Dr. Ali M. Rahman is a Lecturer in the Critical Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Ali completed his PhD at UC Santa Barbara focusing on Islamic oral traditions and education in the digital age as well as his MFA in which he worked on a novel examining the second generation immigrant experience. He has taught in the Middle East with refugee populations, the New York prison system, independent K-12 and boarding schools, and both public and private universities. His research and writing focus on digital writing, rhetoric, and pedagogy. He is currently working on a book exploring Islamic authority in online spaces and the search for knowledge in a neoliberal age.