Zareena A. Grewal

Zareena A Grewal is Assistant Professor of American Studies. She is the author of articles and chapters about the intersections of race and religion in American Muslim communities.? She also directed and produced a film about the scrutiny of American Muslims? patriotism entitled By the Dawn?s Early Light:? Chris Jackson?s Journey to Islam, featured on the Documentary Channel.? Currently, she is completing a book on the global dimensions of Islam?s ?crisis of authority,? specifically on transnational pedagogical networks that connect American mosques to the intellectual centers of the Middle East.?? She teaches courses on Muslims in America, US cultural and political interests in the Middle East, and ethnographic and documentary film.