Jauhara Ferguson
Department
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Jauhara Ferguson joins the Religious Studies Department as Assistant Professor of Religion: African American Religions. She studies the intersections of religion, race, and immigration in Black communities, with a particular focus on how Islam shapes Black experiences and identity formation. She has contributed to many projects examining issues related to religion and race including religious discrimination, hate crimes, policing, and health. Her current book project explores the extent to which U.S. Black Muslims consider Islam in their search for marriage partners, and how the process of marriage further develops Black and Muslim identities in the context of Muslim American community and the broader United States. Jauhara completed her PhD in Sociology at Rice University and her BA in International Studies and Religious Studies at Spelman College.
Research and Publications
Scheitle, Christopher, Brenton Kalinowski, Jauhara Ferguson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2025. "Polarization in Support for Anti-Muslim Policies in the United States from 2002 to 2019: The Shift from External Shock to Internal Division." Sociology of Islam. 11(1-30).
Jauhara Ferguson. 2024. “‘How American Am I?’: Comparing American Identity among U.S. Black Muslims.” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 2(1–20).
Brown, Tony N., Quintin Gorman Jr., Autumn Raynor, Asia Bento, Julian Culver, and Jauhara Ferguson. 2024. “Wakanda Forever! Consistency in Correlates of Black Nationalist Tendencies.” Social Science Quarterly. 105(4): 1224–1238.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Bianca Mabute-Louie, Jauhara Ferguson, Emily Hawkins, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2023. “Fear of Religious Hate Crime Victimization and the Residual Effects of Antisemitism and Islamophobia.” Social Forces. 101(4): 2059-2086.
Ferguson, Jauhara, Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2022. “Religion, Race, and Perceptions of Police Harassment.” Social Problems. 70 (3): 735-754.
Ferguson, Jauhara, Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2021. “Muslim Scientists’ Perceptions of Inclusion in the Scientific Workplace: A Cross-national Study.” Sociology of Islam. 10(1): 1-13.
Ferguson, Jauhara, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Connor Rothschild. 2021. "Navigating Religion Online: Jewish and Muslim Responses to Social Media." Religions. 12(4): 258-271.
Ferguson, Jauhara, Sharan Kaur Mehta, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2019. “Book Review: Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam by Sylvia Chan-Malik.” Gender & Society. 33(4): 656-65
Ferguson, Jauhara. 2018. “Radical Narratives of Muslim Male Youth: A Critical Investigation of The Media Rhetoric of Radicalization.” 2017 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Journal. 55-60.