Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
John Bowen is the Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on comparative social studies of Islam across the world. In particular, he analyzes how Muslims (i.e., judges and scholars, public figures, ordinary people) work across plural sources of norms and values, including diverse interpretations of the Islamic tradition, law codes and decisions, and local social norms.
Project Title: Islam Adapting in the West
Distinguished Fellow, Political Science, Stanford University
Associate Professor of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Economics in the Graduate School of Business; Faculty Codirector of the Stanford Immigration and Integration Policy Lab, Stanford University
Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Professor, Baruch College, The City University of New York
