Our Team
Dr. Ayse Sule Akinturk
Project Coordinator, MNL in NL
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University
Research Interests: Islam and Muslim Religiosity, Secularism, Muslims and Muslim Heritage in Canada.
Contact: asakinturk@mun.ca
Dr. Jennifer Selby
Project Lead, MNL in NL
Professor, Departments of Political Science and Religion and Culture, Memorial University
Research Interests: Secularism Studies, Muslim lives and histories in Canada and France, gender, method & theory, religion and law in Canada.
Contact: jselby@mun.ca
Colleen Quigley
Project Collaborator, MNL in NL
Former Head, Archives and Special Collections
Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University
Student Members
Hamed Ismail
Social Media Coordinator,
Graduate Student,
Business Administration
Mohammad Maarouf
Archival Assistant,
Undergraduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering
Muhammad Usman
Archival Assistant,
Graduate Student,
Business Administration
Shair Yousuf Jahin
Archival Assistant,
Undergraduate Student,
Computer Engineering
Bárbara Dos Santos
Graduate Student, Gender Studies, Archival Assistant
Benjamin Stanley
Undergraduate Student
Bryn Tapper
Graduate Student, Archaeology, Website support
Najia Mahjabin
Undergraduate Student
Nusaiba Uddin
Undergraduate Student
Ousmane Diallo
Undergraduate Student
Sumaiya Akter
Graduate Student, Department of Economics, Social Media Coordinator
Tasfia Tasneem
Undergraduate Student
Other student members include Mayesha Jashim and Mahiba Khan, both undergraduate students at Memorial University.
Advisory Board
Anver Emon, Director of the Muslims in Canada Archive (MiCA), Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto
Dale Jarvis, Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer, Heritage Foundation of NL
Jillian Gould, Associate Professor, Department of Folklore, Memorial University
Mahmoud Haddara, former MANAL president, former Dean of Engineering, Memorial University
Syed Mansoor Pirzada, MANAL president
Susan Prior, Manager, St. John’s Public Libraries
Moska Rokay, Digital Humanities Research Fellow, coordinator of the Muslims in Canada Archives (MiCA), Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto
Sobia Shaikh, co-lead of the Addressing Islamophobia in NL Project and of the Anti-Racism Coalition of NL; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, Memorial University
Jeff Webb, Professor, History Department, Memorial University; Editor, Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies