Arun Rasiah Faculty Profile

Arun Rasiah is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of Liberal Studies at CSUEB. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History from Oberlin College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at high schools, county jails and community colleges in the Bay Area before joining the faculty of Holy Names University in Oakland. Last year he was a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University College London and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests are in literacy studies, Islamic education, Muslims in the Americas, Indian Ocean Islam and global history.