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"Throughout this Revson year, I traveled through this journey with compassionate, interesting, and stimulating fellows, and their stories and projects opened my eyes to new experiences."
Annecy Baez (2007 - 2008)
Director of Counseling Center
Lehman College/CUNY
Ingrid Mattson, Dr.
Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
Hartford Seminary Duncan Black MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian/Muslim Relations
On February 1, 2004, Dr. Ingrid Mattson joined the Fellows for dinner and spoke on her work as a scholar of Islam and the issues facing Muslim women today. Dr. Mattson is Director of Islamic Chaplaincy and Professor at 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. Her research is focused on Islamic law and society; among her articles are studies on slavery, poverty and Islamic legal theory. 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 worked with Afghan refugee women. In 2001 Dr. Mattson was elected Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America.
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