Amir Hussain, PhD

Amir Hussain, PhD (Loyola Marymount University ’19)

Amir Hussain has been a faculty member at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) since 2005 and has been selected twice by LMU students as Professor of the Year. He has been the advisor to the Office of Muslim Student Life (MSL), and during his tenure as advisor, MSL received the registered student organization of the year award. Professor Hussain is the recipient of the Popiden Service Award from the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA), the Daum Professor from BCLA, and the Rains Service Award from LMU. Professor Hussain has also received the Ignatius Medal from LMU Campus Ministry for service and has been an Alpha Sigma Nu member since 2019 and chapter advisor for 5 years.  

Dr. Hussain is a leader in the field of Islam in North America. He served as President of the American Academy of Religion, the world’s largest scholarly organization for the study of religion. He has edited the primary journal for the study of religion, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, for 5 years from LMU, making LMU the first and only Catholic university to edit the journal.  

Professor Hussain is the editor of the major new reference work for Oxford University Press (OUP), the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America, has edited three major textbooks on world religion and has a new book coming out this fall.