Current Editorial Team: 

Derya Doğan

BIO: Derya Doğan is a double-major Ph.D. candidate in Education Policy Studies and Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures. Her research focuses on modern times of Islamic education through the lens of comparative​ religious K-12, international Islamic universities, and/or teacher/administrator qualifications within Islamic educational systems. She has been with the Muslim Voices since Summer 2019! 

Ali Alsmadi

BIO: Ali Alsmadi is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Indiana University. Ali Obtained his M.A. in Hispanic Literature from Florida Atlantic University and his B.A. in Spanish Language & Literature from the University of Jordan-Amman. Other research interests include gender, identity, desire, material culture, and religious intersectionality. He has been with the Muslim Voices since Fall 2021! 

Former Editorial Team Members: 

Ben Ale-Ebrahim (Sp’18 – F’22)

Hassan Abdulrashed Bokhari (Sum’21-Sp’22) 

Our Writers So Far: 

Thank you to our contributors who have written with us. Without your contribution, we would not have achieved so much! 

Ezgi Benli is a Ph.D. student in Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department at Indiana University, Bloomington and a musician who is deeply invested in Alevi/Islamic music. Please click here for her blog post.

Ibrahim Bor is a visiting professor of philosophy of religion, philosophy of language, and Kurdish studies at the MELC department at Indiana University. Please click here for his blogpost. 

Rose Hattab is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies at the University of Arizona with a minor in English Rhetoric and Composition. Please click here for her blog post. 

Michael Krautkraemer is a PhD candidate at Indiana University. His research focuses on Uyghur Islam and survival work in the early twentieth century. Please click here for his blogpost. 

Puji Mudiana is a Muslim Indonesian, a Ph.D. student, a mother who is currently studying at IU School of Education. Please click here for her blog post. 

Flamur Vehapi is a researcher, poet, literary translator, academic and a success coach. Please click here for his blogpost. 

Cathy Raymond completed a doctoral degree in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from IU-Bloomington in June 2021. Please click here for her blog post. 

Lydia Zakel’s research focuses on Palestinian countermapping, tatreez (embroidery), and the feminist methodology of the intimate scale. Please click here for her blog post. 

Mayesha Awal received her B.A. in both Psychology and Government from Georgetown University, and her M.S. in Healthcare Management from Indiana University-Bloomington. Please click here for her blog post.