Dr. Celene Ibrahim is a cultural historian and multidisciplinary scholar known internationally for her award-winning monograph Women and Gender in the Qur'an (Oxford University Press, 2020, paperback 2025). Ibrahim is also the author of the primer Islam and Monotheism (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and the editor of the anthology One Nation, Indivisible: Seeking Liberty and Justice from the Pulpit to the Streets (Wipf & Stock, 2019), excerpts of which are featured in the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.

 

Dr. Ibrahim has authored dozens of essays in scholarly journals and popular publications, and her work has been translated into multiple languages. She has been featured as a trusted scholarly voice for media outlets, including NPR, PBS, Netflix, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times. She offers courses, lectures, trainings, and consultations for educational, governmental, and civic institutions globally, including top-tier universities and the U.S. State Department. 

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Dr. Ibrahim has served as a faculty member in Religious Studies and Philosophy at Groton School since 2019. She previously served as a Denominational Counselor with the Office of Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School and as the Muslim Chaplain at Tufts University. She has held multiple research appointments, teaching positions, and fellowships, including at Brandeis University, The New York Times Learning Network, and at Teachers College at Columbia University. She is affiliated faculty with the Boston Islamic Seminary and serves on the Advisory Board of Hebrew College's Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership.

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Dr. Ibrahim was a Davis Scholar at Princeton University, where she earned highest academic honors in Near Eastern Studies. She was named a Harvard Presidential Scholar and made institutional history as the first Master's of Divinity candidate to graduate from Harvard University with a specialization in Muslim religious leadership. She was a Mellon Fellow in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations at Brandeis University, where she earned a doctorate and multiple honors as well as a dual degree in Women's and Gender Studies and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Ibrahim is a dedicated alumna of the United World College movement. ​

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She enjoys writing, teaching, mentoring, gardening, and coaching volleyball.