Introduction
Teaching and research explores religion, race and gender at the intersection of law, politics and society. Representative courses taught include International Terrorism & Human Rights Law; International Women's Rights; Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance; United Nations and Human Rights; Religion and Politics; American Constitutional Law; Islam, Women and Development, among others. Legal and public scholarship has been published in Fordham International Law Journal, UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, Georgetown University, Asian American Law Journal at Berkley Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Pace International Law Journal, and Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Double law degree from Rutgers Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School (with highest honors).
Expert
Engy Abdelkader is based at Rutgers University where her teaching and research explores religion, race and gender at the intersection of law, politics and society both domestically and internationally. She has dedicated her path-breaking career to advancing social justice issues, from religious freedom and racial equality to the rights of immigrants, women, and children. She has collaborated with the UN, U.S. State Department, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the American Bar Association, among others. Representative scholarly publications include When Islamophobia Turns Violent (Georgetown), A Comparative Analysis of European Islamophobia (UCLA School of Law), Muslim Americans (Berkeley Law), A Comparative Analysis of Islamic Jurisprudential Approaches to Female Judges in the Muslim World (Fordham University School of Law), Anti-Muslim Ads, the First Amendment and the Efficacy of Counterspeech (Berkeley Law). Her writing has appeared in CNN, HuffPost, TIME and the Christian Science Monitor and numerous other outlets. Abdelkader holds two U.S. law degrees including credentials from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she served as a Constitutional Law Teaching Fellow and graduated with the highest honors.
Fields of expertise: Gender equality, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Migration, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social change / social transformations