Asma Baban

Research Assistant, Center for Arab American Studies

Project Manager, Halal Metropolis

Asma is a Research Assistant at the Center of Arab American Studies and Project Manager of the Halal Metropolis project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is also a Producer and Web Designer of the Seen Jeem podcast.

She graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2017 with an interdisciplinary degree focusing on anthropology, sociology, and history. Her work has focused on engaging public audiences with the stories of Metro Detroit’s Arab and Muslim immigrant and refugee communities.