Fatema Haque

Fatema is a longtime educator who has taught at universities internationally and domestically. At the core of her work as an educator is the goal of cultivating a democratic, engaged citizenry capable of critical thinking, teamwork, and critical reflection. At the BLI, she centers these values in training and supervising Leadership Teaching Fellows, teaching BLI’s leadership courses, and facilitating the Social Transformation Fellowship. 

Prior to joining the BLI, Fatema served as a Dean of Students at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and Co-Director of the Clinical Trunk at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is also a founding board member and former board president of Rising Voices, a Michigan-based nonprofit dedicated to organizing and developing Asian Americans for power around progressive values and policy in the state of Michigan.

Fatema is an avid reader. She co-facilitates the Unerased Book Club, a national book club dedicated to building community through Asian American literature. In her free time, she creates intricate embroidered portraits of her family and friends and writes short stories.