Florence Sharp comes to IIS from the Centre of Muslim Experience in the United States, based at Arizona State University, where she managed the Centre's research, operations, and events. Prior to this, she obtained a Masters in Theological Studies, specialising in Islam, from Harvard Divinity School. In her spare time, Flo assists a Georgetown book project on environmental security and is trying to learn Classical Arabic so she can one day undertake a PhD. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Arabic, French, and Latin from the University of St Andrews.