Testriono, pursuing a Ph.D. at the Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta, and editorial member of its journal, Studia Islamika. He is also a member of the division of Democracy and Good Governance, Alumni Association of US-Indonesia Scholarship Program (ALPHA-I), Jakarta.