Academic Experts

We are honored to collaborate with our academic advisors, who bring a diversity of expertise and specialist knowledge of the subjects, themes, and time periods we cover. These scholars are involved in every stage of the creative process and are critical to ensuring historical accuracy and cultural sensitivity. We are grateful for their contributions.

Zain Abdullah

Independent Scholar, Curator, and Consultant. Emeritus, Associate Professor of Religion & Society and Islamic Studies, Religion Department, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University.

Donna AustonAnthropologist — **Donna Auston**
Foundation Anthropologist, Disciplinary Conversations & Public Programs at Wenner-Gren Foundation.

**Edward E. Curtis IV**
Millennium Chair of Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPU.)

Sylvia Chan-Malik Associate Professor, Departments of American and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University — **Sylvia Chan-Malik**
Associate Professor, Departments of American and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University.

Kambiz GhaneaBassiriProfessor of Religion and Humanities, Religion Department, Reed College — **Kambiz GhaneaBassiri**
Professor of Religion and Humanities, Religion Department, Reed College.

Zareena GrewalAssociate Professor of American Studies, Religious Studies, and Anthropology, Yale University — **Zareena Grewal**
Associate Professor of American Studies, Religious Studies, and Anthropology, Yale University.

Ali AsaniMurray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Studies, Harvard University — **Ali Asani (Specialist Advisor)**
Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Studies, Harvard University.

Denise SpellbergProfessor of History and Middle Eastern History, University of Texas at Austin. Photo © UT-Austin — **Denise Spellberg (Specialist Advisor)**
Professor of History and Middle Eastern History, University of Texas at Austin.
*Photo* © *UT-Austin*

Sally HowellAssociate Professor of History. Director of the Center for Arab American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn — **Sally Howell (Specialist Advisor)**
Associate Professor of History. Director of the Center for Arab American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Michael GomezSilver Professor, Professor of History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University — **Michael Gomez (Specialist Advisor)**
Silver Professor, Professor of History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University.

Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Independent scholar — **Precious Rasheeda Muhammad (Specialist Advisor)**
Independent scholar.

Richard Brent TurnerProfessor of African American Religious History, University of IowaPhoto © Paula Burch-Celentano — **Richard Brent Turner (Specialist Advisor)**
Professor of African American Religious History, University of Iowa.
*Photo © Paula Burch-Celentano*