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