Aminah Beverly
McCloud
1640 N. Mobile
Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60639
(773) 836-8240 (H)
(773) 836-8422 (F)
(773) 325-1290 (O)
amccloud@condor.depaul.edu
Education:
1993 Ph.D.
Temple University: Islamic Studies
1987 M. A.
Temple University: Islamic Studies
1977 B.Sc. Temple University: Pharmacy
1970 B. S. Lincoln University : Physics/Math
Academic Appointments:
2004 Director,
Islamic World Studies Program
2003
Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University
1996 Associate
Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University
1993 Assistant
Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University
1990 Instructor, Religious studies, DePaul
University
Contemporary
Challenges in Islam.
Series Editor. AltaMira Press. 2008.
Black
American Muslims: Coming of Age.
Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. (Under contract).
*Silks:
Muslim American Women. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. 2007
The Nation of Islam: A Closer Look. Gainesville,
Florida: University Press of Florida. (Under contract).
Transnational American Muslims. Gainesville,
Florida: University Press of Florida. 2006.
Questions of Faith: A Guide for Muslim
Prisoners, Chicago: ABC Publishers, 1999.
African American Islam. New York:
Routledge, Chapman and Hall. 1995.
Chapters
in Books
*“The African American Muslim
Experience” in Voices of Islam. Edited by Vincent Cornell. Greenwood
Press, 2007.
“Living As a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society: Conceptual Discourse” in Muslims
in the Public Square. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.
“A Challenging
Intellectual Heritage: A Look at the Social and Political space of African
American Muslims” in Islam in America. Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson
Foundation Press., 2004).
“Islam in America: The Mosaic” in Religion and
Immigration. Edited by Yvonne Y. Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and John Esposito.
Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2003.
”The Concept of Blackness in the Nation of Islam” in Religion,
Myth, and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction. Edited by
Peter Paris. New York: New York University Press, 2002.
“This is a Muslim Home: Signs of Difference in the
African American Row House,” in Making Muslim Space in North America and
Europe. Edited by Barbara Metcalf. Berkeley, CA: University of California
Press, 1996.
“Racism in the Ummah,” in Islam: A Contemporary
Perspective. Edited by Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi. Chicago: NAAMPS
Publications, 1994.
“The Relevance of Islam for Women,” in The Relevance
of Islam in the Modern World. Edited by Sulayman Nyang and Henry Thompson.
New York: Rose of Sharon, 1991.
“African American Muslim Women,” in Muslims in
America. Edited by Yvonne Haddad. Cambridge: Oxford University Press, 1991.
“Islam,” in Religious Worlds: Primary Readings in
Comparative Perspective. Edited by Dominic Crossan. Dubuque, IA:
Kendall/Hunt, 1991.
Articles
*“Muslim Misrepresentations of Islamic Law.” Paper presented at Islamic Law
Symposium – Michigan State Law School, to be published in Michigan State Law
Review, 2007.
*“African American Muslim
Intellectual Thought.” Solicited article for Souls special issue on Islam in Black America.
Journal published by the Institute for Research in African Studies at Columbia
University. Fall, 2007.
*”Prayer and Crisis in Islam.”
Short chapter in Prayer in America. New York: Doubleday, 2007.
*”African American Muslim
Women,” in Islamica Magazine. To be published in 2008.
Dialogue is
the Key to Peaceful Co-existence. Paper submitted and accepted
for presentation in 2nd International Symposium on “Islam and the
Dialogue of Civilizations.” To be held September 19-21, 2006 in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Paper to be published date unknown. Symposium cancelled due to
Israeli-Lebanese War.
“Fundamentalism: Islam as a
Religion of Anti-modern Fanaticism,” in Concilium. 2001/4. The
Netherlands.
"American Muslim Women and U.S. Society." Journal
of Law and Religion, Vol. XII Number 1, 1995-1996. Pg. 51-59.
"Islam as a Fundamental Source of Morality in
American Politics." The Long View, Massachusetts School of Law at
Andover. September, 1996.
Encyclopedia
Articles
*”Elijah Muhammad.” International Encyclopedia of the
Social Sciences. 2007.
“Women, Gender, and Female
Space: North America.” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. December,
2005.
“Women, Gender and Sexual Harassment, United States.” Encyclopedia
of Women and Islamic Cultures. December, 2005.
“Islam in the Americas”. Macmillan Reference. 2003. (
8000 words)
“Black Muslims (African
American Muslims belonging to the Nation of Islam)”. Encarta Reference Library
2003.
“Ahmadiyya” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Cultures.
ABC-CLIO for New York University Press, 2001
“Islam” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and American
Cultures. ABC-CLIO for New York University Press, 2001.
“American Muslim Women” in the Encyclopedia of Women
in Islamic Cultures. Brill Academic Publishers (The Netherlands), 2001.
“African
American Islam” in the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Date of Publication – 2002. Indiana
University Press.
“Louis
Farrakhan,” “Muslim Student Association of North America,” and “Nation of
Islam,” in Islam and the Muslim World. 2001. Macmillan Reference, New
York.
"The Nation of Islam." The Encyclopedia of
Chicago History. The Newberry Library, 1999.
"Muslim Brotherhood." Contemporary American
Religion, Macmillan Reference, 1999.
"Warithudeen Muhammad." Contemporary
American Religion, Macmillan Reference, 1999.
Book
Reviews, Article Reviews, and Other Short writings
* Islam and Black Theodicy – Sherman Jackson.
Oxford University Press.
* Muslim Women in America – Yvonne Haddad, Jane
Smith and Kathleen Moore. Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies.
*Black Religion in the Nation of Islam – Edward Curtis for The
Journal of Religion.
*The
Cultural Roots of American Islamicism – Timothy Marr for Journal
of American Ethnic History. 2007.
“Five Percenters” (manuscript)
for Oneworld Press. London, 2006.
“Muslims in America” (book proposal) for Blackwell Publishing.
Oxford. 2006
Islam in
Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago – by Garbi
Schmidt for Centre for the Study of
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham. 2005.
“Counseling Muslims in North America” (Blind Review) for Journal
of Muslim Mental Health, Routledge, 2005.
The Future
of Islam – by Bruce Lawrence, for Blackwell Publishing,
2005.
Engaged
Surrender: African American Muslim Women and Islam – by Carolyn Moxley Rouse, for Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. 2004.
Islam in
Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. By Garbi
Schmidt, for The Muslim World. 2004.
Muslims:
Islam in the West in the 21st Century. Book proposal
review for Laurence King Publishing LTD. London. 2003.
Muslims in
the United States by
Karen Leonard. 2003
Black
Pilgrimage to Islam by
Robert Dannin. 2003.
“American Muslim
Discourses and Practices” for Comparative Studies in Society and History. 2002.
Inside the
Nation of Islam by
Vibert White. For University Press of Florida. 2001.
Between Cross
and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin by Lewis Baldwin and Amiri YaSin
Al-Hadid. University Press of Florida. 2001.
Islam in
Black America: An Islam for Our People or For All. By Edward Curtis. State University of
New York Press. October, 2000.
Rethinking Muslim
Women and the Veil: Challenging Feminist Discourse Duke University Press, October, 2000.
Deconstructing
the American Mosque: Space, Gender and Aesthetics by Akel Kahera. University of Texas
Press. May, 2000.
“Finding a
Female Identity in Islam: A Comparison of Feminist Exegesis in Islam and
Christianity From Sarah Grimke to Leila Ahmed.” The Journal of Islamic Law
and Culture. 2000
“The Muslim Religious Right (Fundamentalists)
and Sexuality.” The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc. 2000.
The
Narrator’s Religion in Arabic Slave Narratives in Antebellum America. Islam and
Christian-Muslim Relations. 1999.
Competing Visions of Islam in the
United States: A Study of Los Angeles, by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. American Journal of
Sociology. May, 1999.
Reassessing
Polygamy. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc, April, 1999.
Black
Muslims in the New World: Approaches Towards a New Understanding of African
American Islam. Contours. Duke University 1999.
Keeping
Secrets and Making It Plain. Contours. Duke University 1999.
Servants of Allah: African Muslims
Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane Diouf and African Muslims in Antebellum
America by Allan Austin. Journal of American Academy of Religion.
(Joint book review). 1999
Islam and History. Steven Warshaw.
Self Publisher. 1997
Muslim Communities in North America. Edited by Yvonne
Haddad and Jane Smith. Journal of Church and State. 1995.
Women in The Qur'an, Traditions and
Interpretations. Barbara F.
Stowasser. Islam in America. 1995
Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light
of the Cross. Norman L. Geisler and Abdul
Saleeb. Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Spring, 1995.
Islam Towards a Christian Assessment. Hugh Goddard. Islam in America. Aryeh Meir and Reuven Firestone. In The
Footsteps of Muhammad: Understanding the Islamic Experience. John Renard. Joint Review. Journal of
Ecumenical Studies, Spring 1994.
Christ in Islam and Christianity. Neal Robinson, Journal
of Ecumenical Studies. December, 1992.
Qur'anic Christians. Jane McAuliffe, Journal
of Ecumenical Studies. December, 1992
Muslim Ethics and Modernity. Sheila McDonough,
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall, 1985.
Consultation
Work
*Consultant. American Academy
of Religion. Meetings with FBI officials and prison chaplaincy directors.
November, 2007.
*Participant. Muslim Task
Force. Chicago Council on Global Relations (formerly Council on Foreign
Relations) 2006-2007
*Advisor, America at A
Crossroads PBS Series to air April
15-20, 2007
Academic Consultant. Saint
Xavier University for conference on Muslim women to be held in November, 2006.
Expert Witness for Connor
& Fletcher Attorneys at Law. Re: Muhammad v. Islamic Society of Orange
County, et al. O.C. Sup. Ct. Case No 04CC02268. 2006. (Title VII).
Expert Witness for Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld Attorneys at Law. Re: Bacha Amin, A95-956-933.
NYC0301002909. (Asylum Application). 2005.
Academic Consultant. EastWest
Institute (Brussels, Moscow, New York, Prague) on “Educating All Americans
about Islam and Muslims.” Began in 2004 and I am now the chair of the Task
Force in 2005.
Academic Consultant and
Community Leader to the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs Task Force on “The
Civic Integration of American Muslims and their Role in U.S. Relations with the
Muslim World. 2005
Academic Consultant,
Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Center.
Pastoral Care, June, 2004.
Consultant. U.S. Department of
Justice Community Relations Service – Midwest Region. Mosque building dispute,
Morton Grove, Illinois. May, 2004
Consultant, the Center for
Religious Architecture. March, 2004.
Expert consultant, Just
Neighbors Ministry, Inc. Arlington Virginia. Immigration Case. 2004.
Peer Reviewer. American
Council of Learned Societies. 2000 – 2004.
Expert consultant,
Shahena Begum Khan – application for resident status. Catholic Legal
Immigration Network, Inc. 2004
Expert
consultant, Small, et al v. New York Transit Authority 03 cv 2139 (RJD). Scott, Mason-Kinsey & Hart LLP. 2004
Expert consultant, Ambreen Ali v.
U.S. Immigration Services, Sidley
Austin Brown & Wood. 2004
Expert consultant, Wawdiwala v. CTA. Wrongful death
case. Corby & Demetrio Associates. 2003.
Expert consultant, Johnson, et al. v. Overton, et al.
Constitutional 1st Amendment case. Michigan ACLU. 2003
Expert
Consultant, Ara v Kamal case. Divorce case. For Life Span Center for Legal
Advocacy. 2001
Board
member, Council on American-Islamic Relations – Chicago.
Board member,
Feminist Sexual Ethics: Creating Debate on How to Respect the Full Human
Dignity of All Persons. Brandeis University.
Academic
Consultant, Islam in America. Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Executive Board
Member of Boston Healing Landscape Project, Boston University School of
Medicine
Current Editor
of Journal of Islamic Law and Culture.
Academic advisor
to Council on Islamic Education.
American Muslim
Council.
Center for
Muslim-Christian Understanding. Georgetown University
Project
Affiliate – Muslims in the Midwest, The Pluralism Project. Harvard University.
Ford Foundation
Nomadic Pictures. Consultation on documentary built on Karen Armstrong’s
text A History of God.
“Rabah v Rabah.” Criminal and divorce case.
Acted as Islamic legal expert.
“Khan v Khan.” Divorce case. Acted as Islamic
legal expert. 2000
Blackside TV Productions. Consultations on This Far by Faith. PBS documentary to
air Fall, 2000.
National
Research Council – refereeing as a member of the History, Philosophy &
Religious Studies panel to evaluate applications for the Ford Foundation. 2000.
Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis – legal consultation involving Muslim prisoners.
1999.
Cook County
District Attorney’s Office. Acted as expert on Islam in death penalty case
State of Illinois v Cortez Brown. 1999
Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Arab/Islamic traditions
related to dying and grieving for the Palliative Care and Home Hospice staff.
Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Consultation and designing exhibition posters for Parliament in South Africa
1999.
Reader on
dissertation: American Medina: A Study of
the Sunni Muslim Immigrant Communities in Chicago. Ph.D. dissertation for
Garby Schmidt at University of Lund, Sweden. 1998.
Scholarly Presentations
* “Women in Islam
.” Muslim Heritage Celebrations. DePaul
University. May 4, 2007.
* “Transnational Muslims in American Society.” Beloit College. October 9, 2007.
* “Islamophobia” University of Pennsylvania. Islamic Awareness
Week. October 24, 2007.
* “Iqbal’s Shikwah” – Video. Filmed at DePaul University.
Pandagroove Productions. 2007.
* “Christian and Islamic Journeys & Quests.” Catholic Theological Union. April 27, 2007.
* “Homegrown Terrorism
and Radicalization,” The Critical Incident Analysis Group, Charlottesville, Virginia. April 1-3, 2007.
“Mosques and the West.” Aga Khan
Program for Islamic Architecture symposium at MIT. April 21, 22 2006.
Ten Commandments in Islamic Thought. University of Wisconsin. April 13,
2006.
”Muslim Women in America.” Workshop at Conference. Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago. September 23, 2006.
Panel on Islam and Sub-Saharan Africa. New York University Africa House.
September, 2006.
“Islam in
America: Finding Common Ground.” Keynote Speaker. Drake University. September
9-10, 2005.
“Interreligious Study and Dialogue.”
University of Southern Maine. June 22-24, 2005.
“Muslims in America.” Bingham
Young University. March 17-19, 2005.
“Islam in America Since 9/11.”
Presented ½ workshop in Reforms, Innovation and Change meeting for German
National Academic Foundation. October 9, 2004.
“Teaching About Islam in
America.” Workshop series at Dar Islam. July9-July 12, 2004.
Presented, “Focus on Development in Iraq: Legal Education Reform &
Human Rights Law” Illinois Society for International Development Series, June 8,
2004.
“Challenges in Interfaith Youth
Work.” Presented on panel- Critical Issues in Interfaith Work. Interfaith Youth Core. DePaul University.
May 17th, 2004.
“The Terrorism of Language.” Conference on Terrorism and Extremism. Ibn Saud University. Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. April 22-24, 2004.
“The Quandary of
American Islams: Muslim World Culture and American Muslim Communities.” April
15, 2004. American Islams Conference. University of Illinois at Chicago.
“Islam in
America: Post 9/11.” Winona State University. October, 2003.
“Islam in
America: Post 9/11.” University of Arkansas. King Fahd Center for Islamic and
Middle Eastern Studies. September 26, 2003.
“A Challenging
Intellectual Heritage: A Look at the Social and Political space of African
American Muslims” in Islam in America. Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson
Foundation. June, 2003.
“Islam in the
African and African American Experience.” Ohio State University. May 4, 2002.
“The Global
Connections of Our Collective Destiny.” Lecture given at Northeastern Illinois
University. January 29, 2002.
Response to
“Muslims in America: Identity, Diversity and the Challenge of Understanding” by
Sam Afridi. Audio-press conference
hosted by Carnegie Corporation. November 28, 2001.
“Many Paths, One
Destination: Hope.” Northeastern Illinois University, November 12. 2001.
“The Historical
Significance of Juneteenth.” Talk, Harvey Islamic Center, June 19, 2001.
“Islam” for adult forum. St. Paul’s United Church of
Christ. April Forum. April 1, 8, 22,29, 2001
“The Muslim
Patient” for the Operational Ethics Committee, Westlake Hospital. March 28,
2001.
The First
Amendment Center on behalf of the Council on Islamic Education and the First
Amendment Center. November 20, 2000.
”The Worldview
of Islam.” Lecture given as part of EKKLESIA’s fall lecture series “The Power
of Understanding Opens Hearts.” St. Giles McDonough Hall, Oak Park, Il.
November 8, 2000.
”Polygamy: Is It The Answer to the African American
Family Crisis?” The Media Connection, Chicago Access Corporation Studio.
November 5, 2000.
U.S. State Department – Open Forum. “The
Muslim World’s View of the United States. October, 2000.
“Unity
and Diversity in Muslim society.” Islam and society in the Twenty-first
Century. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. October 13-15, 2000.
”Islam in America – A Story.” Westminster American
Muslim Association. White Plains, NY.
October 1, 2000.
“The Role of Islamic Centers in Political Empowerment.”
Talk given July 8, 2000 at the American Muslim Council’s 9th National
Convention. Washington, D.C.
”The Development of Islam in the 20th
Century.” Conference on the Growth and Development of Islam in America. Harvard
University. March 3-4, 2000.
"Malcolm X from an Islamic Perspective." Paper
given at Penn State University, February, 1999.
Modernity and Postmodernity: Challenges to the Muslim
World. Paper given at Stanford University, April 6, 1999.
Crossing Borders: The Lives of American Muslim
Women; New Ways of Interpreting Islamic
Texts; The African American Expression of the Public and Private in Islam, a
series of graduate seminars at The Department of Near Eastern Studies, Rackham
Graduate School, University of Michigan. October 24-26, 1997.
Terrorism, presented in Italian Parliament. Conference
convened under the auspices of NGOs, Human rights Organization. October 3,
1996. Rome, Italy.
Islam in America: the Perspective of American Muslim
Women, The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA. October 6, 1994.
Presenter, symposium: "Muslim Women's
Voices." The University of
Georgia. Athens, GA., June 4, 1994.
African American Muslim Women in the Academy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. February, 1994.
"Islam in America." Emory University - Chandler School of Theology. November, 1993.
African American Islam and the Jewish Community.
Presented at conference on Muslim-Jewish Dialogue. University of Denver,
Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies. October 24, 1993.
A Crisis in the Ummah: Race Relations Among Muslims,
presented at First Conference of North American
Association of Muslim Professionals and Scholars. Chicago, April 9, 1993.
Feminist Scholarship in the American Context and How the
Issues Raised can be Approached from an Islamic Perspective. The American
Muslim Social Scientist meeting. University of Michigan, October 31, 1992.
Chairperson, Panel "African and African American
Muslim Women," Conference on African and African American Women to be held
in Egunu, Nigeria. July 12-22,1992.
Women in Islam. The Schomberg Center for Research in
Black Culture, May 30, 1992.
Muslim Identity in View of Bush's New World Order. Karachi,
Pakistan, January 1992 Muslim Social Scientists.
The State of Islam in America. March, 1991 at Manhattan College.
Muslims in America.
March, 1991 at Oberlin College, Department of Religion.
African American Muslim Homes in Philadelphia: A Space of Cultural Formation and
Separation. Department of Middle
Eastern Studies, Harvard University, November, 1990.
Education and Contemporary Challenges in the Islamic
World. Princeton University May, 1989.
Domestic Space Among Muslims in America. Social Science Research Council, New
York. May, 1988.
African American Muslim Women. American Academy of Religion, Islamic Studies Section, October,
1988.
Using Foucaultian Methodology to look at Communities of
Women. Drew University, October, 1988.
African American Muslim Women. Conference on Muslims in America. The University of Massachusetts, April, 1988.
Islam in America.
International Interreligious Dialogue,
Koblenz, West Germany, 1986
Participation in Scholarly Meetings:
American Academy of Religion. November, 2007.
Moderator, Panel on
The Portrayal of Arab Americans. Middle East Studies Association. Washington,
D.C. 2005.
Moderator, Panel on
African American Islam in Honor of C. Eric Lincoln. AAR, San Antonio, Texas,
November 22, 2004.
Participant, American Anthropological Association.
Paper: “The Islamic Concept of Time.” November 17-21, 1999
Participant, workshop on “Muslims in American Public
Square.” Georgetown University, September 25, 1999.
Participant, Advisory board. “This Far by Faith”.
Blackside, Boston, MA. October, 1999.
Participant, conference on Islam in the West, Oxford
Centre for Islamic Studies. September 26-28, 1997
Participant, panel on "Beyond the Parliament of
Religions: The Chicago Metropolitan Interreligious Initiative." American
Academy of Religion. November 20, 1994.
Participant, forum on "Religion and the
Media." Loyola University. Chicago, IL
June 9, 1994.
Coordinator, mini-conference for scholars on "Islam
in America." DePaul University, April, 1994.
Moderator, panel on "Muslim Women." Parliament
of the World's Religions. Chicago, 1993.
Panel coordinator, "Politics and Scholarship of
Gender." 21st Annual Conference of
The Association of Muslim Social Scientists. East Lansing , Mich. October 31,
1992.
Coordinator, panel on "Women in Islam." American Muslim Social Scientists,
conference. October 31, 1992.
University of Michigan.
"Islamic Studies in America." American Muslim Social Scientists Annual
Meeting. Detroit, 1991.
Other Professional Activities
*“Prayer in
America” video for the Duncan Group and Iowa Public television. November, 2007.
External reviewer. Promotion to full professor for
Professor Amina Wadud. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006.
External reviewer. Tenure for Professor Muqtedar Khan.
University of Delaware, 2006.
Consultant and on camera interview. The History and
Impact of Prayer on American Society. The Duncan Group in partnership with Iowa
Public Television. Based on James P. Moore’s One Nation Under God. In
progress.
Panelist. “Understanding Islam in the Modern World.”
University of Chicago. May 25, 2006.
Presenter. “The Mosque in the West,” symposium. Aga Khan
Program for Islamic Architecture. MIT April 21-22, 2006.
Panelist. “Who Speaks for Islam.” LINK TV, February 5,
2005.
Board member, Radio Islam. 2005.
Editor in Chief, Journal of
Islamic Law and Culture
Panelist – “Page One” – Chicago Humanities Festival.
2004.
Panelist, “How the U.S. and Islamic World Can work
together.” Americans for Informed Democracy Symposium. University of
Chicago, October, 2004.
Panelist. “An Interfaith View” – Church as Mission.
Glenmary Symposium. Louisville, Kentucky October 4, 2004.
Panelist, “Issues Confronting Muslim Americans Since
9/11.” International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies. August,
2004.
Participant, Bughouse Square Debates. Newberry Library.
July, 2004
Participant, CAIR- anniversary Seminar. June, 2004.
Organizer of “Media and the Middle East – A Town Hall
Meeting.” June 6, 2001 at DePaul University. To be broadcast September 16, 2001
on CAN-TV channel 19.
Continuing work with Council for Parliament of the
World’s Religion. I made panel that represented Islam in South African
Conference of Parliament and now we are working to make reproductions. Summer,
2001
Mentor, for Loren Lybarger in Luce Fellowship program at
University of Chicago Divinity School. January – June, 2001.
Participation as American representative. St.
Catharine’s Conference, 6-9 July 2000 “Christians and Muslims in the
Commonwealth: A Dynamic Role in the Future. The Great Park, Windsor, England.
Primary Curator and Director: Exploring Muslim Cultures
Project commences March, 2000 and ends July, 2000.
Muslim scholar participant. “Youth Development and the
Roles, Contributions and Value of Faith and Spiritually in the African American
Muslim Communities.” Center for Youth Development & Policy Research.
Meeting held in New York City. February 2-4, 2000.
The Middle East. ABC Sunday News Special. May, 1999.
Appeared as representative of Council of Islamic
Organizations in Chicago and Islamic scholar from DePaul University on PBS
Special on Chicago Matters, April 8, 1996.
Appeared as Islamic scholar on Lehrer News Hour, March
14, 1996.
Advisory Board, Council on Foreign Relations. Muslim
Politics Project. April 24-25, 1995.
Principal coordinator first annual interdisciplinary
conference, "Islam in America," to be held at DePaul University
September 29-October 1, 1995.
Researcher, Islam in Federal Penitentiaries. Conducting interviews with male Muslim
prisoners at U.S.P. Marion and female Muslim prisoners at the Medical Center,
Lexington, Kentucky, 1993.
Producer, " Introduction to Islam." Multimedia
computer project for university teaching.
DePaul University, 1993.
Project coordinator, archival project on Islam in
America. DePaul University Library.
Researcher, project on "Islam in the African
American Experience." Project directed by C. Eric Lincoln (Duke
University) and Lawrence Mamiya (Vassar College).
Participant, 1993 Taft Seminar on politics. Day workshop on Islam. July 15, 1993. Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
Participant, scholarly and professional group looking at
religious group endowments, empowerment and economic development at The Chicago
Theological Seminary.
Project Evaluator for the Lilly Endowment Fund in
Islamic Studies, 1993.
Participant in project examining "Philanthropy
among African American Leaders" at Christian Seminary in Chicago, 1993.
Participant with the DePaul Law School Center for Church
and State on the religious institutions in the Muslim communities in America.
Member of Board of Center for American Muslim Research
& Information.
Research in Chicago on Muslim communities. In this ongoing research I am in the process
of collecting data on the various Muslim communities in Chicago and producing a
video that projects an accurate picture of their history and concerns.
Video production. "Islam in Chicago," video on
Muslim communities in Chicago. Edit in
progress.
Nomination of Transnational American Muslims for
Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright Award in non-fiction literature, 2006.
”In a Class By Themselves” Media Award
from DePaul University Media Relations.
September, 2006.
4th Recipient of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Award.
Awarded June 26, 2005.
Research/ Leave
Grant, DePaul University. Fall, 2001 for work on The Nation of Islam: A
Closer Look.
Research Grant,
DePaul University LA&S Faculty
Research and Development Grant for
research on Immigrant American Islam. (2000)
Graham
Foundation Grant for Architecture in Exploring Muslim Cultures (2000)
Office of
Sponsored Programs and Research Matching Grant for Exploring Muslim Cultures
(2000)
Instruction
Grant, DePaul University Quality of Instruction Council for Instructors Retreat
to work on courses for Exploring Muslim Cultures Project (1999)
Illinois
Humanities Grant for Exploring Muslim Cultures (1999)
Vincentian Award
for Exploring Muslim Cultures (1999)
Ford Foundation
for project on Civil Rights and African American Muslims (1999)
Grant from
DePaul University’s Center for the Study of Values (1999)
Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and research in
Morocco. 1995-1996
Conference Grant, DePaul University Research Council1995
Conference Grant, DePaul University Research Council1994
Research Grant, DePaul University Research Council1993
Instruction Grant, DePaul University Instruction Council
1993
Service
to the University
*Public Appearances on TV, radio as expert on Islam in
America
*Islam: Image v Reality town hall meeting series
2006-2007
Executive vice-President for Academic Affairs Search
Committee
Commentary on Islam and Muslims for local and national
newspapers
Exploring Muslim Cultures Project
Review committee for Dean of LA&S
Faculty Council’s Committee on Curriculums and Programs
Chair, Search Committee for the Senior Officer for
Diversity
Service
to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
*Director, Islamic World Studies
Program
*Member, Grade Challenge
Committee
Executive Board of Humanities Council (3rd
term)
Chair, planning committee for Islamic World Studies
Major
Planning committee for Black and African Diaspora
Studies Program
Liberal Arts and Science Curriculum Committee
Assessment Capstone Committee
Center for the History and Culture of Black Diaspora F.
Douglas Award Committee
Board of Black and African Diaspora Studies Program
Initiator of Center for Black and African Diaspora
Annual Fireside Chat
Managing Editor, Journal of Islamic Law and Culture
Service
to the Department of Religious Studies
*Search Committee, 2007
Future Directions Committee
Search Committee for African
American Religious Studies
Curriculum & Assessment Committee
Capstone Committee
Personnel Committee
Mentor of Luce Fellows
Mentor to Majors
Service to the Community
Participant, Town hall meeting. The Civil Rights
Education Center. Chicago, Il. May 22, 2006.
Keynote lecture.
“The Most Perfect Women” – Muslim Women’s Retreat. Jackson, MI. June 4, 2006.
Keynote Speech.” Fundraising dinner. The Urban Muslim
Minority Alliance. June 23, 2006.
Speech. Fundraising dinner. Radio Islam. January 7,
2006.
Discussion dinner. Exelon Corporation June 15, 2005.
Talk on Spirituality and Social Justice.” University of
Chicago Muslim Students Association Annual Dinner. February 12, 2005.
Participation in discussion “Immigration, Tolerance and
the Dutch Dilemma.” February 16, 2005. Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs and
the Consulate General of the Netherlands. The Chicago Club.
Participant in Discussion between Belgium Muslims and
American Muslims on the European Muslim Dilemma. Brussels, October, 2005.
*Host, Radio Islam
Inauguration speaker.Lansing, Michigan Chapter of the
American Muslim Council. May, 2001.
DePaul hostess/moderator for DePaul and greater Chicago
community participation in Millennium Peace Summit via satellite with religious
leaders at U.N. August 24, 2000.
Discussant, “Common traditions surrounding death and
dying in the Muslim community.” Horizon Hospice, Chicago. August 17, 2000.
Member, Metropolitan Interreligious Task Force of The
Worlds
Parliament of Religions. Chicago
Work with Chicago hospitals and hospices on interfaith
issues
American Muslim Council, advisory board member
Council on American-Islamic Relations, executive board
member
Council for American –Muslim Understanding, board member
Crescent University Project, board member
Islamic Society of North America, frequent lecturer
Muslim American Society, consultant and frequent
lecturer