About Jaclyn Michael

Jaclyn Michael is an Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and a specialist on Islamic traditions of South Asia and North America. Her research focuses on how religion, and in particular religious identity, is created, contested, and represented in public culture.

NBN Episodes hosted by Jaclyn:

Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath, "TEDified Islam: Postsecular Storytelling in New Media" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

November 21, 2025

TEDified Islam

Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath
Hosted by Jaclyn Michael

Jasbeer Mamalipurath’s TEDified Islam: Postsecular Storytelling in New Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) is the first of its kind in-depth examination …

Syaifudin Zuhri, "Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia: Inventing a Sacred Tradition" (Leiden UP, 2022)

March 28, 2025

Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia

Syaifudin Zuhri
Hosted by Jaclyn Michael

Syaifudin Zuhri’s book Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia: Inventing a Sacred Tradition (Leiden, 2022) is a detailed examination of t…

Ayesha Jalal, "Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia" (Routledge, 2025)

February 4, 2025

Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia

Ayesha Jalal
Hosted by Jaclyn Michael

In Ayesha Jalal’s latest work Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia (Routledge, 2024) readers are introduced to the “roshan khayali” (enlightened t…