Professor Rubina Ramji

Rubina (Ruby) Ramji is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Cape Breton University. Born in East Africa and raised in Canada, Ruby received her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. She received her PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa in December 2003, which focused on images of Islamic women in various media discourses, including film and television. She followed the PhD with a postdoctoral fellowship, which focused on issues of gender, ethnicity and identity amongst immigrant groups in Canada.

Rubina teaches a wide range of courses, including courses on Islam, Christianity, Religion and Sexuality as well as Film and Popular Culture. She finds a way to show movies and television clips in all her classes.

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