{"id":9638,"date":"2022-03-20T23:05:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T03:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/?page_id=9638"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:27:51","slug":"directors-and-administrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/people\/directors-and-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors and Administrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-9445 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-administrators affiliation-faculty\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/faculty\/kecia-ali\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-710x710.png 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/religion\/files\/2022\/02\/13E28BA3-B760-4B94-8BA3-6161B9F4553537-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kecia Ali<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the Muslim Studies Program; 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