Academic Council
Rev. J, Bryan Hehir -- Co-chair
Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Dr. Sulayman Nyang – Co-chair
Professor, Department of African Studies
Howard University
Dr. Hibba Abugideiri
Assistant Professor of History
Villanova University
Dr. Asma Afsaruddin
Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Indiana University
Dr. Charles Butterworth
Professor of Government and Politics
University of Maryland
Dr. Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History
University of Michigan
Dr. Leila Fawaz
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies & Founding Director of Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Tufts University
Dr. Rosalind Hackett
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Tennessee
Dr. Muqtedar Khan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations
University of Delaware
Dr. Thomas Michel, S.J.
Lecturer, Ankara, Turkey
Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center
Georgetown University
Dr. James Piscatori
Professor, School of Government & International Affairs
Durham University
Dr. Emad Shahin
Henry R. Luce Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding
University of Notre Dame
Dr. Tamara Sonn
William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor
College of William & Mary
