DISC People

People


The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) is a collaborative effort between faculty liaisons, administrative staff, professors, lecturers, student assistants, and interns. DISC faculty liaisons serve as the primary contact for students at each Big Ten Academic Alliance institution. See the list below for your university’s faculty liaison and DISC administrative staff.

Faculty Liaisons

Mauro Nobili

university of Illinois Urbana-champaign, Associate Professor

nobili@illinois.edu

Latest Publishing: Sultan, Caliph, and the Renewer of the Faith

Robert crouch

Indiana University-bloomington

Professor

rocrouch@indiana.edu

Peter Wien

university of Maryland

Professor

pwien@umd.edu

Mohammad khalil

Michigan state university

Professor

khalilmo@msu.edu

samer ali

University of Michigan

Professor

samerali@umich.edu

Jeanne H. Kilde

University of Minnesota

Director Religious Studies

Programjkilde@umn.edu

abla hassan

University of Nebraska-lincoln

Professor

abla.hasan@unl.edu

Morgan Liu

Ohio State University

Associate Professor

liu.737@osu.edu

jyoti Gulati baldachandran

pennsylvania state University

Associate Professor

jzb461@psu.edu

ahmed idrissi alami

Purdue university

Professor

aidrissi@purdue.edu

Administration

Pauline Jones

university of Michigan, Professor

pjluong@umich.edu@umich.edu

Latest Publishing: The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies

Nur Shaina Ayers

university of Michigan

Academic Program Specialist

nsayers@umich.edu

Natasa gruden-alajbegovic

university of Michigan

Manager, Global Projects Cluster, International Institute

nalajbeg@umich.edu

Social Media and Communications Interns

DISC social media and communication interns assist the DISC administration in program promotion, development, and outreach at their campus.