Dr. Jawad Qureshi
is a scholar of Islamic studies specializing in Religious Studies Theory and Method, Islamic Revival, Islamic Theological and Philosophical Thought, Sufism, and Qur’anic Studies. At Zaytuna College, he serves as Administrative Director for the MA program in Islamic Texts and has taught graduate courses in Mantiq, Kalam, and Research Methods in Islamic Studies.

He earned his BA in Religious Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1999) and his MA in Religion from the University of Georgia-Athens (2002). He completed his PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School (2019), where his dissertation, examined counter-reformation trends in modern Sunni thought, analyzing the religious landscape of 20th-century Damascus and the intellectual contributions of its preeminent scholar, Shaykh Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī (1929–2013).

Dr. Qureshi has studied under ‘ulama’ (Islamic scholars) from Syria, Jordan, and the United States, and continues to pursue advanced studies in the Islamic sciences. Prior to his current position, he taught at the American Islamic College (2014–2018).