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Zareena Grewal
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Zareena Grewal is an associate professor in the
departments of American Studies and Religious Studies and the Program in
Ethnicity, Race and Migration at Yale University. She is also the former director of the Center for the Study of American Muslims at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. She previously was a visiting lecturer in Vassar College’s
Department of Anthropology. Grewal is the author of numerous articles and
chapters on the intersections of race and religion in American Muslim
communities; her book Destination Tradition:
American Islam and the Crisis of Authority (New York University Press,
forthcoming) explores the global religious networks that connect US mosques to
the intellectual centers of the Middle East. Grewal was awarded the Fulbright
Fellowship in Egypt (2002-2003) and received the Fulbright's prestigious
Islamic Civilization Grant. She is also a documentary filmmaker and a regular
contributor to the Huffington Post. Grewal
received her doctorate from the University of Michigan.