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ISPU is always accepting applications for new scholars. To apply, email your cover letter and resume to the ISPU research team at research@ispu.org. Scholars should have a PhD or relevant experience in one of ISPU’s fourteen issue areas and have experience with and/or background in the American Muslim community. Established networks are preferred and being located in the United States is required.
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@watandost
abbashassan@gmail.com
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abdelhadi@uchicago.edu
@emanabdelhadi
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engy.abdelkader@gmail.com
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@coachquaiser
quaiser@temple.edu
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director@thefyi.org
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@kajrouch
kajrouch@emich.edu
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@lulainlife
lailaalawa@gmail.com
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haa79@case.edu
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nansary@rider.edu
Fellow
@DrRaniaAwaad
rawaad@stanford.edu
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@saharazizlaw
sahar.aziz@gmail.com
ihsanbagby@gmail.com
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abarzegar@gsu.edu
@BayoumiMoustafa
moustafa@moustafabayoumi.com
@HatemBazian
hatemb@berkeley.edu
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elisabeth.becker@yale.edu
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@khaledbeydoun
kbeydoun@gmail.com
louise.cainkar@marquette.edu
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cyra@cyrachoudhury.com
@rebellawprof
@_abuelbanat
chouhoud@usc.edu
karam@uw.edu
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mdaneshpour@alliant.edu
@omarezz
omarezz@gmail.com
kefcoldspring@gmail.com
todd@americaindivisible.org
@toddhgreen
hamadahamid@gmail.com
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ben@drbenherzig.com
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altaf.husain@howard.edu
@husainaltaf
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amir.hussain@lmu.edu
@TheMuslimGuy
arsalan@gmail.com
rkaram@gradcenter.cuny.edu
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drkhalifa@ajusted.org
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nkhalil@fas.harvard.edu
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@skhamis
skhamis@umd.edu
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s.khan@wayne.edu
Expert
akillawi@thefyi.org
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llaird@bu.edu
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@NazitaLajevardi
nazita@msu.edu
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@eriklove
lovee@dickinson.edu
@ProfJulieMac
julie.macfarlane@uwindsor.ca
imm3@nyu.edu
@MahmoodFT
faiqatanveer@gmail.com
@DebraMajeed
mubashsh@beloit.edu
@DrSanaKMalik
sana.k.malik@stonybrook.edu
brennan.mcdaniel@yale.edu
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mubarakh@queens.edu
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contact@preciousspeaks.com
@PreciousSpeaks
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@SMurrar
sohad.murrar@gmail.com
@Initiative4im
apadela@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
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maryamrazvipadela@gmail.com
Expert
alisa.perkins@wmich.edu
aquraishi@wisc.edu
Fellow
@KameelahRashad
kameelah@muslimwellness.com
@niba_saleem
msaleem@ucsb.edu
Expert
@careyshenkman
cshenkman@ispu.org
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t.siddiqui80@gmail.com
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asinno@indiana.edu
@danieltutt
danielp.tutt@gmail.com
@asmauddinesq
asmauddin@gmail.com
@krw18
wheelerk8@xavier.edu
@radwanziadeh
radwan.ziadeh@gmail.com