PhD Candidate Bryan Ayers is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia, whose focus is the history of Islam in North Africa, translation studies, Sufism, the Qur'an in translation, and critical issues in representations of Islam. Bryan is interested in engaging with instructors and researchers in the digital humanities. MA, Religion (Islamic Studies, Arabic). University of Georgia.BA, Religious Studies. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Education Education: MA, Religion (Islamic Studies, Arabic). University of Georgia. BA, Religious Studies. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.