Anna M. Gade is a scholar of Islam, religion and ethics, Southeast Asia and environmental studies.
Her current academic work focuses in the comparative field of environmental ethics, along with ongoing research programs on climate and sustainability issues in the Global South.
Her book, Perfection Makes Practice, has been foundational to academic work theorizing affect and emotion in religious ritual and practice, focusing on the Qur'an as a living recited text for learning, memorization and performance; this was followed by her popular book, The Qur'an: An Introduction.
In the field of Southeast Asian Studies, she helped to write The Cham Rebellion by Ysa Osman, witnessing first-person accounts of Muslim survivors among the Chams in Cambodia, and providing key evidence for the international Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
[2] Prof. Gade travels the world giving talks and lectures on Islam and religion, ethics and the humanities, and sustainability and the environment.