She holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from McGill University, Montréal, and her research interests focus on mediaeval Islamic thought, Sufism, and Islamic philosophy. She has contributed chapters to books including Dreams and Visions in Islamic Societies (Albany, 2012) and The Prophet’s Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi’raj Tales (Bloomington, 2010), as well as articles and reviews to journals including Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the Journal of Qur’anic Studies, and Iranian Studies. Professor Elizabeth R. Alexandrin has been a Fellow of the Shīʿah Institute since January 2016.