Special Thanks


Andrew Ackerman
Executive Director
Children’s Museum of Manhattan


Glaire Anderson
Assistant Professor of Art History
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill


Janet Bauer
Associate Professor of International Studies
Trinity College


Jonathan Bloom
Norma Jean Calderwood Chair of Islamic and Asian Art (jointly held),
Boston College
and Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art (jointly held),
Virginia Commonwealth University


Margaret Borg
Assistant Curator
James Ford Bell Library
University of Minnesota


Lee Briccetti
Executive Director
Poets House


Matt Buser
Consortia Account Manager
Oxford University Press


Sheila Canby
Chair, Islamic Art Department
Metropolitan Museum of Art


Jamsheed K. Choksy
Professor of Iranian Studies, Central Eurasian Studies, India Studies, and History
Indiana University Bloomington


Terrilyn L. Chun
Systemwide Programming Coordinator
Multnomah County Library


Jerrilyn Dodds
Dean of the College
Sarah Lawrence College


Youness Elbousty
Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and Asian Studies
Emory University


Ellen Ensel
Knowledge Manager – Information Services
United States Institute of Peace


Massumeh Farhad
Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution


Reggie Harris
Poetry in the Branches Coordinator
Poets House


Sarah Lilly Heidt
Professor of Philosophy
Ecumenical Theological Seminary


Renata Holod
Professor, History of Art
University of Pennsylvania


Linda Holtslander
Assistant Director
Loudoun County (VA) Public Library


Fatemeh Keshavarz
Director, Roshan Institute Center for Persian Studies
University of Maryland


Tugrul Keskin
Assistant Professor of International and Middle East Studies
Center for Turkish Studies
Portland State University


Emmanuel Kattan
Our Shared Future Project Manager
British Council USA


Jeanne Kilde
Director, Religious Studies Program
University of Minnesota


Charles Kimbell
Presidential Professor and
Director of Religious Studies
University of Oklahoma


Sharon Leon
Director of Public Projects
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason University


Ralph Lewin
President & CEO
Cal Humanities


Esther Mackintosh
President
Federation of State Humanities Councils


Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities
Professor of Gender Studies and Comparative Literature
Indiana University Bloomington


Aida Mansoor
President, Muslim Coalition of CT


Jane McNamara
Director of Grants and Programs
New York Council for the Humanities


Chris Merrill
Director, International Writing Program
University of Iowa


Homa Naficy
Manager, Outreach and Multicultural Education
Hartford (CT) Public Library


Kim Nguyen
Web Designer
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason University


Sara Ogger
Executive Director
New York Council for the Humanities


Pennie Ojeda
Director, International Activities
National Endowment for the Arts


Tom Phelps
Former Director
Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities


Marguerite Ragnow
Curator, James Ford Bell Library
University of Minnesota


Robert Repino
Editor
Oxford University Press


Marsha Semmel
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Institute of Museum and Library Services


Cindy Stevens
Librarian, Center for Readers Services
Pioneer Library System (OK)


David Tebaldi
President & CEO
Mass Humanities


Teresa D. Totten
Branch Manager
DeKalb County (GA) Public Library


Tom Trow
Twin Cities Public Television


Joan Fragaszy Troyano
Research Assistant Professor
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason University


Daniel Tutt
Outreach Director
Unity Productions Foundation


Robert Vaughan
President
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities


Lisa L. Wells
Assistant Director for Library Services
Pioneer Library System (OK)


Gwendolyn K. White
Grant Project Assistant
Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies
George Mason University


Kitty Wilson
Branch Operations Coordinator
DeKalb County (GA) Public Library


Steve Zeitlin
Executive Director
City Lore