Professor of French and Francophone Studies, affiliated faculty with the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies and Religious Studies. She is the single author of three books: Coran et tradition islamique dans la littérature maghrébine Paris: Karthala, 2002) analyzes the Islamic intertext in Francophone literature from the Maghreb. The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent: Religions and Conflicts in Francophone Literature from the Arab World Lexington, 2010) focuses on representations of Islam in conflicts in the cultural production of the Francophone Arab world; it was selected by Choice as a 2010 Outstanding Academic Title. Islamic Schools in France: Minority Integration and Separatism in Western Society Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) is the first book on the growing phenomenon of private full-time K-12 Muslim schools in France.