Hale Inanoglu

Adjunct Faculty

Sociology: Sociology of religion, Muslims in the US, diaspora, gender.

Dr. Hale Inanoglu is a qualitative researcher focusing on how selves are made in the American religious landscape. Her dissertation titled “Gender and Diaspora in the Making of Pious Subjectivity” elucidates the processes and disciplining mechanisms though which women create a particular type of religious selfhood for different publics. She also has experience working with churches and various Christian traditions in the United States as part of a team of researchers. Her current research at George Mason University explores the link between Muslim college students’ self-presentation on social media and their religious formation.

Selected Publications

Inanoglu, Hale. 2025. “Moral Careers of Muslim College Students: How I Became a Better Muslim through TikTok.” Review of Religious Research, Special Issue: American Muslims Beyond 9/11. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034673X251348214

Coe, Deb & Hale Inanoglu. 2025. “Post-Pandemic Realities.” Religions, Special Issue: Emerging Trends in Congregational Engagement and Leadership. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/6/782

Inanoglu, Hale. 2020. “Gender in the Making of Pious Subjectivity.” In Research on the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31. Brill. https://brill.com/view/title/59188

Expanded Publication List

Coe, Deb & Hale Inanoglu. 2024.
“What Clergy Leaders Wish They Had Been Trained to Do and Why it Matters.”
Religious Workforce Project Report. PDF
🔗 https://religiousworkforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/What-Clergy-Leaders-Wish-They-Had-Been-Trained-to-Do-And-Why-it-Matters.pdf

Coe, Deb & Hale Inanoglu. 2025.
“Unique Challenges for Churches in the Nation’s Capital.”
Religious Workforce Project. PDF
🔗 https://religiousworkforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Unique-Challenges-for-Congregational-Leaders-in-the-National-Capital-Area.pdf

Inanoglu, Hale. 2023.
“Types of Call Stories among Religious Workers: Part One.”
Religious Workforce Project. Link
🔗 https://religiousworkforce.com/demographics/types-of-call-stories-among-religious-workers-part-one

Inanoglu, Hale. 2023.
“Remaining Relevant in a Post-Christian and Urban Culture.”
Religious Workforce Project. Link
🔗 https://religiousworkforce.com/black-church/remaining-relevant-in-a-post-christian-and-urban-culture

Inanoglu, Hale. 2023.
“Insights Learned from Interviewing Agnostics Who Go into Ministry.”
Religious Workforce Project. Link
🔗 https://religiousworkforce.com/demographics/insights-learned-from-interviewing-agnostics-who-go-into-ministry

Inanoglu, Hale. 2021.
Review of Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society by Zahra Ayubi.
The Maydan
🔗 https://themaydan.com/2021/02/book-review-gendered-morality/

Inanoglu, Hale. 2019.
Review of Keeping it Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys by John O’Brien.
The Maydan
🔗 https://themaydan.com/2019/03/book-review-keeping-it-halal-the-everyday-lives-of-muslim-american-teenage-boys-by-john-obrien-reviewed-by-hale-inanoglu/

Inanoglu, Hale. 2018.
Review of Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States by Su’ad Abdul Khabeer.
The Maydan
🔗 https://themaydan.com/2018/01/book-review-muslim-cool-race-religion-hip-hop-united-states-suad-abdul-khabeer-2/

Courses Taught

SOC 120 Globalization and Society
SOC 208 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
SOC 308 Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World
SOC 215 Gender and Society
SOC 315 Contemporary Gender Relations

Education

PhD in Public Sociology, George Mason University, VA, USA, 2020
M.Sc. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, VA, USA, 2012
M.A. in Philosophy, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000