Susan L. Douglass is a former social studies teacher and author affiliated with the Council on Islamic Education. [1] She is a senior research associate at the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University. [2] She was formerly affiliated with the Prince Alaweed bin-Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. [3]
Douglass holds a M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in history from the University of Rochester. She was an advisor to the 2002 PBS broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002). Douglass is an American-born Muslim.