Biography
I am a PhD student in sociology interested in the intersections of religion and society. My research interests are mainly in global and transnational sociology. I study Muslims in America as well as Muslims in non-Western contexts. Mainly, I'm interested in comparing manifestations of Islamophobia in the West and non-West. Having explored Islamophobia in the American context as an M.A. student, my focus recently has been non-Western contexts (especially Muslim-majority contexts). I am interested in comparative studies of Islamophobia in the West and non-West.
Research Interests
American Islamophobia, Islamophobia in the non-West, American Muslim communities, racialization of religion, sociology of religion
Education
M.A. Religion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
B.A. Islamic Theology, Istanbul University, 2017
Grants
- Summer 2023: Block Grant/Summer Writing Scholarship. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Spring 2023: ASA Scholarship Award. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Spring 2020: Conference Travel Award. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College
- Spring 2019: Conference Travel Award. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College
- Spring 2019: Conference Travel Grant. Department of Religion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
- Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
Courses Taught
- Spring 2023: Criminal Justice System (TA)
- Fall 2021-fall 2022: Introduction to Sociology (Teaching Assistant/Discussion Section Leader)
- Spring 2021: Sociology of Political Polarization: Bigots and Snowflakes (TA)
- Winter 2021: Introduction to Sociology (TA)
- Fall 2020: Race, Religion, and Resistance (Guest Lecturer)
- Fall 2019: Elementary Standard Arabic I (Graduate Instructor)
- 2017-2020: World Religions (TA/Discussion Section Leader)
Recent Publications
Karipek, A. (2020). Portrayals of Jihad: A Cause of Islamophobia. Islamophobia Studies Journal 5(2), 210-225.