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Sana Tayyen

Assistant Professor
Religious Studies

Education

  • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

  • M.A., Claremont Graduate University

  • M.A., University of Memphis

  • B.A., Northeastern Illinois University

Professional Background

Previous Teaching Experience

  • Fall 2022-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands - Redlands, CA
  • Fall 2021-Summer 2022, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands - Redlands, CA
  • August 2017-Spring 2021, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands - Redlands, CA
  • Fall 2017-Present, Lecturer of Religion, California State University, Fullerton - Fullerton, CA
  • Fall 2015-Spring 2017, Fulltime Lecturer of Religion, University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
  • Fall 2014-Spring 2015, Humanities Core Lecturer, University of California, Irvine - Irvine, CA
  • Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, Philosophy Instructor, UCLA Extension - Los Angeles, CA
  • Fall 2014, Lecturer of Religion, University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
  • Fall 2011, Adjunct Professor, California Lutheran University - Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Fall 2006-Spring 2009, Teaching Assistant, Claremont Graduate University - Claremont, CA
  • 1999-2002, Islamic Studies Teacher, Averroes Academy - Northbrook, IL
  • 1995-1998, Islamic Studies Teacher, Islamic Cultural Center - Northbrook, IL

Publications

Historic Muslim Lands: Interreligious Movement, Conflict, and Coexistence, Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge University Press, Under Contract.

 

“From Orientalist Sexual Object to Burkini Terrorist Threat: Muslim Women through an Evolving Lens.” Islamophobia Studies Journal XX, no. X (2017): 101-114.

 

“A Shared Devotion: Ghazali and Aquinas on the Interaction between Reason and Revelation Against the Argument of an Eternal World.” Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology. IN REVISION FOR PUBLICATION.

“Coverings.” Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, (2018). Print/Online.

“Hagar.” Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, (2018). Print/Online.

“Shari’a.” Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, (2018). Print/Online.

Awards and service

  • Interfaith Youth Core 2019 and 2020
    Racial Equity and Interfaith Cooperation Award.
  • Claremont Graduate University Dissertation Grant Award, 2011-2012
    Annual competition for advanced (all but dissertation) doctoral students, meant to facilitate the rapid completion of promising and distinctive dissertation projects.
  • Featured Student, 2011
    Claremont Graduate University, School of Arts and Humanities Website, represented among notable students
  • Robert J. Bernard Foundation Fellowship, 2007-2008
    Awarded on the basis of academic performance at Claremont Graduate University-School of Religion.
  • John and Irene Nugent Memorial Fund Fellowship, 2006-2007
    Awarded on the basis of academic performance at Claremont Graduate University-School of Religion.
  • Claremont Graduate University Fellowship: Jan. 2006 to May 2008
    School of Religion
  • Claremont Graduate University Fellowship: Jan. 2006 to May 2008
    Philosophy Department
  • Chancellor’s List Publication 2004-2005
    Awarded on the basis of recognition for outstanding academic and community achievements in a professional, meaningful and dignified manner.