Fariha I. Khan

Fariha I. Khan

215-898-1782

3718 Locust Walk
459 McNeil Building
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299

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Fariha Khan is the Co-Director of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania where she also teaches courses on South Asians in the U.S, Asian American Communities, Asian American Food, as well as American Race. She received a Master's degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Yale University and a PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research focuses on South Asian American Muslims, Pakistani American culture, and the Asian American community.  Dr. Khan was appointed in 2015 to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and served until 2019.  Actively involved in the Philadelphia community, Dr. Khan is Chair of the Board of the Samuel S. Fels Fund and is a member of the James Brister Alumni Society for the University of Pennsylvania.  

https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/people/fariha-i-khan

 

Education

B.S., Drexel University, Psychology 

M.A., Yale University, Arabic and Islamic Studies 

M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Folklore and Folklife 

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Folklore and Folklife 

Research Interests

Ethnicity and Migration, South Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, Asian American Community Folklife, APA Activism

Courses Taught

South Asians in the U.S.

American Race: A Philadelphia Story

Asian American Community


Asian American Food

 

Affiliations

American Folklore Society

Association for Asian American Studies 

Association for Asian Studies

James Brister Society