Bio

Fatima is a scholar, educator, and activist. With degrees in medicine, public health, and public policy, she brings a scientific and social justice lens to her teaching. Fatima is passionate about helping students develop critical thinking skills specifically to understand how systems of oppression operate and to learn how to dismantle them. Fatima begins each course with an in-depth look at the inequitable distribution of resources and how colonization and capitalism are the root of all social problems impacting working class and poor people of color.

Courses
Taught

Making of the Islamic World, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, College of Letters & Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Race & Policy Seminar, Summer 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 

Public Health Capstone, Spring 2011, MPA Program, City College of New York 

Culture, Illness, Community Health, Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Fundamentals of Community Organizing, Spring 2012, School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University  

Health Policy Frameworks & Target Populations: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class, Summer 2015, 2016, MPA Program, City College of New York 

Introduction to Public Policy, Fall 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 MPA Program, City College of New York 

Fundamentals of Non-profit Management for the Health Care Professional, Spring 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, MPA Program, City College of New York 

Essential Skills for the Public Health Professional, Spring 2019, MPA Program, City College of New York

Social Justice Seminar, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, MPA Program, City College of New York

Advancing Health Equity, Spring 2020, MPA Program, City College of New York

Youth in the Prison Industrial Complex, Spring 2020, Department of Sociology, City College of New York

Pandemic, Protest, Virtual Reality, Fall 2020, CUNY Graduate Center

Boards

2005-2010
Women in Islam, Inc

2006-2008
Council on American Islamic Relations-NY

2008-2010
Muslim Consultative Network

2016-Present
Fund for Public Health of NYC

2017-Present
The Kalief Browder Foundation

2018-Present
Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice & Healing

2019-Present
Malcolm X & Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

2019-Present
Advisory Committee for Cultural Engagement, Metropolitan Museum of Art