Steering Committee

Ghaith al-Omari
Senior Fellow
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abdullah Antepli
President
Rothko Chapel

Sercan Canbolat, Ph.D.
Director, Abrahamic Programs
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Global Affairs
University of Connecticut

Zaid Eyadat, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies
Professor of Political Science, University of Jordan

Ilham Idrissi
Ph.D. Candidate, Islamic Studies
Emory University

Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.
Director, Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor of Social Work & Human Rights
University of Connecticut

Katayoun Matloubi, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Brandeis University

Omar Mohammed, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
GW Program on Extremism
The George Washington University

Rana Qaimari
Palestinian Deputy Director & Program Manager 
EcoPeace Middle East, Palestintian Territories

Gregory E. Sterling, Ph.D.
Dean of Yale Divinity School
The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and
Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale University

James Waller, Ph.D.
Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice,
Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute 
Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
University of Connecticut

Daniel Weiner, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Vice President for Global Affairs &
Professor of Geography, University of Connecticut