Ingrid Mattson

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Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D. is a Canadian Muslim convert professor and activist and the current president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

She was born and raised in Ontario, and studied philosophy and fine arts at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Raised as a Catholic, she ultimately abandoned religion "for good" during her teenage years, [1] but embraced Islam at the end of her undergraduate studies. She then travelled to Pakistan where she worked with Afghan refugees for a year. She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago in 1999. She went on to be very active in educating Canadian Muslims to become active participants in Canadian society at large. She now teaches religion at the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected President of the organization. She has guest lectured at such institutions as the US Naval Academy.[2]

[edit] External links

• Home page of Ingrid Mattson
• How Dr Ingrid Mattson became a Muslim
• DeenPort Interview
• Article about Ingrid Mattson in the "Who's Next 2007" special section of the January 1, 2007 issue of Newsweek