Jon W. Anderson, Chair, Anthropology Department, Catholic University

Richard Bulliet (senior advisor to the NYU Center for Dialogues), Professor of History,
Columbia University

Dale Eickelman, Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College

Barry Flood, Associate Professor of Art History, New York University

Michael Gilsenan, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Anthropology,
New York University

Bruce Lawrence, Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of Duke Islamic Studies Center,
Duke University

Samina Quraeshi, Harvard University Fellow; author/arts consultant (Pakistan—US)

Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ali Racy, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles

Phillip Schuyler, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Washington

Anthony Shay, Assistant Professor of Dance and Culture, Pomona College