Scott Kugle

Scott Kugle is a research scholar in comparative religion and Islamic culture. His research languages are Arabic, Urdu, and Persian. He is currently professor of South Asian and Islamic Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Deparment of Middle Eastern and South Asian studies. Previously he was an Assistant Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College and, most recently, a research scholar at the Henry Martyn Institute for Islamic Studies, Inter-Religious Dialogue, and Conflict Resolution in Hyderabad, India. He has lived for many years in Hyderabad, India, where he does research, teaches, and participates in the Kalimi community of the Chishti Sufi order.