Amel Mili holds a Master’s Degree and a PhD in Global Affairs from Rutgers University, Newark. She also holds a JD in Law from the Law School of Tunis and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Tunis. From 1991 to 2009, Amel served as a Magistrate in the Administrative Tribunal of Tunisia. Amel first joined the University of Pennsylvania in 2010 where she has been teaching Arabic Language and Culture and serving as the summer program faculty lead. In addition to her position at Lauder and since 2022, Amel has been affiliated with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and lecturing in Arabic.
Amel’s professional interests include the intersection between religion and law, gender politics and constitutional transition, and language policies and education. She has published articles in journals and conferences. Amel is the co-editor of Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). She previously worked as a judge at the Administrative Court of Tunisia for 12 years.