Our Team

Sahar Aziz
Director
Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar
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Habibah Johnson
Program Coordinator
Distinguished Senior Fellows

William C. Banks
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Professor Emeritus
College of Law Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor
Syracuse University
School of Law
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George Bisharat
Distinguished Senior Fellow
The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law
U.C. Hastings San Francisco
School of Law
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Stephen Dycus
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Professor of Law
Environmental Law Center Vermont Law School
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John L. Esposito
Distinguished Senior Fellow
University Professor and Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
Georgetown University
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Tanya K. Hernández
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law School
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Ebrahim Rasool
Distinguished Senior Fellow
South Africa Ambassador to the United States (2010-2015)
Founder of the World for All Foundation
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Natsu Taylor Saito
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law
Georgia State University
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Senior Fellows

Daanish Faruqi
Senior Law Fellow
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D.

Travis Gasper
Senior Law Fellow
J.D.Texas A&M University School of Law

Colin Kalmbacher
Senior Law Fellow
J.D. Texas A&M University School of Law
LL.M. Bejamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Law Fellows

Sarah Calderone
Law Fellow
J.D. Candidate 2023
Rutgers Law School

Ryan Houser
Law Fellow
J.D. Candidate 2024
Rutgers Law School

Jannine Masoud
Law Fellow
J.D. Candidate 2024
Rutgers Law School
Public Policy Fellows

Titilayo Afolabi
Public Policy Fellow
B.A. Political Science and Women’s & Gender Studies
Rutgers University – Newark

Asad Gilani
Public Policy Fellow
Paramus High School

Rehab Mohamed
Public Policy Fellow
Ain Shams University, Cairo

Layla Odeh
Public Policy Fellow
M.A. Law & Governance 2024
Montclair State University

Marisa Syed
Public Policy Fellow
Academy for Information Technology 2023