Ambiguous Bodies: Transsexuality in Catholic and Shi’i Ethics, book manuscript in preparation. PRESENTATIONS International “Religious Diversity and the Ethics of Sex: Comparing the Creation Narratives in the Bible and Qur’an,” Theology and Religion Faculty, Oxford University (Jan. 2013). “‘The Good of Ambiguous Bodies: Transsexuality in Catholic Ethics,” Second Conference of Catholic Theological Ethics and the World Church, Trento, Italy (July 2010). “Saving Face: Navigating Land Mines with Ritual Politeness in Iran,” American Academy of Religion, Comparative Religious Ethics Group, Montreal Canada (Nov. 2009). “Weblogging in Tehran,” Keynote address, From Samizdat to Blogging: Globalization and New Forms of Political Expression, Sponsored by International Alternative Culture Center, OSA Archivum, and Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (Feb. 2008). “A Tight Rope Act Over Common Moral Ground: A Woman’s Freedom Within Obedience,” Sixth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, International Society for Iranian Studies and London Middle East Institute SOAS, London (Aug. 2006). “What is Feminism?” Lecture by invitation, Governor’s Mansion, Isfahan, Iran (Aug. 2004). National “Feminist Virtue Ethics: The Case of Everyday Islamic Practices,” Society for Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington (Jan. 2014). “The Islamic Veil and Women’s Everyday Lives: Law, Employment and Fashion,” part of Middle East semester course, “The Middle East: A Mosaic of Culture, Art, and History,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Nov. 2013). “Pious Fashion,” The Character Project, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (June

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2013). “Ethics, Aesthetics, and Ambiguity: The Cultivation of Virtues Through Visual Culture,” lecture for Re-Orienting the Veil, co-sponsored by Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC (Feb. 2013). “The Cultivation of Mimesis: Lessons for Islamic Ethics,” Lecture by invitation, Human, Truly Human: Theological Ethics and the Integrity of Life, The Divinity School, University of Chicago, IL (Nov. 2012). “Creative Conformity: The Feminist Ethics of US Catholic and Iranian Shi‘i Women,” Breakfast with the author, Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, DC (Jan. 2012). “Making Transsexuals In Tehran: Discourses, Performances, and the Ontology Of Gender,” American Academy of Religion, Islam Section, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 2011). “Exploring ‘Visual Ethics’: Book Symposium on Kenneth George’s Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld,” Panelist, American Academy of Religion Comparative Religious Ethics Group, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 2011). “Cowboys, Mullahs, and Transsexuals, Oh My! Media Speculation on Sex Change Capitals of the World,” Workshop by invitation, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA (March 2010). “Constructing Muslim Subjects with Liberal Illogics: Tehran as “The Unlikely Sex Change Capital of the World,” Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics, San Jose, CA (Jan. 2010). “Capacities, Skills, and the Ambiguity of Moral Excellence,” Response to A. Stalnaker lecture, Moral Worlds and Religious Subjectivities, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA (Feb.2009). “Ethical Genre in the Digital Age: The Case of Reading Weblogs in Tehran,” Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL (Jan. 2009). “‘Transing’ Sex in Islam: The Case of Sex Change Operations in Iran,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Religion and Sexuality Consultation, Chicago, IL (Nov. 2008). “What We Can Learn From Obama’s Muslim Problem,” Political Theologies, Past: Present and Future, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Oct. 2008). “Comparing Changing Sex: A Case Study for Religious Ethics,” Workshop by invitation, Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy Group, Religious Studies Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (Jan. 2008). “Good Hijab, Bad Hijab: Material Discourse at Political Participation in Iran,” Lecture by invitation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (Jan. 2008).

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“Reading Weblogs in Tehran: An Emergent Genre of Religious Ethics,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Ethics Section, San Diego, CA (Nov. 2007). “Good Hijab, Bad Hijab: The Politics of Religious Dress in Iran,” Engaging Islam: Feminisms, Religiosities, and Self-Determinations, UMass Boston, Boston, MA (Sept. 2007). “Muslim-Christian Dialogue: The Case of Marriage and Family Law,” Lecture by invitation, Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (April 2007). “Material Discourse at Political Participation in Iran,” Lecture by invitation, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (March 2007). “Bad Hijabi Lessons for (Bad) Feminist Scholarship,” Lecture by invitation, Breaking Apart the Monolith: The Many Ways of Being Muslim, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (March 2007). “What ‘Good’ is Changing Sex? Considering the Case of Transsexuality in Comparative Religious Ethics,” Comparative Ethics Workshop, Society of Christian Ethics, Dallas, TX (Jan. 2007). ““Bad Hijab and Chadori Women: The Construction of Gender Through Imperfect Obedience” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Contemporary Islam Consultation, Washington, DC (Nov. 2006). “Beyond Bully Pulpits: Charismatic Authority, Clerical Persuasion, and Comparative Religious Ethics,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Comparative Religious Ethics Group, Washington, DC (Nov. 2006). “Between Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights: Reform of Custody Laws in Iran,” All in the Family: Islam, Women and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA (March 2006). Good Hijab, Bad Hijab: Veiling as a Form of Political Dissent,” Lecture by invitation, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (March 2006). “Speaking of Motherhood: The Epideictic Rhetoric of John Paul II and Ayatollah Khomeini,” Society of Christian Ethics, Phoenix, AZ (Jan. 2006). “Talking Back in Iran: Religious Discourse, Women’s Agency, and a Rhetorical Turn,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Feminist Theories Working Group, Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 2005). Regional/local “Pious Fashion: Women’s Ethical Negotiations of Aesthetic Authorities in Tehran,” Muslim

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Women’s Voices, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (Dec. 2014). “Virtue and Veiling,” Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Feb. 2014). “Cultivating Virtues Through Bodily Acts: The Case of the Islamic Veil,” Religion and Critical Thought Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI (April 2013). “The Power of Pious Fashion: The Islamic Veil as Political Critique,” American Association of University Women, Greensboro Branch, Greensboro, NC (Nov. 2011). “Veiling in the Qu’ran,” Greensboro Ladies Guild, Greensboro Country Club (Oct. 2011). “Ethics Within a Theocracy?” 2005 Ethics Lecture Series, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (May 2005). “Catholic Moral Permissibility of Emergency Contraception After Rape: A Feminist Reading,” University of Chicago Graduate Student Ethics Conference, Chicago, IL (April 2001). FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS External Theology of Character Fellowship, Wake Forest University, John Templeton Foundation. June 2012 – June 2013 “Pious Fashion: The Virtues of a Hijabi Fashionista” PI. Research and travel support, summer salary and one course buyout ($57,000). American Association of University Women American Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. August 2011 – June 2012 “The Good of Ambiguous Bodies: Catholic and Shi‘i Ethics of Transsexuality” PI. Course buyouts for one academic year and travel support ($35,000). Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs Postdoctoral Fellowship, Georgetown University. August 2006 – May 2007 “Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics of US Catholic and Iranian Shi‘i Women” PI. Salary for one academic year and travel support ($49,000).

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Internal 2014

Humanities Center Collaborative Research Cluster, Northeastern ($2,000).

2013

CSSH Research Development Grant, Northeastern ($5,000).

2011

Dean’s Match to AAUW travel funds, UNCG ($5,000). Kohler International Travel Award for Turkey, UNCG ($1,000). Linda Arnold Carlisle Research Grant, Women’s and Gender Studies, UNCG ($1,000). Proposal Preparation Fellowship, UNCG ($3,000). Regular Faculty Grant, UNCG ($5,000). Scholars’ Travel Fund, UNCG ($500).

2010

Kohler International Travel Award for Indonesia, UNCG ($1,000). Nominee for NEH Summer Stipend. Scholars’ Travel Fund, UNCG ($500). Summer Faculty Excellence Award, UNCG ($5,000).

2009

Course Development Grant, Honors College, UNCG ($3,000). Summer Faculty Excellence Award, UNCG ($5,000).

2008

Kohler International Travel Award for Italy, UNCG ($1,000). New Faculty Award, UNCG ($5,000). Nominee for the Carnegie Scholar Program in Islamic Studies. Nominee for NEH Summer Stipend. Summer Faculty Excellence Award, UNCG ($5,000).

2007

Nominee for the Carnegie Scholar Program in Islamic Studies. Scholars’ Travel Fund, UNCG ($350).

2005-2006 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, The Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago ($15,000). 2005

Foreign Language Enhancement Scholarship for Persian, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Summer ($2,200). Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship for Persian, Ohio State University, Summer ($3,600).

2004-2005 Martin Marty Center Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago ($15,000). 2004

J. Coert Rylaarsdam Prize for Interfaith Relations, University of Chicago.

2004

Human Rights Internship Grant for Summer Research in Tehran, Iran, University of Chicago ($5,000).

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2002-2003 Wabash Fellow, University of Chicago ($1,500). 2002

Fellowship for the Study of Intensive Arabic, Middlebury College, Vermont, Summer ($3,600).

2001-2003 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship for Arabic, term-time and Summer ($43,000). 2000

Delegate, University of Chicago Human Rights Delegation to Cuba and Guatemala.

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Service to the Discipline Associations 2011-2017 2012-2016 2012-2014 2014-2016 2012-2014 2011 2010 2010 2010 2007-2010 Publications 2015-2019 2012-2018 2015 2014 2010-2014 2008-2014 2014 2014 2012-2014 2013 2013 2012 2010-2012

Co-Chair, Comparative Religious Ethics Group, American Academy of Religion. Co-Chair, Chicago Writers Group, Society of Christian Ethics. Member, Global Research in Ethics Committee, Society of Christian Ethics. Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. Treasure/Secretary, Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. Member, Program Committee, Society of Christian Ethics. Founding Member, Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. “Spatial, Narrative, and Embodied Production of Ethical Values,” Respondent, American Academy of Religion, Comparative Religious Ethics Group, Atlanta, GA (Nov.). “Cart Before Horse? Ordination of Trans Persons,” Response to Jon Paul Sydnor, Society of Christian Ethics, San Jose, CA (Jan.). Steering Committee, Comparative Religious Ethics Group, American Academy of Religion. Associate Editor, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Editorial Board, Journal of Religious Ethics. Reviewer, Oxford University Press Reviewer, Ethics & Global Politics Reviewer, Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics. Reviewer, Journal of Religious Ethics. Reviewer, Columbia University Press. Reviewer, University of Texas Press. Editorial Board, Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics. Reviewer, Gender & Society. Reviewer, Sexuality and Culture. Reviewer, History of Religions. Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics’ Representative to Editorial Board, Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics.

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2008 2007 2006 Institutions 2013-2015 2014-2015 2012-2013 2010-2012 2010 2004-2005

Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Reviewer, Journal of Religion. “Review Essay of Charles E. Curran’s The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II,” The Journal of Religion 86:3 (2006): 484-485. Sub-Panel Chair, American Fellowship (Humanities Sub-Panel), American Association of University Women. Advisory Board, The Enhancing Life Project, John Templeton Foundation, University of Chicago ($4.6 million). Guest Panelist, American Fellowship, American Association of University Women. Undergraduate Admissions Interviewer, Harvard University. Grant Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Board of Directors, Martin Marty Center for Religion and Public Life, The Divinity School, University of Chicago.

Service to Northeastern University Service 2015-present Member, Northeastern Social Impact Council. 2014-2015 Participant, Research Leadership Development Initiative (ReDI). 2013-present Executive Committee, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 2013-present Faculty Advisor, Northeastern University’s Feminist Student Organization. 2014-2015 Faculty mentor, University Scholars Independent Research Project. 2014 “Good Hijab, Bad Hijab,” Master Class for prospective University Scholars (March). 2013 Faculty Presenter, Pizza and Profs, Honors Program (Nov.). 2013 Faculty Marshall, May Commencement. 2013 “Good Hijab, Bad Hijab,” Master Class for prospective University Scholars (April). 2012-2013 Committee Member, Northeastern University’s Holocaust Awareness Week. College Service 2013-present Chair, Narratives of the Body (formerly Embodiment) Humanities Faculty Research Cluster (co-convened with faculty at Uppsala, Sweden) 2014 Faculty Reviewer, CSSH Research Development Initiative Proposals. 2014 Co-organizer (with Jung Lee) of Ethics Institute’s Annual Applied Ethics Workshop: “Ethics, Ethnography and Religion.” 2013-2014 Committee Member, Communications Committee for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2013 Review Committee for Ethics Institute’s workshop on informed consent. 2013 Interviewed Development and Gender tenure-track candidates for Department of Political Science (Feb). 2013 “Pious Fashion,” Faculty works in progress series, Humanities Center (Feb.).

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Department Service 2014 Wrote Annual Review letter for Rory Smead on behalf of the Executive Committee. Service to UNCG Department Service 2008-2012 Assessment Chair, in charge of yearly assessment goals and reports. 2008-2012 Advising of undergraduate majors. 2010 Organized student trip to Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. College Service 2011-2012 Steering Committee, MERGE College of Arts and Sciences faculty network. 2011-2012 Program Faculty, Women and Gender Studies Program. 2011 “Creative Conformity: Book Talk,” Presentation for Office of Multicultural Affairs (Oct.). 2009-2011 Sexuality Studies Workshop Coordinator, MERGE: College of Arts and Sciences faculty network. 2010 “Spirituality and Sexuality Symposium,” Panelist, Campus Ministries (March). 2010 “Reading Muslim Subjects,” Presentation to Merge Workshop: Remaking the Body (Dec.). 2010 Guest lecture, “History of Islam,” Department of History (April). 2009-2010 Search Committee, Islamic History Search. 2008 Interviewed for “Up & Coming” feature, UNCG Research magazine (Spring). 2008 “Multiple Linkages: Transnational identities, feminisms, and what it means to do work at the crossroads of culture,” Women’s & Gender Studies Salon (March). 2008 Discussion leader for “Offside,” International Human Rights Film Series (Sept.). University Service 2007-2012 Associate Member, Graduate Faculty 2008-2009 Participant, New Faculty Mentoring. 2007 “Offline Consequences of Weblogistan,” Honors Coffee, Honors College Luncheon Lecture (Oct.). Service to the Public Public outreach/education 2013 “3Qs: Why Pope Francis has been so influential,” [email protected] (Dec.). 2013 Expert Witness in Asylum Case of Mahin Dana, Chicago, IL. 2013 “3Qs: Benedict XVI Resigns the Papacy,” [email protected] (Feb.). 2011 “The Power of Pious Fashion: The Islamic Veil as Political Critique,” American Association of University Women, Greensboro Branch, Greensboro, NC (Nov.). 2011 “Veiling in the Qu’ran,” Greensboro Ladies Guild, Greensboro Country Club (Oct.). 2005 “Human Rights and Religious Belief,” Interview with Radio Station WMUZ, Detroit, MI (Sept.).

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