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'''Ingrid Mattson''' (born August 24, 1963) <ref>"Mattson, Ingrid", in ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'', Edward E. Curtis (Infobase Publishing, 2010) p362</ref> is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Muslim]] [[Religious conversion|convert]] [[professor]] and [[activist]] and a former president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA).
'''<big>Ingrid Mattson''' (born August 24, 1963) Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D. is a Muslim religious leader, a Canadian convert, activist, an expert in Christian-Muslim and interfaith relations,
a professor of Islamic Studies at Huron University College at Western, London, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches [[Islamic law]] and [[Islamic history]]. Mattson is a former president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA) and was described as “the most noticed figure among American Muslim women” in a 2010 New York Times article.


=== Heading text ===
==Biography==
=Biography=


Dr. Ingrid Mattson is the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. Formerly, she was professor of Islamic Studies, founder of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and director of the MacDonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at [[Hartford Seminary]] in [[Hartford, CT]]. She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago in 1999. She is the author of The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, as well as numerous articles exploring the relationship between Islamic law and society, gender and leadership issues in contemporary Muslim communities. From 2006-2010 Dr. Mattson served as President of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA); she previously served two terms as Vice-President. Dr. Mattson was born in Canada, where she studied Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario (B.A. ‘87). From 1987-1988 she lived in Pakistan where she developed and implemented a midwife-training program for Afghan refugee women. Dr. Mattson is frequently consulted by media, government and civic organizations and has served as an expert witness.
===Early life===


==Early life and Background==
She was born and raised in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]], and studied [[philosophy]] and [[fine arts]] at the [[University of Waterloo]], [[Ontario]]. She earned her [[Ph.D.]] in [[Islamic studies]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1999. Raised as a Catholic, she ultimately abandoned religion "for good" during her teenage years,;<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ Ingrid Mattson: Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world.-[[MSNBC]]</ref> in her senior year of college, she went to [[Paris]] and befriended several Muslim Senegalese, and in a year converted to [[Islam]] and began to wear the [[hijab]]. She had initially studied the heleno-christian artistic tradition, but later felt a deeper connection with the islamic approach.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/essays/mattson.html How did Dr Ingrid Mattson became Muslim]</ref>


Ingrid Mattson, the sixth of seven children, was born in 1963 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, to good and middle class Roman Catholic parents. She attended a Catholic girls high school and took piano lessons at the convent. She stopped attending Mass as a teenager, after inquiring about Catholicism and spirituality to which she was given unsatisfactory answers. Mattson was a self-described "atheist or agnostic, or maybe [someone who was] just simply indifferent [toward religion]."
==Career==


==Conversion Story to Islam==
In 1987 she travelled to [[Pakistan]] where she worked with [[UNHCR Afghan repatriation programs|Afghan refugees]] for a year. There, she met and married a fellow volunteer Aamer Atek, an Egyptian engineer.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/24/MNGP9MJ4KK1.DTL&type=printable SFGate Chronicale article]</ref>
She went on to be very active in educating Canadian Muslims to become active participants in Canadian society at large. She is now Chair of the Islamic Studies Program at [[Huron University College]], London Ontario. Previously, she was Director of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of [[Islam]] and Christian-Muslim Relations and Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at [[Hartford Seminary]] in [[Hartford]], Connecticut. She founded the Islamic Chaplaincy program at Hartford Seminary, the first Islamic chaplaincy program in the [[United States]].


=Education=
In 2001 she was elected vice-president of [[Islamic Society of North America|ISNA]] and in 2006 she was elected the first female president of the organization. She has guest lectured at such institutions as the [[US Naval Academy]].<ref>[http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dr_ingrid_mattson_elected_first_female_president_of_isna/0010602 Dr. Ingrid Mattson Elected First Female President of ISNA - The American Muslim]</ref> Mattson is the first convert to lead the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA).


* University of Chicago, Ph.D., Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1999.
Mattson was an advisor to the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary ''[[Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet]]'' (2002), produced by [http://www.upf.tv/ Unity Productions Foundation].
* University of Waterloo, B.A. (joint honors), Philosophy & Fine Arts, 1987.


=Career=
== Huron University College controversy ==
== Huron University College ==


Dr. Mattson has been recently appointed as Chair of Islamic Studies at Huron University College’s Faculty of Theology, where she will start her appointment on July, 2012. Dr. Stephen McClatchie, Principal of [[Huron University College]], said:"We are honored that, with her pick of many positions around the world, Dr. Mattson has decided to return to Canada and accept our appointment to the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies."
In 2011, [[Huron University College]] of [[The University of Western Ontario]] announced that its Anglican theology department will appoint Mattson as the Chair of the Islamic Studies Program.<ref name="nationalpost1">[http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Taking+closer+look+Islamic+Studies/5571307/story.html ]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref> Two million dollars in funding was provided by the [[Muslim Association of Canada]] (MAC) and [[International Institute of Islamic Thought]] (IIT).<ref name="nationalpost1"/> Alumni of Huron college protested the decision because of alleged links between the two groups - which they allege receive funding from Saudi Arabia - and the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref name="eclectecon1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eclectecon.net/2011/04/concerns-about-the-funding-of-a-chair-in-islamic-studies-at-huron-college-university-of-western-onta.html |title=Concerns about the Funding of a Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron College, University of Western Ontario |publisher=EclectEcon |date=2011-04-05 |accessdate=2012-08-23}}</ref> A particular cause for concern was the MAC's endorsement of Iman Hassan Al-Banna, who once stated "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it".<ref name="eclectecon1"/> The alumni also expressed concern at the fact that both Shaykh Taha Jabir al-Alwani, the former president of IIT and Jamal Barzinji, the vice-president, have been implicated in funding for alleged terrorist groups, specifically the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]].<ref>http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/891.pdf</ref><ref>http://nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/U.S._v_Al-Arian_dojprsentencing.pdf</ref> There have also been allegations by former students that there was intolerance against non-Muslims and the critique of Islamic tenets under Mattson's watch at Hartford Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/21/ingrid-mattson-a-case-study-in-stealth-jihad/ |title=Ingrid Mattson: A Case Study in Stealth Jihad &#124; FrontPage Magazine |publisher=Frontpagemag.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-23}}</ref>


== Hartford Seminary==
In 2011, in response to allegations made against Mattson, Stephen McClatchie, the principal of Huron College expressed his support for Mattson and stated that he does not believe that Mattson is a Wahhabi.<ref>[http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Ingrid+Mattson+voice+tolerance+diversity/5585252/story.html ]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref>


Formally She was professor at [[Hartford Seminary]], Hartford, CT from 1998-2012.
==References==
Dr. Mattson tough so many graduate level courses including:
{{Reflist}}
* Introduction to Islamic Law.
* Contemporary Islamic Ethics.
* Islamic Ritual and Family Law.
* The Life of the Prophet Muhammad.
* Early Islamic History.
* The Qur’an and its Place in Muslim Society.
* Tafsir.
* Current State of Hadith Studies.
* Readings in Hadith.
* Readings in Arabic Texts.
* Readings in Islamic Theology.
* The Spirituality of Muslim Women.
* Building Abrahamic Partnerships (co-taught).
===Duncan Black MacDonald Center===


Formally, Dr. Mattson was the director of the MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.
==External links==

* [http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattson.htm Home page of Ingrid Mattson]
===Islamic Chaplaincy ===

Dr. Mattson founded the first Muslim Chaplaincy program in America- the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary, in Hartford, Connecticut to fill a gap in the American Muslim community where Muslim chaplains are needed to work alongside Christian and Jewish chaplains in hospitals, universities, prisons, and the military

=Publications=

Dr. Mattson has authored many articles, academic papers, book reviews, as well as a book, The Story of the Quran: its history and place in Muslim life, that became a widely-used textbook on Islamic sacred scripture. Her academic writings include topics on Islamic ethics and law, religious leadership, the Quran, poverty, slavery, charity and adoption. She lectures widely and nationally to academic and general audiences, and is frequently consulted by media, government, and civic organizations.

==Books==

* The Story of the Quran: its history and place in Muslim life. http://www.amazon.com/The-Story-Quran-History-Muslim/dp/0470673494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364185810&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Story+of+the+Quran%3A+its+history+and+place+in+Muslim+life%2C
* The Ethical Muslim (in development).
* “How to Read the Qur’an,” for The Harper Collins Study Qur’an, ed. S.H. Nasr (coming in 2014)

==Selected Articles==

* Finding the Prophet: http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/essays/mattson.html
* Zakat in America: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/files/event_resources/lakelecturemattson2010.pdf
* What up with Muslims and dogs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ingrid-mattson/whats-up-with-muslims-and_b_1144819.html
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ingrid-mattson
* American Muslims have a special obligation: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam/2001/10/American-Muslims-Have-A-Special-Obligation.aspx
* Bismillah: Eating in the name of God: http://www.isna.net/uploads/media/Eating_in_the_name_of_God.pdf
* Discovering (not Uncovering) the spirituality of Muslim Women: http://www.onbeing.org/program/new-voice-islam/feature/discovering-not-uncovering-spirituality-muslim-women/541
* Can A Women be an Imam: http://www.isna.net/Leadership/articles/ILDC-Articles-Archives/Can-a-Woman-be-an-Imam.aspx
* Axis good Muslim Building Alliances other Communities Faith: http://www.onbeing.org/program/new-voice-islam/feature/axis-good-muslims-building-alliances-other-communities-faith/540
* A call for moral leadership imagining a new heroism: http://www.ing.org/community-statements/226-a-call-for-moral-leadership-imagining-a-new-heroism
* Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and the Care of the Patient: http://yjhm.yale.edu/archives/spirit2003/dignity/imattson.htm

==Selected Radio Interviews==

* On WHYY’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross “A Convert to Islam Takes Leadership Role,” September 28, 2006; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6160170
* On APM’s “Speaking of Faith” with Krista Tippett “A New Voice for Islam,” March 6, 2008; http://being.publicradio.org/programs/newvoice/index.shtml
* “The Spiritual Fallout of 9/11,” September 5, 2002; http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2002/09/05_fallout911/
* On WNPR’s “Where We Live” with John Dankoski “Christians and Muslims,” February 13, 2008: http://www.cpbn.org/program/where-we-live/episode/christians-and-muslims
* On WNPR’s “Where We Live” with John Dankoski “Finding a Religious Common Ground,” January 27, 2009: http://www.cpbn.org/program/%5Bfield_episode_cpbi_program%5D/episode/wwl-religious-common-ground
* On CBC’s “The Sunday Edition” with Michael Enright “In Search of Moderate Muslims,” January 4, 2010: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2010/01/04/monday-january-4-the-enright-files---in-search-of-moderate-muslims-cd/
* On WBEZ’s Worldview” with Jerome McDonnell “Muslim Women’s Leadership,” May 4, 2010: http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/muslim-women%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-leadership

=Leadership=
==ISNA==

Dr. Ingrid Mattson is the first female and first convert to lead the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA). In 2001, she was elected vice president of [[ISNA]] and in 2006 she was elected president.

==White House==
[[John O. Brennan]], the Director of the CIA, when he was Deputy National Security Advisor for [[Homeland Security]] and [[Counterterrorism]], and Assistant to President [[Obama]] thanked Dr. Mattson for her leadership at public meeting at New York University. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndpbV3Zj08
Further, Mattson was a prayer leader in President Obama's first Inaugural National Prayer Service at Washington's National Cathedral on 2008.. Other notable participants included Bishop Charles E. Blake, (Church of God In Christ) and Rabbi Tzvi Weinreb (Orthodox Union): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvZW4RUMA8

==Interfaith Activities==

Building relationships with Jewish organizations, Ingrid Mattson invited Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism to speak at the 2006 ISNA annual convention and she spoke in 2007 at their biennial conference in San Diego.
Here are sample of Mattson’s Interfaith activates:

* Series of three lectures with Rabbi Burt Visotzky and Dr. Serene Jones on “Tragedy,” “Mourning,” and “Healing” delivered at St. Paul’s Chapel, NYC for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, 2011
* Presentation at El Ser Creativo in Malaqa, Spain, 2012
* “Embracing Change: Communicating Faith in Today’s World,” at the Religion Communication Congress 2010
* Presenter at “La Cuidad de las Ideas,” Pueblo, Mexico, 2008
* “The Development of the Field of Islamic Chaplaincy,” address to the annual meeting of the American Theological Library Association, 2007
* Panels discussing “The Procreation Choice” and “Dignity” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, (2007)
* Workshop on “Islam and America,” SSRC journalists institute, NYC, 2004
* “Death and Dying in the Islamic Tradition” at an interfaith symposium sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El in New York City, 2001

=Public Service, Boards and Related Experience=
* Member, Faith-based Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2012.
* Senior Fellow, Aal Al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan (appointed, 2010; Fellow since 2005).
* Interfaith Taskforce of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 2009-2010.
* President, Islamic Society of North America (2006-2010).
* Vice-President, Islamic Society of North America (2001-2006).
* Council of Global Leaders of the C-100 of the World Economic Forum (2008).
* Leadership Group, U.S.-Muslim Engagement (USME) Project (2007-2008).
* Board of Directors, Nawawi Foundation, Chicago, IL (2000-present).
* Advisor to PBS film project, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2001-2002).
* Advisor to the Afghan delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, thirty-ninth session, New York, (March 15—April 4, 1995).
* Director of Projects for Afghan Refugee Women (CIDA grant), Peshawar, Pakistan, 1987-1988.

=Selected Academic Awards and Recognition=
* Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” 2007
* Newsweek Magazine’s “People to Watch” in 2007
* El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Award, presented by the Washington Academic Leadership Institute, the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association and the Muslim Social Network, January 19, 2009.
* Wisam al-Istiqlal (Medal of Independence) of the First Order for contributions to the field of Islamic Studies, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2010
* Jordan’s Royal Institute for Strategic Studies “500 Most Influential Muslims,” 2009, 2010, 2011.
* Muslim American Contribution Award presented by the Stanford University Muslim Student Awareness Network, 2011
* Doctor of Law, honoris causa, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 2012
* Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Chicago Theological Seminary, 2012
* Certificate of Appreciation presented by Muslim Sisters United of the Islamic Center of Greater Hartford, 2012

=Social Media=

* Website: http://ingridmattson.org
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dringridmattson
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/IngridMattson

= Youtube Links=
* Dr. Ingrid Mattson and Mr. [[John O. Brennan]] presentations 1/5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndpbV3Zj08
* Dr. Ingrid Mattson Represents Muslim Americans At Inaugural National: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvZW4RUMA8
* "Living the Ten Commandments with Purpose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEtQHNRNs-s
* Community in Islam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NUtHLMecmI
* A Conversation with Ingrid Mattson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzPV2G5PFg
* Purity, Simplicity & Balance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_BNv-XT_s
* Women of Islam. Part 1/4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCwfFepY4Xc
* Gender Equity in Islam: Part 1/6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32F1MCjUEg
* The Evolving Role of the Mosque in Society: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Y6waVkxWE
* The Ethical Maturation of the American Muslim Community After 9/11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90b656zAyI
* Upholding Faith, Serving Humanity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwRtdTC8jWM
* Balanced Islam: Applying the Principles and Priorities of Islamic Ethics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2-yXYwmdA
* Life & Faith Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65MpVjxAIFM

=External links=
* [http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattson.htm Home page of Ingrid Mattson]
* [http://www.halaltube.com/speaker/ingrid-mattson Ingrid Mattson Lectures]
* [http://www.halaltube.com/speaker/ingrid-mattson Ingrid Mattson Lectures]
* [http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/essays/mattson.html Article: Finding the Prophet]
* [http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/essays/mattson.html Article: Finding the Prophet]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ Article about Ingrid Mattson] in the "Who's Next 2007" special section of the January 1, 2007 issue of ''Newsweek''
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ Article about Ingrid Mattson] in the "Who's Next 2007" special section of the January 1, 2007 issue of ''Newsweek''
*[http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=10001&fID=345 Ingrid Mattson speaks at Pennsylvania State University]
*[http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=10001&fID=345 Ingrid Mattson speaks at Pennsylvania State University]
* "[http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/newvoice/index.shtml A New Voice for Islam]." ''[[Speaking of Faith]]''
* "[http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/newvoice/index.shtml A New Voice for Islam]." ''[[Speaking of Faith]]''
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Ingrid Mattson
Born
Ingrid Mattoon

August 24, 1963
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)professor, activist

Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D. is a Muslim religious leader, a Canadian convert, activist, an expert in Christian-Muslim and interfaith relations, a professor of Islamic Studies at Huron University College at Western, London, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches Islamic law and Islamic history. Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as “the most noticed figure among American Muslim women” in a 2010 New York Times article.

Heading text

Biography

Dr. Ingrid Mattson is the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. Formerly, she was professor of Islamic Studies, founder of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and director of the MacDonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, CT. She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago in 1999. She is the author of The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, as well as numerous articles exploring the relationship between Islamic law and society, gender and leadership issues in contemporary Muslim communities. From 2006-2010 Dr. Mattson served as President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); she previously served two terms as Vice-President. Dr. Mattson was born in Canada, where she studied Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario (B.A. ‘87). From 1987-1988 she lived in Pakistan where she developed and implemented a midwife-training program for Afghan refugee women. Dr. Mattson is frequently consulted by media, government and civic organizations and has served as an expert witness.

Early life and Background

Ingrid Mattson, the sixth of seven children, was born in 1963 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, to good and middle class Roman Catholic parents. She attended a Catholic girls high school and took piano lessons at the convent. She stopped attending Mass as a teenager, after inquiring about Catholicism and spirituality to which she was given unsatisfactory answers. Mattson was a self-described "atheist or agnostic, or maybe [someone who was] just simply indifferent [toward religion]."

Conversion Story to Islam

Education

  • University of Chicago, Ph.D., Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1999.
  • University of Waterloo, B.A. (joint honors), Philosophy & Fine Arts, 1987.

Career

Huron University College

Dr. Mattson has been recently appointed as Chair of Islamic Studies at Huron University College’s Faculty of Theology, where she will start her appointment on July, 2012. Dr. Stephen McClatchie, Principal of Huron University College, said:"We are honored that, with her pick of many positions around the world, Dr. Mattson has decided to return to Canada and accept our appointment to the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies."

Hartford Seminary

Formally She was professor at Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT from 1998-2012. Dr. Mattson tough so many graduate level courses including:

  • Introduction to Islamic Law.
  • Contemporary Islamic Ethics.
  • Islamic Ritual and Family Law.
  • The Life of the Prophet Muhammad.
  • Early Islamic History.
  • The Qur’an and its Place in Muslim Society.
  • Tafsir.
  • Current State of Hadith Studies.
  • Readings in Hadith.
  • Readings in Arabic Texts.
  • Readings in Islamic Theology.
  • The Spirituality of Muslim Women.
  • Building Abrahamic Partnerships (co-taught).

Duncan Black MacDonald Center

Formally, Dr. Mattson was the director of the MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.

Islamic Chaplaincy

Dr. Mattson founded the first Muslim Chaplaincy program in America- the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary, in Hartford, Connecticut to fill a gap in the American Muslim community where Muslim chaplains are needed to work alongside Christian and Jewish chaplains in hospitals, universities, prisons, and the military

Publications

Dr. Mattson has authored many articles, academic papers, book reviews, as well as a book, The Story of the Quran: its history and place in Muslim life, that became a widely-used textbook on Islamic sacred scripture. Her academic writings include topics on Islamic ethics and law, religious leadership, the Quran, poverty, slavery, charity and adoption. She lectures widely and nationally to academic and general audiences, and is frequently consulted by media, government, and civic organizations.

Books

Selected Articles

Selected Radio Interviews

Leadership

ISNA

Dr. Ingrid Mattson is the first female and first convert to lead the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). In 2001, she was elected vice president of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected president.

White House

John O. Brennan, the Director of the CIA, when he was Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to President Obama thanked Dr. Mattson for her leadership at public meeting at New York University. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndpbV3Zj08 Further, Mattson was a prayer leader in President Obama's first Inaugural National Prayer Service at Washington's National Cathedral on 2008.. Other notable participants included Bishop Charles E. Blake, (Church of God In Christ) and Rabbi Tzvi Weinreb (Orthodox Union): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvZW4RUMA8

Interfaith Activities

Building relationships with Jewish organizations, Ingrid Mattson invited Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism to speak at the 2006 ISNA annual convention and she spoke in 2007 at their biennial conference in San Diego. Here are sample of Mattson’s Interfaith activates:

  • Series of three lectures with Rabbi Burt Visotzky and Dr. Serene Jones on “Tragedy,” “Mourning,” and “Healing” delivered at St. Paul’s Chapel, NYC for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, 2011
  • Presentation at El Ser Creativo in Malaqa, Spain, 2012
  • “Embracing Change: Communicating Faith in Today’s World,” at the Religion Communication Congress 2010
  • Presenter at “La Cuidad de las Ideas,” Pueblo, Mexico, 2008
  • “The Development of the Field of Islamic Chaplaincy,” address to the annual meeting of the American Theological Library Association, 2007
  • Panels discussing “The Procreation Choice” and “Dignity” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, (2007)
  • Workshop on “Islam and America,” SSRC journalists institute, NYC, 2004
  • “Death and Dying in the Islamic Tradition” at an interfaith symposium sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El in New York City, 2001

Public Service, Boards and Related Experience

  • Member, Faith-based Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2012.
  • Senior Fellow, Aal Al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan (appointed, 2010; Fellow since 2005).
  • Interfaith Taskforce of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 2009-2010.
  • President, Islamic Society of North America (2006-2010).
  • Vice-President, Islamic Society of North America (2001-2006).
  • Council of Global Leaders of the C-100 of the World Economic Forum (2008).
  • Leadership Group, U.S.-Muslim Engagement (USME) Project (2007-2008).
  • Board of Directors, Nawawi Foundation, Chicago, IL (2000-present).
  • Advisor to PBS film project, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2001-2002).
  • Advisor to the Afghan delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, thirty-ninth session, New York, (March 15—April 4, 1995).
  • Director of Projects for Afghan Refugee Women (CIDA grant), Peshawar, Pakistan, 1987-1988.

Selected Academic Awards and Recognition

  • Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” 2007
  • Newsweek Magazine’s “People to Watch” in 2007
  • El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Award, presented by the Washington Academic Leadership Institute, the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association and the Muslim Social Network, January 19, 2009.
  • Wisam al-Istiqlal (Medal of Independence) of the First Order for contributions to the field of Islamic Studies, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2010
  • Jordan’s Royal Institute for Strategic Studies “500 Most Influential Muslims,” 2009, 2010, 2011.
  • Muslim American Contribution Award presented by the Stanford University Muslim Student Awareness Network, 2011
  • Doctor of Law, honoris causa, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 2012
  • Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Chicago Theological Seminary, 2012
  • Certificate of Appreciation presented by Muslim Sisters United of the Islamic Center of Greater Hartford, 2012

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