
ABOUT ME
I am a lecturer and researcher in sociology of religion and related subjects at Palangka Raya State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN Palangka Raya), Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. My research interests include Islamic movements and media, Islam in Southeast Asia (particularly Indonesia), religious pluralism, and Islamic studies in general. I teach sociology, research methods in Islamic studies, and studies in contemporary Islam
Education
PhD in Asian Studies, School of Arts, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
M.A. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Flinders University, Australia
Graduate Diploma in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Flinders University, Australia
M.A. in Islamic Studies (cum laude), Faculty of Arts and Theology, Leiden University, the Netherlands
B.A. in Islamic Studies (cum laude), Department of Qur’an and Hadits Studies, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, State Institute of Islamic Studies (Institut Agama Islam Negeri), Jakarta, Indonesia
Languages: Sundanese, Indonesian, English, Arabic

EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Media and Religion
PhD (Asian Studies), Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Contemporary Islamic Movements
Islam in Southeast Asia (Indonesia)
Islamic Studies
MA (Sociology), Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
MA (Islamic Studies), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
BA (Islamic Studies), Jakarta State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN Jakarta,now Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta [National Islamic University]), Indonesia
