Ingrid Mattson Biography

Dr. Ingrid Mattson is the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London Canada. Formerly she was professor of Islamic Studies founder of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and director of the Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford CT. She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago in 1999.
She is the author of The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life as well as numerous articles exploring the relationship between Islamic law and society gender and leadership issues in contemporary Muslim communities. From 2006-2010 Dr. Mattson served as President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); she previously served two terms as Vice-President.
Dr. Mattson was born in Canada where she studied Philosophy at the University of Waterloo Ontario (B.A. ‘87). From 1987-1988 she lived in Pakistan where she developed and implemented a midwife-training program for Afghan refugee women.
Dr. Mattson is frequently consulted by media government and civic organizations and has served as an expert witness.

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