l'Afrique

Maroc

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology

Al Akhawayn University

e.roy@aui.ma

Mali

Ph.D. Department of Religious Studies Sept. 2006-Aug. 2012
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dissertation: Educating Pious Citizens: Local Politics, International Funding, and Democracy in Bamako's Islamic Schools.
Supervisor: Dr. Celia Rothenberg

M.A., Sciences Humaines des Religions Sept. 2004-Jan. 2007
Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

Thesis: Les médersas du Mali: L’influence arabe sur l’enseignement islamique moderne.
Supervisor: Dr. Monique Cardinal

B.A. Classics Sept. 2001- May 2003
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Anthropology of Religion; Religion and politics; West Africa (Mali); Islamic Education; Comparative Education; Qualitative Methods; Comparative Muslim Cultures; South-South cooperation; Arab development aid.

“Chapter, Title TBD.” (Dec. 2013)
In Voices of Immigrant Professors: Historical and Contemporary Challenges & Triumphs.
Editors: Charles B. Hutchison, Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry
Publisher: Routledge, Series: Research in Higher Education. (Refereed)

“The Al Akhawayn University Master of Arts in Islamic Studies.” (Oct. 2013)
In Consultation Seminar on Islamic Studies for Peace and Coexistence in the Arab World. Beirut (Lebanon), June 28-30, 2013
Editor: Adyan Foundation.
Conference proceedings. (Under review)

“Perceived Incompetence as an Asset in the Field.” Jan. 2011
In SELBY, Jennifer (contributing editor). Society for the Anthropology of Religion Column. (Non-refereed)