In the midst of a polarized and heated election season in 2016 where Muslims were frequent subjects of national debate, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) set out to discover what American Muslims wanted for themselves. ISPU researchers set out to answer three key questions:
This report is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques. ISPU researchers based their analysis and recommendations on:
In the midst of a polarized and heated election season in 2016 where Muslims were frequent subjects of national debate, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) set out to discover what American Muslims wanted for themselves. ISPU researchers set out to answer three...
In the midst of a polarized and heated election season in 2016 where Muslims were frequent subjects of national debate, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) set out to discover what American Muslims wanted for themselves. ISPU researchers set out to answer three...
The American Muslim condition is paradoxical. Muslims in the U.S. live in the best of circumstances and the worst of times. Most tend to be mainstream, moderate and middle class. They are educated and are well integrated into American society. In fact, they are seen...
If the last two elections are any indication, candidates in the 2016 presidential race may be tempted to engage in Muslim-bashing – playing off national security anxieties and fostering racial and religious animus – to win the vote. But anti-Muslim bigotry comes at a high...
Primary Investigator, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
PhD from the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC)
Secondary Investigator
CEO and Founder, The Tempest
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Senior Research Assistant
Doctoral candidate in the Political Science and International Relations program at the University of Southern California
Director of Research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
Project Manager, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University
Director, Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice
Director, Workshop on Arab Political Development
Community Partnerships and Development Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
The first Muslim woman elected to the Michigan Legislature in 2008 and only the second Muslim state legislator in the country
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware
Harry S. Truman Scholar
Summa cum laude graduate, Southern Methodist University, Degrees in economics, political science, public policy, and religious studies