Ph.D., University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, 2006
Dissertation: "French Citizens of Muslim Faith: Islam and the Politics of Difference in Contemporary France"

M.A., University of Chicago
Master of Arts in Anthropology, 2002
M.A. Thesis: "'Fighting for My Rights, Submitting to My Duties': Gender, Tradition, and the Islamic Revival in Bradford, England"

B.A, Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies (Honors), 1997

Publications

"The Republic's 'Second Religion': Recognizing Islam in France," Middle East Report, No. 235: 12-17 (Summer 2005).

"Droit, laïcité et diversité culturelle. De quelques contradictions françaises," with C. Eberhard and N. Gafsia, Revue Interdisciplinaire d'Études Juridiques, No. 54: 129-169 (2005).

"The Avowal and Disavowal of Difference in France: Paul Silverstein's Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, Nation" (review), Anthropological Quarterly, No. 77(4): 835-843 (2004).

"Critical Interventions: a review of Living with Torturers and Other Essays by Sasanka Perera," Thatched Patio (journal of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies), Colombo, Sri Lanka (1996).

The Bo-Atte Massacre and the Kebetigollawa Refugee Camp. A field report on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacks in northeastern Sri Lanka, published by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1995).

Current Position

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University in St. Louis