Public Scholarship

Writing:

“Yusef Lateef and the Ahmadiyya Jazz Movement” for the Under Gods Project, Luce Foundation and the Smithsonian's Center for the Understanding of Religion in American History (2026)

“Hindu Nationalism Poses a Threat to Democracy (and to Muslims) in Both India and the U.S” in Religion Dispatches (2024)

"Omar ibn Said: Holding on to Who You Are" Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine, North Carolina Museum of History (2021)

“Op-Ed: The GOP Is Mischaracterizing Critical Race Theory to Suppressive Ends” in Indy (2021)

“Bernie Sanders represents an opportunity for Jewish-Muslim unity” in Forward (2020)

“What Malcolm X Taught me about Muslim America” in Religion & Politics (2018)

Invited Talks:

March 12 2025, “Muslims in the United States,” Diversity, Inclusion, Climate & Equity, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

March 20 2024, “Introduction to Sufism,” Fann Club Sufi Whirling Iftar, University of Pittsburgh

February 12, 2024: “Muslim American History,” Muslim Affinity Group at Winchester Thurston School

January 19, 2024: Panelist for “Pedagogy in an Age of Religious Nationalism,” hosted by the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh

January 18, 2024: “Global Issues Through Literature Series.” Presented a three-hour workshop to K-12 educators, hosted by the Global Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh

February 23, 2023: “Omar ibn Said and Noble Drew Ali: The Contested Legacies of Islam and Race in North Carolina” for the Timely Connections Series at the City of Raleigh Museum

September 9, 2022: “American Islamicate,” for Space Jam: A Mipsterz Spotlight Series

October 11, 2021: “Muslim American History: An Introduction,” North Carolina School of Math

September 29, 2021: “Muslim American History: A Webinar for Educators.” Presented three original curriculum units for Humanities Pathway grant. Hosted by UNC Middle East & Islamic Studies center.

April 27, 2021: “Islam in America: From the First Muslims to Contemporary Debates,” Carteret Community College, for Carolina Public Humanities

April 12, 2021: “Arab American Heritage Month.” Diversity, Equity and Inclusion working group at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School