Hi! I am a Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Denver and a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am an award-winning educator recognized for my engaging teaching abilities and commitment to justice and equity in pedagogy. I was a 2023-2024 Lead Graduate Teaching Fellow at the CU Boulder Center for Teaching and Learning. In addition, I have earned the Best Should Teach, Teaching Excellence, and Collegiality and Scholarship Excellence awards. I was also a recipient of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program fellowship.

My research agenda actively seeks to bridge the gap between Western and non-Western perspectives concerning ideological extremism, scope for tolerance, and multifaith democracy. More specifically, I study modern Islamic political thought, focusing on the politics of polarization and the quest for tolerance in Islam. My research examines both a) the ideological underpinnings of radical interpretations of the holy texts in Islam, and b) the tolerant traditions within the Islamic framework that embrace multifaith democracy and co-existence. 

In addition to being a scholar working on radical and tolerant traditions in Islamic political thought, I have extensive experience teaching undergraduate courses related to modern political ideologies, Western political thought, and American constitutional rights, especially debates around free speech. Moreover, as a graduate peer mentor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, I mentored graduate student teachers in the Department of Political Science and beyond to adopt best practices for effective and inclusive classroom instruction with undergraduate students. Previously, I worked as a lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.