Dr. Shaza Khan
Executive Director of the Islamic Schools League of America (ISLA)
Dr. Shaza Khan is the Executive Director of the Islamic Schools League of America (ISLA), a nonprofit that supports full-time Islamic schools in the United States by providing professional development, networking, information, and resources, and engaging in critical research on Islamic education. Dr. Khan received her PhD in Teaching, Curriculum and Change from the Warner School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester (NY), where she studied the adolescent development and identity formation of Muslim American youths, focusing on second generation Americans. In her capacity as Executive Director, she has led numerous research projects on full-time Islamic schools which assist school administrators in making data-informed decisions. She has co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters to disseminate findings which communicate the values and needs of full-time Islamic schools to the broader public.

