About Nicole Correri

Nicole Correri has earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at Boston University under the direction of Professor Kecia Ali. Her dissertation is entitled, "The Advent of the English-Language Majlis: Shī‘a Gendered Authority in the Digital Age." Her research is at the intersection of Islamic Studies, Digital Religion, and Gender Studies. Her other academic areas of interest include Feminist Theory, Affect Theory, and Ritual Studies. Her particular focus area is on contemporary Shī‘a authority and gender construction in online English-language Twelver Shi‘a religious discourse.

Nicole "Cole" Correri, PhD, Islamic Studies - Boston University. She can be reached at ncorreri@bu.edu

NBN Episodes hosted by Nicole:

Daniel Majchrowicz, "A Journey to Mecca and London: The Travels of an Indian Muslim Woman, 1909–1910" (Indiana UP, 2025)

August 10, 2026

A Journey to Mecca and London

Daniel Majchrowicz
Hosted by Nicole Correri

Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where she lived a quiet, private, an…

Cyrus Ali Zargar, "The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility" (Routledge, 2024)

February 3, 2025

The Ethics of Karbala

Cyrus Ali Zargar
Hosted by Nicole Correri

The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility (Routledge, 2024) investigates the relationship between sacred narratives and the dev…

Daniel Joseph Majchrowicz, "The World in Words: Travel Writing and the Global Imagination in Muslim South Asia" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

December 20, 2024

The World in Words

Daniel Joseph Majchrowicz
Hosted by Nicole Correri

This episode features Daniel Majchrowicz, Associate Professor of South Asian Literature & Culture at Northwestern University, discussing his new boo…