GHEA21 Faculty

Samia Huq

Samia Huq is Dean of the School of General Education and Professor of Anthropology at Brac University, Bangladesh. She obtained her PhD from Brandeis University, USA, looking at women’s religious discussion groups in urban Bangladesh. As Dean of the core curriculum, her task in to build and consolidate the Liberal Arts and Sciences in general Education and inter- departmental offerings through the creation and curation of courses, embedding a liberal arts teaching and learning and building co-curricular pathways for civic engagement and leadership as essential ingredients of the Brac U student experience. Dr Huq's research includes gender and religion, faith-inspired education and inter-faith dialogue and action. She sits on the board of several local and global think tanks, NGOs and collaborative research platforms.