Muslim Life Advisory Council
The Muslim Life Advisory Council is a group of Muslim and Non-Muslim Faculty and Staff across Wake Forest University, including the graduate schools, that advocate and provide support for Muslim students. They are also accountability and thought partners for the Muslim Chaplain, and provide her with suggestions in her work. This group of professors have been allies of the Muslim community at Wake Forest prior to there being a Muslim Chaplain or Muslim Life. Muslim Life is incredibly grateful to have this group of people as our support system. Prior to COVID the Council met once a month. During COVID meetings are held virtually or email updates are provided.
Current members, listed alphabetically by first name:
- Dr. Darlene May, Teaching Professor in Arabic, Wake Forest University
- Dr. Kimberly Wortmann, Assistant Professor of Islam, Wake Forest University
- Dr. Michaelle Browers, Professor of International and Political Affairs, Director of Middle East and South Asia Studies Program and Arabic Studies Program, Wake Forest University
- Muhammad Siddiqui, Alumnus Class of 2014
- Dr. Osama Zahid, Innovation Associate, Wake Forest Innovations
- Dr. Peter Knapczyk, Postdoctoral Fellow in Hindi-Urdu, Wake Forest University
- Dr. Shahla Namak, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Sobia Shariff Hussaini, Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies, Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Dr. Tanisha Ramachandran, Associate Teaching Professor of South Asian Religions and Director of Religion and Public Engagement Concentration, Wake Forest University
If you’d like to join or learn more please contact Naijla Faizi at faiznr0@wfu.edu.
