John Bowen studies the global Islamic tradition, particularly in Asia, Europe and North America. His Islam, Law and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning (Cambridge, 2003) focuses on law and social norms whereas his forthcoming Can Islam be French? (Princeton, 2008) looks at schools, mosques, and sacrifice in France, and The New Anthropology of Islam (Cambridge, 2009) examines a range of recent work.

Bob Canfield has recent work on the Taliban movement appearing in “Fraternity, power, and time in Central Asia” (in A Decade of the Taliban, 1994-2004).

Lois Beck teaches the courses, "Islam and Politics" and "Women and Islam." Her recent books include Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800 (2003) and Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic (2004).

For her dissertation, Sarah Kendzior is studying the Uzbek political dissident movement as it uses internet communications to disseminate political poetry.

Baris Isci is in Kygryzstan analyzing the competition among Islamic movements for the allegiance of the local population.