Experts by Policy Area

Experts’ names are followed by the sub-areas of their policy expertise and, in parentheses, their geographical areas of interest. Where no sub-area is listed or where “general” is listed as a sub-area, it indicates that the scholar has a broad knowledge of the policy area.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Cinema and Film; Music, Theatre, and Other Performing Arts (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: Identity/Representation; Media (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore: Media

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Pop Culture (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Joseph Montville: Andalusi Studies (Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Media (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)


BASIC ISLAM

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)       

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: (Iraqi Studies)

Prof. Azizah Al-Hibri: (European Muslims, U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Barlas: (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Susan Douglass: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Muneer Fareed: (Arab Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore

Dr. Mazen Hashem: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Khaleel Mohammed: (Latin-American Muslims; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Sayyid Syeed: (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)          


BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, AND DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Azizah Al-Hibri: Banking and Finance; Business Law; Business Ethics (European Muslims, U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: Accounting; Business Ethics (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Development and Infrastructure; Economics (Asian Studies)


CIVIL SOCIETY

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: General; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: General; Identity/Representation (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ihsan Bagby: Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: General; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Barlas: Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Peter K. Bechtold: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism (Arab Studies; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; Palestine/Israel; Sudanese Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Identity/Representation; Media (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: Journalism; Media (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Entelis: (Maghreb Studies)

Dr. Mazen Hashem: General; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: General; Identity/Representation (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. James Jones: General; Identity/Representation (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Media; Minority Studies (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: Health; Minority Studies; Social Services (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Sulayman Nyang: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Identity/ Representation; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Health; Social Services (Afghanistan)

Dr. Jasmin Zine: Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)


CLASSICAL ISLAMIC ERA

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: General; History of Religion (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: History of Science (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: History of Religion; History of Science; Islamic Philosophers; Just War Theory (Iraqi Studies)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: History of Religion; History of Science; Islamic Philosophers; Just War Theory (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: Andalusi Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; History of Science (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: General; History of Religion; Islamic Philosophers (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: General; Just War Theory (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: General; Islamic Philosophers (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Muneer Fareed: History of Religion (Arab Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Andalusi Studies; Historiography; History of Science (Asian Studies)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: History of Religion (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Islamic Philosophers (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aisha Musa: General; History of Religion; Just War Theory  (Arab Studies)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Islamic Philosophers (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: History of Religion; Just War Theory (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. John Voll: History of Religion (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)

COMMUNICATIONS

Salam Al-Marayati: Cinema and Film; Media (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; Information Technology and Computing; (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: Media (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: General; Media (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ali A. Mazrui: Globalization (Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims) 

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Cinema and Film (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)


COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND INTERFAITH RELATIONS

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: General; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Interfaith Relations

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Interfaith Relations (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: Comparative Religion (Iraqi Studies)

Salam Al-Marayati: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: Comparative Religion (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; Andalusi Studies; Interfaith Relations (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: General; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: Interfaith Relations (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: General; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Barlas: Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Peter K. Bechtold: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; Palestine/Israel; Sudanese Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: General; Comparative Religion (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: Interfaith Relations (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Frederick M. Denny: General; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Hashim El-Tinay: Interfaith Relations (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Sudanese Studies)

Prof. John Esposito: General; Comparative Religion; Globalization; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Muneer Fareed: Andalusi Studies; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Globalization; Interfaith Relations (Asian Studies)

Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore: General; Interfaith Relations

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. James Jones: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ali A. Mazrui: Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations (Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Khaleel Mohammed: Interfaith Relations (Latin-American Muslims; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Joseph Montville: Andalusi Studies; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mohamed Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Sulayman Nyang: General; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Alam Payind: Interfaith Relations (Afghanistan; Iranian Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Globalization; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Interfaith Relations; (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Muhammed Shafiq: Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (South Asian Studies)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Interfaith Relations (Afghanistan)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: General; Interfaith Relations (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Antony Sullivan: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Sayyid Syeed: Interfaith Relations (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Voll: General; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)


CULTURAL ISSUES

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: Cinema and Film; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Human Rights/Religious Freedom

Salam Al-Marayati: Cinema and Film; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ihsan Bagby: Cultural Studies; Ethnography; Identity/ Representation; Minority Studies;  (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Iranian Studies)

Prof. Asma Barlas: Development; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Minority Studies (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Peter K. Bechtold: Ethnography (Arab Studies; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; Palestine/Israel; Sudanese Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: Ethnography; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: Identity/Representation (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Maliha Chishti: Development; Globalization (Central Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: Identity/Representation; Pop Culture (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Frederick M. Denny: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Esposito: Globalization; Identity/Representation; Modernization (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Development; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation (Asian Studies)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Identity/Representation; Modernization (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: General (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ali A. Mazrui: Cultural Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Modernization; Nationalism (Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Cultural Studies (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aisha Musa: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Modernization (Arab Studies)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: General; Cultural Studies; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mohamed Nimer: Minority Studies; Modernization; Nationalism (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Modernization (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Modernization (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: Ethnography; Identity/Representation; Modernization; Nationalism (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Modernization (Afghanistan)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: General; Minority Studies; Nationalism (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Sarah Swick: General; Cultural Studies; Development; Ethnography; Globalization; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies; Nationalism; Pop Culture (European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Voll: General; Modernization; Nationalism (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)

Dr. Jasmin Zine: Ethnography; Globalization; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

 

EDUCATION

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Classical Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Modern Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: Teaching About Islam (Iraqi Studies)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: Islamic Pedagogy; Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: Islamic Philosophers; Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; Islamic Philosophers (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: General; Classical Education in the Muslim World; Islamic Pedagogy; Islamic Philosophers; Teaching About Islam (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: General; Classical Education in the Muslim World; Madrassas; Teaching About Islam (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Barlas: Teaching About Islam (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: Madrassas; Modern Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: General; Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zahid H. Bukhari: Madrassas (European Muslims; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: General; Islamic Philosophers (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Susan Douglass: General; Islamic Pedagogy; Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Esposito: Teaching About Islam (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: General; Classical Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ali A. Mazrui: Modern Education in the Muslim World (Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aisha Musa: General; Classical Education in the Muslim World; Modern Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam (Arab Studies)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Alam Payind: Teaching About Islam (Afghanistan; Iranian Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan)

Prof. Muhammed Shafiq: Classical Education in the Muslim World; Madrassas; Teaching About Islam  (South Asian Studies)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: Modern Education in the Muslim World (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Madrassas; Teaching About Islam (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Teaching About Islam (Afghanistan)

Dr. Jasmin Zine: Islamic Philosophers; Madrassas; Modern Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

 

FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Diaspora/Refugee Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General; Current Events; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Development; Foreign Relations; Globalization; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Iraqi Studies)

Dr. Abubaker Al-Shingieti: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Foreign Relations; Media; Security Studies; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Sudanese Studies)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; Current Events (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mohammed Ayoob: Democratization; Security Studies (Palestine/Israel; South Asian Studies; Turkish Studies)

Laleh Bakhtiar: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Iranian Studies)

Prof. Peter K. Bechtold: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization (Arab Studies; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; Palestine/Israel; Sudanese Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Maliha Chishti: Development; Peace Studies (Central Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: Diaspora/Refugee Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Media (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Hashim El-Tinay: General; Conflict Resolution; Democratization; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Sudanese Studies)

Prof. John Entelis: Democratization; Development (Maghreb Studies)

Prof. John Esposito: General; Current Events; Democratization; Development (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Development (Asian Studies)

Prof. James Jones: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Peace Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Foreign Relations; Globalization (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ali A. Mazrui: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Democratization; Development (Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Current Events; Diaspora/Refugee Studies (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Joseph Montville: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Conflict Resolution (Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Aisha Musa: Just War Theory (Arab Studies)

Dr. Mohamed Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Peace Studies (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Alam Payind: Current Events (Afghanistan; Iranian Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan)

Prof. Sulayman Nyang: General; Development; Diaspora/Refugee Studies (Arab Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Democratization (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Media; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization; Development; State Formation; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Just War Theory (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Conflict Resolution; Diaspora/Refugee Studies (Afghanistan)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: General; Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Democratization; Peace Studies (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. Antony Sullivan: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Current Events; Conflict Resolution (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Sarah Swick: Diaspora/Refugee Studies; Transnationalism (European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Voll: Democratization (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)


GENDER/WOMEN'S STUDIES

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Identity/Representation; Women in Islam

Prof. Azizah Al-Hibri: General; Identity/Representation; Sexuality Studies; Women in Islam (European Muslims, U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; Sexuality Studies (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Ihsan Bagby: Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: General; Women in Islam (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: General; Women in Islam (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Barlas: Identity/Representation; Women in Islam (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: General; Identity/Representation; Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Maliha Chishti: (Central Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: General; Identity/Representation; Women in Islam (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mazen Hashem: General; Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Sexuality Studies (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. James Jones: Identity/Representation (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: General; Women in Islam (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Aisha Musa: General; Women in Islam (Arab Studies)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Jahan Stanizai: Women in Islam (Afghanistan)

Sarah Swick: (European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Jasmin Zine: Identity/Representation; Women in Islam (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)


HUMAN RIGHTS

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: Conflict Resolution (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Azizah Al-Hibri: Conflict Resolution; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (European Muslims, U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Abubaker Al-Shingieti: Minority Studies; Security Studies; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Sudanese Studies)

Dr. Aliaa Dakroury: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Frederick M. Denny: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Hashim El-Tinay: Conflict Resolution (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Sudanese Studies)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mohamed Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: General; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Jasmin Zine: Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims


ISLAMIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf: Comparative Religion (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory; Minority Studies (Iraqi Studies)

Prof. Azizah Al-Hibri: General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies (European Muslims, U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Abubaker Al-Shingieti: Minority Studies (Sudanese Studies)

Dr. Hisham Al-Talib: Comparative Religion; Human Rights/ Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Just War Theory; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zainab Alwani: General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Robert D. Crane: Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Just War Theory; Minority Studies (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Frederick M. Denny: General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Muneer Fareed: (Arab Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Marcia Hermansen: Comparative Religion (Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Comparative Religion (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Khaleel Mohammed: (Latin-American Muslims; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aisha Musa: General; Comparative Religion; Just War Theory (Arab Studies)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Tamara Sonn: Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory; Minority Studies (Arab Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

 

MUSLIM LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi: General; Psycholinguistics (Arab Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Sayyid Syeed: General; Sociolinguistics (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)


NATURAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE AND HEALTH

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General; History of Science (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Munawar Anees: General; History of Medicine (South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: Psychiatry/Mental Health (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Hamada Hamid: General; Psychiatry/Mental Health (Iraqi Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Aneesah Nadir: Psychiatry/Mental Health (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. T.O. Shanavas: Evolution


POLITICAL ISLAM, DEMOCRACY, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Islamism

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Foreign Relations; Political Economy (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Democratization; Foreign Relations (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Salam Al-Marayati: Energy Studies (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Abubaker Al-Shingieti: General; Foreign Relations (Sudanese Studies)

Prof. Mohammed Ayoob: Democratization; Foreign Relations; Islamism (Palestine/Israel; South Asian Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Jamal Barzinji: Democratization (European Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Katherine H. Bullock: Islamism (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. John Entelis: (Maghreb Studies)

Prof. John Esposito: General, Democratization; Foreign Relations; Islamism (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mazen Hashem: General; Islamism (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: General; Democratization; Islamism; Political Science (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Democratization; Islamism (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: General; Foreign Relations (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Mohamed Nimer: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Sulayman Nyang: Democratization; Foreign Relations; Political Economy (Arab Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Alam Payind: (Afghanistan; Iranian Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan)

Prof. Louay M. Safi: Democratization; Islamism; Political Economy (Arab Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Foreign Relations; Islamism (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Jahan Stanizai: Democratization (Afghanistan)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. John Voll: Islamism (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)

 

SECURITY, TERRORISM, COLONIALISM, AND IMPERIALISM

Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin: Human Rights/Religious Freedom

Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict  (Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization; Imperialism (Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Dr. Abubaker Al-Shingieti: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Imperialism; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Sudanese Studies)

Prof. Mohammed Ayoob: Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Palestine/Israel; South Asian Studies; Turkish Studies)

Dr. Zahid H. Bukhari: (European Muslims; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Charles Butterworth: General; Arab-Israeli Conflict (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Robert D. Crane: Imperialism; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. John Esposito: General; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian Studies; Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. S.M. (Ghazi) Ghazanfar: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Asian Studies)

Prof. James Jones: Arab-Israeli Conflict; (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Merve Kavakci: Human Rights/Religious Freedom (Sub-Saharan African Studies; Turkish Studies)

Prof. Muqtedar A. Khan: Just War Theory; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Arab Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Faisal Kutty, LL.B., LL.M.: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory (Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Aminah McCloud: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Central Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Colonialism/Pos-Colonialism (Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel)

Prof. M. Nazif Shahrani: Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Imperialism; Security Studies; Terrorism/Counterterrorism (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies)

Prof. Antony Sullivan: (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel)

 

SHI`A ISLAM

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin

Prof. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani: (Iraqi Studies)

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

 

SUFISM

Imam Feisal Abdulrauf:  (Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin

Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub: (Arab Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Laleh Bakhtiar: (Iranian Studies)

Dr. Bridget Blomfield: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Dr. Robert D. Crane: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Prof. Frederick M. Denny: (U.S.-Canadian Muslims)

Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore

Prof. Abdallah Schleifer: (Arab Studies, Palestine/Israel)

Dr. Zaman Stanizai: (Afghanistan; Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies)

Prof. John Voll: (Arab Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies)