About the Editor
Karen Hunt-Ahmed is the president of Chicago Islamic Microfinance Project, a not-for-profit economic development organization that provides business education and Shari'a-compliant microcredit to entrepreneurs in Chicago. She left a position as visiting assistant professor of finance and management at DePaul University to devote time to the project and remains a lecturer in Islamic economics at DePaul. She received a BA and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD from the University of Chicago. She has worked in the banking sector in Chicago and in private equity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her research interests include culture and identity, financial empowerment, Islamic finance, microfinance, and the socialization of economic behavior. Dr. Hunt-Ahmed is a Faculty Fellow of DePaul's Egan Urban Center.
Dr. Hunt-Ahmed lives in Wilmette, Illinois, and enjoys karate. She lived in Dubai for many years and has traveled extensively in the Middle East, Pakistan, Africa, and Europe.
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