Waleed El-Ansary, M.A., is a specialist in Islamic economics, currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Sciences program at George Washington University. He has developed interdisciplinary courses in Islamic economics examining the link between Islamic philosophy, sciences of nature, economic theory and policy. He also teaches Religion and the Philosophy of History, Epistemology and Research Methodology, and History of Economic and Social Institutions in Islam.

Mr. El-Ansary's publications include:" Recovering the Islamic Economic Intellectual Heritage: problems and Possibilities," and he co-authored "Linking Ethics and Economics: The Role of Ijtihad in the Regulation and Correction of Capital Markets." Mr. El-Ansary holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Maryland.