Berkley Center

Dr. Mahan Mirza is a teaching professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and executive director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at the University of Notre Dame. An Islamic studies scholar, Mirza previously led the implementation for Madrasa Discourses, a project to advance scientific and theological literacy in South Asia, housed in the Keough School's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He also served as dean of faculty at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, America’s first accredited Muslim liberal arts college. Mirza holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Texas Austin, M.A. from Hartford International University in Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations, and Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale University. He has taught a range of courses in Arabic-Islamic studies, Western religions, history of science, and global affairs, along with foundational subjects in the liberal arts including logic, rhetoric, ethics, and politics.