The faculty is comprised of lecturers who have made a significant contribution to scholarship and are engaged in innovative research projects in their respective fields.

The current lecturers include 鶹, and visiting scholars from leading international academic institutions. For the complete list of faculty contributing to teaching and learning on the programme, see the list below.

  • Dr Fayaz Alibhai (鶹)
    Muslim ethics; philosophy of religion; contemporary issues in Islamic thought.
  • Dr Nadia Eboo Jamal
    Islamic Studies; Persian History and Culture in the Period of Mongol Rule.
  • Dr Nausheen Hoosein(鶹)
    Islamic art and architecture; visual and material culture of Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia); curriculum development; Teacher Education.
  • Mr Faheem Hussain(鶹)
    Sensory History; Influence of State Policies on History Textbooks; Adolescent Moral Development.
  • Ms Sunita Iqbal(鶹)
    Teacher education; professional practice; mentoring; classroom‑based p岹Dz.
  • Dr Karim Javan(鶹)
    Modern Muslim Intellectual Thoughts; Social and Political Developments; Muslim Literature and Literary Traditions, Poetic Expressions of Religion and Culture.
  • Dr Shainool Jiwa(鶹)
    Ismaili History and Thought; Fatimids.
  • Ms Heena Jiwani(鶹)
    Religious education; Գٴǰ󾱱; įcܱܰܳ i𳾱ԳٲپDz;
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  • Dr Toby Mayer(鶹)
    Muslim Philosophy; Esoteric Scriptural Exegesis; Mysticism; Qur’anic Hermeneutics.
  • Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov(鶹)
    Shi‘i Islam; Islamic Mysticism and Messianism.
  • Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda(鶹)
    Shi‘i Islam; Early Islam; Muslim Historical and Literary Tradition.
  • Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor(鶹)
    Shi‘i Intellectual History; Ismaili Philosophy; Contemporary Political Theory.
  • Dr Wafi Momin(鶹)
    Islam and Religious Traditions of South Asia; Ismaili History and Thought; Literary and Manuscript Cultures of South Asia; Muslim Civilisation.
  • Dr Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev (鶹)
    Persian and Central Asian Ismaili manuscript traditions; textual studies; intellectual history.
  • Dr Aslisho Qurboniev (鶹)
    Knowledge transmission in Arabic and Persian; Ismaili manuscript traditions; Fatimids; Islamic West and East. 
  • Dr Maryam Rezaee(鶹)
    Shi‘i Studies; Women and Development; Cultural Studies; Gender; Social Policies; Research Methods.
  • Mr Riaz Rhemtulla(鶹)
    Teacher Education; Religious Education; Curriculum Development and Implementation.
  • Dr Amier Saidula (鶹)
    Islam in China; Ismaili communities of Xinjiang; histories and cultures of Chinese Muslim societies.
  • Ms Reeshma Akbarally Shah (鶹)
    Educational practice; curriculum development; assessment for learning; inclusive pedagogies.
  • Ms Qudsia Shah(鶹)
    Ismailis of Northern Pakistan; environmental studies and climate change; musical and cultural expressions.
  • Dr Roy Wilson (鶹)
    Applied language studies; international English language teaching; academic literacy.
  • Ms Maha Yaziji (鶹)
    Ismaili traditions in Syria; faith and practice; applied linguistics and language‑related pedagogy.

* These are individuals who currently teach on the programme and the list is subject to change.

What STEP faculty say?

Dr Zamira Dildorbekova

Co-Head, Department of Education

Students on STEP are set to develop holistic knowledge and skills that prepare them for an increasingly complex world, navigating contextual and global realities while harnessing new opportunities. The programme equips them to shape young minds ethically and with critical insight, emerging as thoughtful community educators who serve the Jamat with intellectual depth and cultural sensitivity.

Man in brown jacket, neutral background.

Mr Faheem Hussain

STEP Teacher Educator

Becoming a STEP teacher is a huge responsibility but also a privilege. Where you hold the responsibility of contributing towards the preservation and extension of a living faith tradition, you also have privilege to be part of an exciting and rigorous endeavour hosted by three esteemed institutions.