Aisha Subhan is a Ph.D. candidate at the Chicago Theological Seminary in Islamic and Interreligious Studies. Her work largely engages mysticism within her tradition of Islam and others with special consideration of female mystics, the feminine element/divine feminine, and ways in which feminism(s)/womanism(s) may contribute to this study and in fostering peace and healing within and into the world.
Previously, Aisha attended Bayan Islamic Graduate School where she received her Master’s of Arts in Islamic Studies, and the University of California, San Diego where she received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and the Study of Religion. Aisha enjoys traveling, writing poetry, and walking by the lake. In the future, Aisha hopes to become a professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies.