Marcia Hermansen is an American scholar of Islam originally from Canada.
Hermansen is professor and director of Islamic World Studies at Loyola University Chicago.
[1] Hermansen earned a PhD from the University of Chicago in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
"Transplants" in the garden refers to Sufi groups in the West that primarily attract immigrants from Muslim societies.
[7] Hermansen's work examined young American Muslims identity post-9/11.