Dr. Zahra N. Jamal

Dr. Zahra N. Jamal
Dr. Zahra N. Jamal
Associate Director, Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance
Rice University

Dr. Zahra N. Jamal is an award-winning Harvard & MIT professor who is currently Associate Director at Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance. For nearly two decades, she has taught, trained, and consulted in diversity and inclusion strategies and innovations–with expertise in gender, race, and religion– organizations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia. Dr. Jamal has consulted for the UN, State Department, Aspen Institute, Aga Khan Development Network, National Diversity Council, H-E-B, DHL, and others. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard and is a Certified Diversity Professional.