ISPU has assembled the leading experts in the field and built a solid reputation as a trusted source for information about Muslims in the United States and abroad. ISPU scholars provide insight into the major debates taking place across the country. They offer context-specific analysis and recommendations to journalists, policymakers, and the general public.
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.
Browse scholars by issue area: Civic Engagement and U.S. Policy, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Demographics and Diversity, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, Gender and Identity, Health and Social Development, Immigration and Refugee Policy, Islamophobia, Law and Criminal Justice, Media and Creative Expression, Organizational Development and Institution Building, Religion, Youth
@watandost
abbashassan@gmail.com
Expert
abdelhadi@uchicago.edu
@emanabdelhadi
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engy.abdelkader@gmail.com
Expert
@coachquaiser
quaiser@temple.edu
Expert
director@thefyi.org
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@kajrouch
kajrouch@emich.edu
Expert
@lulainlife
lailaalawa@gmail.com
Expert
haa79@case.edu
Expert
nansary@rider.edu
Fellow
@DrRaniaAwaad
rawaad@stanford.edu
Expert
@saharazizlaw
sahar.aziz@gmail.com
ihsanbagby@gmail.com
Expert
abarzegar@gsu.edu
@BayoumiMoustafa
moustafa@moustafabayoumi.com
@HatemBazian
hatemb@berkeley.edu
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elisabeth.becker@yale.edu
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
info@drsabreena.com
@sabreenaGS
todd@americaindivisible.org
@toddhgreen
hamadahamid@gmail.com
Expert
ben@drbenherzig.com
Expert
altaf.husain@howard.edu
@husainaltaf
Expert
amir.hussain@lmu.edu
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ahyder@datatoengage.com
@ayazhyder
@TheMuslimGuy
arsalan@gmail.com
rkaram@gradcenter.cuny.edu
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drkhalifa@ajusted.org
Expert
nkhalil@fas.harvard.edu
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@skhamis
skhamis@umd.edu
Expert
s.khan@wayne.edu
Expert
akillawi@thefyi.org
Expert
llaird@bu.edu
Expert
@NazitaLajevardi
nazita@msu.edu
Expert
@eriklove
lovee@dickinson.edu
@ProfJulieMac
julie.macfarlane@uwindsor.ca
imm3@nyu.edu
@MahmoodFT
faiqatanveer@gmail.com
@DrSanaKMalik
sana.k.malik@stonybrook.edu
brennan.mcdaniel@yale.edu
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@daliamogahed
@DMogahed
Expert
mubarakh@queens.edu
Expert
contact@preciousspeaks.com
@PreciousSpeaks
Expert
@SMurrar
sohad.murrar@gmail.com
@Initiative4im
apadela@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Expert
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
Expert
t.siddiqui80@gmail.com
Expert
asinno@indiana.edu
@danieltutt
danielp.tutt@gmail.com
@asmauddinesq
asmauddin@gmail.com
@krw18
wheelerk8@xavier.edu
