Our Academic Advisory Board
We are thankful for these scholars who advise us on our academic strategy and help us to review our programs.

Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. Chicago.
Research field: The Qur'an and inter-religious relations

Lecturer in Islamic theology and philosophy, Al-Azhar University (Cairo); honorary visiting fellow, University of York, UK. Ph.D. School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Research field: Comparative theology

Dr Sameh Hannah
Global Translation Consultant, United Bible Societies.

Lecturer, Africa International University, Nairobi; Ph.D. AIU.
Research fields: African Sufism; Qur'an and Bible study.

Dr Yahya Sabaggchi
Assistant Professor, Sharif University, Tehran; Ph.D. Qom. Research fields: Islamic and Comparative Theology, Peace studies, Islamic Jurisprudence and Sociology of Religion.

Dr Amer al-Hafy
Professor, Al al-Bayt University, Amman; Consulting Academic Advisor for the Royal Institute of Interfaith Studies, Amman; Ph.D. Al-Zaytoona University, Tunis.
Research field: Interfaith relations.

Director of the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, TX. Formerly dean at Wheaton College and professor at Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University); Ph.D. Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary.
Research field: New Testament studies
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Research associate at CMCS Oxford and the University of Gloucester, UK; Ph.D. University of Gloucester.
Research fields: reading the Qur'an and the Bible together; religion and women's studies.
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Dr Martin Accad
President, Near East School of Theology, Beirut; founding director, Action Research Associates; D.Phil. Oxford.
Research interests: Christian-Muslim relations, early Muslim interpretation of the Gospels.
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Dr Laura Montgomery
Former Dean of Global and Experiential Learning, Wheaton College; Ph.D. Michigan State University.
Bridge Trust USA board member.
Academic field: Anthropology.

Dr Robert Sloan
President, Houston Christian University; D.Th. University of Basel.
Bridge Trust USA board member.
Academic field: New Testament Studies.

Associate Professor of Religion, Queen's University, Charlotte; Ph.D. Georgetown University.
Research interests: women and gender in the Qur'an, comparative scriptural studies.