The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present
Karam Dana
Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research at the University of Washington Bothell
Karam Dana is a Palestinian American academic. He is the Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research at the University of Washington Bothell, which is the first named-professorship to ever be established at the institution. He is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and the founding director of the American Muslim Research Institute (AMRI).
Dana is one of the earliest scholars of Islam and Muslims in the US, and served as the co-PI of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (MAPOS), which was one of the earliest national surveys of American Muslims. He also studies the question of Palestine, the impact of Israeli occupation on Palestinian society, and Palestinian transnationalism. He has published widely on American Muslim political behavior,identity politics, and on the question of Palestine. He has lectured widely,and made media appearances, locally, nationally, and around the world.
Contact: Liz Flanagan
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