Amarnath Amarasingam is a doctoral candidate in the Laurier-Waterloo PhD in Religious Studies, and has held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship. His research interests are in social movements, ethno-nationalism, radicalization, and media studies.

He is the editor of The Stewart/Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News and Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal, and has published articles in Studies in Religion, the Journal of Contemporary Religion, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Muslim Minority Affairs, the Journal of Religion and Film, and Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.

He has presented papers at numerous national and international conferences, and has contributed to The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Toronto Star, The Province (Vancouver), and The Washington Post's On Faith blog. He is currently writing his dissertation entitled, Pain, Pride, and Politics: Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism in Canada.