Karam Dana (كرم دعنا) is a Palestinian American academic.[1] He is the Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research at the University of Washington Bothell,[2] which is the first named-professorship to ever be established at the institution.[3] He is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and the founding director of the American Muslim Research Institute (AMRI).[4][5]

Biography

He was born and raised in al-Khalil/Hebron (الخليل), West Bank, Palestine.[6] He migrated to the US in the late 1990s. He studied at Seattle Central Community College before transferring to the University of Washington.[6] He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science. He received a Master of Arts in International Studies from the Jackson School of International Studies.[6] After receiving his PhD from the University of Washington in 2009, he completed a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He worked as a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[7][8] He previously taught at Harvard University and Tufts University[9] before joining the University of Washington faculty.[10] Karam Dana received the highest honors the University of Washington bestows upon its faculty members, both for teaching and research. He received the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award for 2018,[1] [11]and the Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award in 2023.[12]

Scholarship

Dana is one of the earliest scholars to study Islam and Muslims in the US through public opinion and through the lens of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) within the discipline of political science. He served as the co-PI of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (MAPOS), which was one of the earliest national surveys of American Muslims. He also studies the question of Palestine, the impact of Israeli occupation on Palestinian society,[13] and Palestinian transnationalism.[14] He has published widely on American Muslim political behavior,[15][16][17] identity politics,[18] and on the question of Palestine.[19] He has lectured widely,[20][21][22] and made media appearances, locally, nationally, and around the world.[23][24]

References

  1. 1 2 "Karam Dana receives Distinguished Teaching Award". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Karam Dana - School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences". UW Bothell. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Groundbreaking professorship at UW Bothell". University of Washington Bothell. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  4. ↑ "American Muslim Research Institute (AMRI) - School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences - UW Bothell". www.uwb.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  5. ↑ "Racial Justice Initiative Speaker Series: Politics of Belonging and Exclusion". Pitzer College. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  6. 1 2 3 "Learning Matters: a Bridge to Practice: #45 Learning Matters with Karam Dana on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  7. ↑ "Karam Dana". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  8. ↑ "Karam Dana". Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  9. ↑ "October 2010 People Notes – Tufts Journal". tuftsjournal.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  10. ↑ "Karam Dana ─ Confronting Injustice: Palestinian Identity, and the Non-Violent Forms of Resisting Israeli Occupation". Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Karam Dana receives University of Washington Bothell 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award". University of Washington Bothell. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  12. ↑ "Distinguished research award to Dr. Karam Dana". University of Washington Bothell. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  13. ↑ Dana, Karam (2017-10-02). "The West Bank Apartheid/Separation Wall: Space, Punishment and the Disruption of Social Continuity". Geopolitics. 22 (4): 887–910. doi:10.1080/14650045.2016.1275576. ISSN 1465-0045. S2CID 152056248.
  14. ↑ "Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 1) | Islamic Studies". islamicstudies.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  15. ↑ Dana, Karam; Wilcox-Archuleta, Bryan; Barreto, Matt (September 2017). "The Political Incorporation of Muslims in the United States: The Mobilizing Role of Religiosity in Islam". Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. 2 (2): 170–200. doi:10.1017/rep.2017.4. ISSN 2056-6085. S2CID 158141967.
  16. ↑ "Mosques as American institutions: Mosque attendance, religiosity and integration into the political system among American Muslims". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  17. ↑ "Veiled politics: Experiences with discrimination among Muslim Americans". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  18. ↑ "Beyond generalized ethnocentrism: Islam-specific beliefs and prejudice toward Muslim Americans". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  19. ↑ Dana, Karam (2018-10-02). "Confronting injustice beyond borders: Palestinian identity and nonviolent resistance". Politics, Groups, and Identities. 6 (4): 529–552. doi:10.1080/21565503.2016.1229625. ISSN 2156-5503. S2CID 151863044.
  20. ↑ WWU, Fairhaven College (2017-02-16), Dr. Karam Dana: "Transforming Outlooks and Forms of Resistance: Palestinian Public Opinion Two Decades After the Oslo Accords", retrieved 2022-12-25
  21. ↑ "Karam Dana: "Making Sense of Palestine Today"". University of Washington Bothell. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  22. ↑ "OPINION: Karam Dana Offers Intriguing Insights to The Palestinian Transitional Identity". The Skidmore News. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  23. ↑ Dr. Karam Dana, CNN, MAPOS study refutes Peter King, retrieved 2022-12-25
  24. ↑ UW Bothell Asst. Professor Karam Dana on President Obama's ISIS speech, retrieved 2022-12-25
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