Zayn R Kassam is an American religious studies scholar known for her work on gender roles in Islam and Indian philosophy with 29 publications of her work as of July 2022.
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Zayn Kassam was the chair of the religious studies department at Pomona College, and in January 2023, she began her term as director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
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Zayn Kassam attended the Aga Khan Primary Schools in Kisumu, Mombasa, and Nairobi.
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Zayn Kassam completed her undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees at McGill University.
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Zayn Kassam spent one year at The Institute of Ismaili Studies in 1998 as a research fellow where she taught a course on gender.
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Zayn Kassam began working at Pomona College in Claremont, California in 1995, where she served as the chair of the religious studies department twice, co-chair of the Climate Study Group, co-ordinator for Gender and Women's Studies, and co-ordinator for Middle Eastern studies.
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Zayn Kassam was later appointed to Associate Dean for DEI and the John Knox McLean Professor of Religious Studies.
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Zayn Kassam served as director of the Pacific Basin Institute.
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Zayn Kassam is currently serving on the national boards of the Journal of Feminist Studies In Religion and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
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Zayn Kassam continues to teach various courses in the subjects of mysticism, gender, literature, ethics, and environmentalism.
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Zayn Kassam is the author of Introduction to the World's Major Religion's: Islam, editor of Women and Islam and Women in Asian Religions.
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Zayn Kassam is a section editor for Islam in the volume on Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism in the Encyclopedia for Indian Religions.