Publications
A forthcoming book, peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy reports, and public scholarship.
Book
Forthcoming · University of Chicago Press
Beliefs that Bind: Political Mobilization and Collective Communal Responsibility for Muslims in the United States
What makes one of America's most diverse religious communities act as one? This book argues that a shared sense of communal responsibility catalyzes American Muslims' beliefs into political action.
Read more →Peer-Reviewed Articles
2026 · PS: Political Science and Politics
American Muslim Support for Black Social Movements: The Case of Support for the 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement
When Black Lives Matter surged in 2020, American Muslims stood out as some of its strongest supporters — this study uses national survey data to show why, tracing the deep roots connecting American Islam to Black social movements.
Read more →2025 · Review of Religious Research
Visible and Vocal: The Intersection of Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women's Political Priorities
Why are Muslim American women so visible on the front lines of women's movements? This study finds that the gendered discrimination they experience doesn't silence them—it pushes them toward louder, more distinctive political engagement.
Read more →2025 · PS: Political Science and Politics
Uncommitted: The Limitations of Election Forecasting on Minorities and the Case of American Muslim Voters
Why did election forecasters miss the "uncommitted" movement? This article shows how models that ignore minority voters — like the American Muslim communities that outnumber victory margins in swing states — can blindside forecasts of American elections.
Read more →2025 · Journal of Politics in Latin America
Who Should Benefit from Group-Based Quotas? Experimental Evidence from Brazil
When Brazilians are asked to play admissions officer for a university quota program, who do they think deserves the spot? This experiment finds that poverty counts most — but a student's racial appearance still tips the scales.
Read more →2023 · California Law Review
Unveiling: The Law of Gendered Islamophobia
Why does the law keep trying to regulate what Muslim women wear? This article pairs original survey data with legal analysis to show how the stereotype of the "submissive Muslim woman" fuels a distinct, gendered form of Islamophobia written into law.
Read more →2023 · Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
The Great Replacement: The External Impact of White Supremacy Surveillance on Muslims in the U.S.
When the government turned its War on Terror playbook against white supremacists after January 6th, who actually ended up under surveillance? This article argues those expanded powers tend to "relapse" back onto Muslim and Black communities.
Read more →2022 · PS: Political Science and Politics
A Tool for Healthy Critique: Community Spaces for the Development of Non-Tenured Women of Color in Political Science
Academia can be isolating for junior women of color — this piece makes the case that peer communities built for honest, supportive critique are a real tool for helping them thrive in political science.
Read more →2020 · PS: Political Science and Politics
Stigma Consciousness and American Identity: The Case of Muslims in the United States
What does it feel like to love a country that suspects you? This piece explores how Muslim Americans' awareness of being stereotyped shapes their sense of American identity.
Read more →2019 · Politics and Gender
White House, Black Mother: Michelle Obama and the Politics of Motherhood as First Lady
How did Michelle Obama's "mom-in-chief" persona quietly rewrite America's image of Black motherhood? This study traces how the first lady turned mothering into a political statement that defied centuries of stereotypes.
Read more →2016 · Politics, Groups and Identities
Race, Power and Knowledge: Tracing the Roots of Exclusion in the Development of Political Science in the United States
Why did political science ignore the politics of racial minorities for so long? This paper digs into the discipline's own origins and finds the exclusion was baked in from the start by its founders' racial ideologies.
Read more →2013 · The Women's Policy Journal of Harvard
Gendered Barriers in Employment for Second-Generation Immigrants in the European Union
Why do the daughters of immigrants — born and raised in Europe — still hit walls in the job market? This early piece looks at how gender and immigrant background combine to shape employment prospects in the EU.
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