Ikfina Maufuriyah is studying for a special-education PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her interest is in educational psychology concentrating on dyslexia and related learning difficulties using an interdisciplinary-action research approach.

She teaches at Pesantren and MTs Hasyim Asy’ari Bangsri in Jepara, Central Java.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from Universitas Sanata Dharma and a master’s in educational psychology from Universitas Gadjah Mada.