Our Shared Future Opinion Leaders Network

The Our Shared Future Opinion Leaders Network is a community of scholars, academics and commentators who contribute ideas and research to help improve understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims in the US, the UK and the rest of Europe.

They share an interest in broadening the scope of the public conversation on relations with Muslim communities by providing access to accurate and fact-based research and scholarship.

	Dr. Julie Ajinkya, Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress Full profile		Mr. Mustafa Akyol, Author and political commentator Full profile
	Dr. Chris Allen, Lecturer, Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham Full profile		Prof. Ian Almond, Professor of Transnational Literatures, Georgia State University Full profile
	Prof. Valerie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology, University of Montreal Full profile		Ms. Deborah Amos, Correspondent, NPR Full profile
	Dr. Reza Aslan, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside Full profile		Prof. Cemil Aydin, Professor of History and Director of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University Full profile
	Prof. Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York Full profile		Prof. Erik Bleich, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College Full profile
	Dr. Marta Bolognani, Researcher, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, Bristol University Full profile		Dr. John R. Bowen, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis Full profile
	Prof. Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University Full profile		Prof. Thomas Burman, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities and Head of the Department of History, University of Tennessee Full profile
	Prof. Jocelyne Cesari, Director, Islam in the West Program, Harvard University Full profile		Ms. Amina Chaudary, Editor-in-Chief, Islamic Monthly Full profile
	Prof. Vincent J. Cornell, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies and Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University Full profile		Mr. Youssef Courbage, Institute of Demographic Studies, Paris Full profile
	Dr. Natana DeLong-Bas, Part-time Faculty, Department of Theology, Boston College Full profile		Ms. Stephanie Durand, Media Project Manager, Alliance of Civilizations Full profile
	Dr. Brian T. Edwards, Associate Professor, Northwestern University Full profile		Ms. Leena El-Ali, Director, Partners in Humanity Program, Search For Common Ground Full profile
	Mr. Tarek Elgawhary, Director, Coexist Foundation Full profile		Dr. Fern Elsdon-Baker, Program Director, Belief in Dialogue, British Council Full profile
	Prof. John Esposito, Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University Full profile		Dr. Hussein Fancy, Assistant Professor of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Full profile
	Dr. Catherine Fieschi, Director, Counterpoint Think Tank Full profile		Prof. Emily Gottreich, Founding Director, Initiative for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations, UC Berkeley Full profile
	Dr. Muhammad Abdel Haleem, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London Full profile		Dr. Sumaiya Hamdani, Associate Professor, World History, George Mason University Full profile
	Prof. Nader Hashemi, Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Full profile		Dr. Sasha Havlicek, Founding CEO and Director Strategic Dialogue Institute Full profile
	Dr. H. A. Hellyer, Senior Practice Consultant & Senior Analyst for the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center & the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies Full profile		Prof. Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College Full profile
	Ms. Rosemary Hilhorst, Regional Director, European Union, British Council Full profile		Dr. Qamar-ul Huda, Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacemaking Center of Innovation, US Insitute of Peace Full profile
	Prof. Aziz Huq, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Law School Full profile		Prof. Adnan Husain, Associate Professor of History, Queen's University Full profile
	Mr. Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, US Department of State Full profile		Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, President, Ibrahim Associates Full profile
	Mr. Shamil Idriss, Chief Executive Officer, Soliya Mr. Shamil IdrissFull profile		Ms. Sarah Joseph, CEO and Editor, Emel Magazine Full profile
	Prof. Muqtedar Khan, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Delaware Full profile		Ms. Samantha Kirby, Public Affairs Manager, Interfaith Youth Core Full profile
	Mr. Alex Kronemer, Executive Producer and CEO, Unity Productions Foundation Full profile		Prof. Abdeslam Maghraoui, Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Duke University Full profile
	Dr. Aftab Malik, Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, University of Birmingham Full profile		Prof. Peter Mandaville, Co-Director, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University Full profile
	Dr. Gema Martin-Muñoz, Director, Casa Arabe Full profile		Mr. Daanish Masood, Head of Media, Alliance of Civilizations Full profile
	Ms. Melody Moezzi, Writer and Blogger Full profile		Ms. Zeenat Rahman, Deputy Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, USAID Full profile
	Dr. Hussein Rashid, Adjunct Instructor of Religion, Hofstra University Full profile		Prof. Jen'nan Read, Associate Professor, Sociology and Global Health, Duke University Full profile
	Dr. Magali Rheault, Senior Analyst, Center for Muslim Studies, Gallup Full profile		Dr. Nadia Roumani, Co-Founder and Director, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute Full profile
	Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University Full profile		Mr. Haroon Siddiqui, Editor and Columnist, The Toronto Star Full profile
	Dr. Sara Silvestri, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City University of London Full profile		Prof. Tamara Sonn, Distinguished Professor of the Humanit, College of William & Mary Full profile
	Dr. Riem Spielhaus, Research Fellow, Centre for European Islamic Thought, University of Copenhagen Full profile		Prof. Yasir Suleiman, Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, Cambridge University Full profile
	Mr. Daniel Tutt, Outreach Director, Unity Productions Foundation Full profile		Prof. John Voll, Professor of Islamic History, Georgetown University Full profile
	Dr. Hillary Weisner, Director, Islam Initiative, Carnegie Corporation Full profile		Ms. Sarah Wildman, Writer, Journalist, Blogger Full profile
	Mr. Mohamed Younis, Senior Analyst, Center for Muslim Studies, Gallup Full profile		Mr. Robert D. Crews, Director for the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Stanford University Full profile
	Dr. A David Lewis, Comics studies scholars Full profile

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