Teaching Interests
- History of anthropological theories and methods
- Anthropology of religion
- Political anthropology
- Social change
- Comparisons of filmed and written ethnographic representations
- Islam and Muslims
- States and societies
- Cultural ecology of pastoral nomads and nomadism
- Family, gender and population dynamics
- Islam and politics in Muslim societies of the Middle East and former Soviet Central Asia from a comparative perspective
Recently Taught Courses
- People and Cultures of the Middle East, CEUS-U 397/520
- Representations of Islam and Muslims in Anthropological Literature
- Islam & Politics in Central Asia & The Middle East, CEUS-U 797
- Post-Taliban Afghan/Global Terror, CEUS-U 320/520
- Muslim States and Societies
