Sana Tayyen
Assistant Professor
Religious Studies
Education
- Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
- M.A., Claremont Graduate University
- M.A., University of Memphis
- B.A., Northeastern Illinois University
Professional Background
- Assistant professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands, fall 2022–present
- Senior lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands, fall 2021–summer 2022
- Visiting assistant professor of religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Redlands, August 2017–spring 2021
- Lecturer of religion, California State University, Fullerton, fall 2017–present
- Full-time lecturer of religion, University of Southern California, fall 2015–spring 2017
- Humanities Core lecturer, University of California, Irvine, fall 2014–spring 2015
- Philosophy instructor, UCLA Extension, fall 2014 and spring 2015
- Lecturer of religion, University of Southern California, fall 2014
- Adjunct professor, California Lutheran University, fall 2011
- Teaching assistant, Claremont Graduate University, fall 2006–spring 2009
- Islamic studies teacher, Averroes Academy, Northbrook, Illinois, 1999–2002
- Islamic studies teacher, Islamic Cultural Center, Northbrook, Illinois, 1995–1998
Publications
- Tayyen, Sana. Historic Muslim Lands: Interreligious Movement, Conflict, and Coexistence. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge University Press. Under contract.
- Tayyen, Sana. "From Orientalist Sexual Object to Burkini Terrorist Threat: Muslim Women through an Evolving Lens." Islamophobia Studies Journal vol. 4, no. 1 (2017): 101–114.
- Tayyen, Sana. "A Shared Devotion: Ghazali and Aquinas on the Interaction between Reason and Revelation Against the Argument of an Eternal World." Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology. In revision for publication.
- Tayyen, Sana. "Coverings." In Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, 2018.
- Tayyen, Sana. "Hagar." In Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, 2018.
- Tayyen, Sana. "Shari'a." In Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History. ABC-CLIO, 2018.
Awards and Service
- Interfaith Youth Core 2019 and 2020 Racial Equity and Interfaith Cooperation Award
- Claremont Graduate University Dissertation Grant Award, 2011–2012. Annual competition for advanced (all but dissertation) doctoral students, meant to facilitate the rapid completion of promising and distinctive dissertation projects.
- Featured Student, 2011, Claremont Graduate University, School of Arts and Humanities website, represented among notable students
- Robert J. Bernard Foundation Fellowship, 2007–2008. Awarded on the basis of academic performance at Claremont Graduate University School of Religion.
- John and Irene Nugent Memorial Fund Fellowship, 2006–2007. Awarded on the basis of academic performance at Claremont Graduate University School of Religion.
- Claremont Graduate University Fellowship, School of Religion, January 2006–May 2008
- Claremont Graduate University Fellowship, Philosophy Department, January 2006–May 2008
- Chancellor's List Publication, 2004–2005. Awarded on the basis of recognition for outstanding academic and community achievements in a professional, meaningful, and dignified manner.