The Digital Islamic Studies Program strives to provide access to faculty expertise and specialized courses in the field of Global Islamic Studies to Big Ten Academic Alliance member institutions. Faculty are given the opportunity to teach courses that not only challenge their students, but also engage preexisting Islamic studies curricula in new ways. Below are the professors who are teaching in 2015-2016 and the courses they offer.
Rudolph (Butch) Ware
University of Michigan
Associate Professor, History
Email: rudyware@umich.edu
Office phone: (734) 647-7934
Course: Islam in Africa
Jonathan Brockopp
Penn State University
Associate Professor, History and Religious Studies
Email: brockopp@psu.edu
Office Phone: (814) 863-1338
Course: The Crusades: Holy War in the Middle Ages
Valerie J. Hoffman
University of Illinois
Head Professor; Department of Religion
Email: vhoffman@illinois.edu
Office phone: (217) 333-0953
Course: Mystics and Saints in Islam