Devin J. Stewart is a scholar of Islamic studies and Arabic language and literature.
He is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Middle eastern and South Asian studies at Emory University.
in Near Eastern studies from Princeton University in 1984 after completing a 143-page long senior thesis titled "Three Wise Men: The Safawi Religious Institution 1576 - 1629.
Much of Stewart's work has focused on the reconstruction of early Muslim legal theory based on ancient texts.
He has also called attention to infrequently studied genres of Arabic literature such as Maqama.