About Tasneem Mandviwala

Dr. Mandviwala is an interdisciplinary scholar focusing on the intersection of culture, community, and gender within historically marginalized populations in the United States. She has published in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Current Opinion in Psychology, and Psychology and Society, and her book is titled South Asian American Stories of Self: The Dis/united States of Muslim Womanhood (Springer 2022).

In her classes, she wants her students to experience aha moments that link the knowledge they are learning in the classroom to their personal and professional lives.

Recent Courses Taught

Muslim Feminisms from around the Globe
Community Mental Health
Community Psychology: Frameworks for Intervention

Educational Background

University of Chicago
Ph.D., Comparative Human Development (specializing in Cultural and Community Psychology)
University of Houston
M.A., English Literature
University of Houston
B.A., Psychology, English Literature, and Art History