Media Guide to WCU Faculty Experts

Dr. Tabassum Ruby
Associate Professor
College of Arts & Humanities - Women's and Gender Studies
Bio
Dr. Tabassum Fahim Ruby is an associate professor in the department of Women’s and Gender Studies at West Chester University. Her research centers on Islam and gender discourses, and on modernity and secularism. She is the author of Muslim Women's Rights: Contesting Liberal-Secular Sensibilities in Canada. The book examines the ways liberal-secular normative values have shaped and informed the question of Muslim women’s rights. She also discusses her book in a podcast conducted by New Books.
Expertise
- Islam and Gender
- Muslim Women's Rights
- Modernity and Secularism
- Postcolonial and Critical Race Studies
- Transnational Feminisms
- Globalization
Education
- B.A., University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
- M.A., University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
- Ph.D., York University (Toronto, Canada)
Media
New Books Network podcast, 2020.