For profile of research, see article in International Innovation
EMPLOYMENT
2015-Present
Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism & the Rule of Law
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
2013-Present
Professor
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
2010-2013
Associate Professor
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
2005-2010
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
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EDUCATION
JSD—Yale Law School (2009)
PhD—UCLA, History (2005)
LLM—Yale Law School (2004)
MA —University of Texas, Austin, History (1999)
JD —UCLA School of Law (1996)
BA —University of California, Berkeley, Rhetoric (1993)
SELECTED AWARDS
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation (2014-2015)
Foundation for Legal Research Grant (2014-2015):
Statutory Interpretation
SSHRC Insight Grant: Sharia and the Rule of Law (2012-17)
SSHRC Connection Grant: Islamic and Jewish Legal
Reasoning (2012-2013)
Connaught Summer Institute Grant (2013-2015)
SSHRC Standard Research Grant - Reasoning in Islamic and
Jewish Law (2008-2011)
Faculty Fellow - Religion in the Public Sphere, University of
Toronto (2007-2008)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS/AFFILIATIONS
Founder/General Editor. Oxford Series in Islamic Legal Studies. Oxford University Press.
Founder/Editor in Chief. Middle East Law and Governance. Brill Publications.
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Sciences (Member, 2014-2015).
Consultant. Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada.
Consultant, Commissioner of Federal Judicial Affairs, Department of Justice, Canada.
Editorial Board. Journal of Law and Religion. Emory University.
Advisory Board. ICLRS Series on Law and Religion. Asghate Publishing.