Selected Public Facing Engagement

How college can be a pathway to making Muslims more welcome(RNS) — Campuses are places we learn to value others in the basic ways that humanize us.

After All the Turmoil in Higher Education in Response to the Israel-Hamas War, Diversity Educators Continue to Miss the Mark on ReligionResearchers consistently find that students who study, dine, or socialize with people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds become more appreciative of religious diversity.

Ohio lawmakers on quest to brainwash Ohio kids. Financial literacy latest con | OpinionRepublicans have been working to make sure schools only teach what they want them to teach which includes no awareness of the outside world, Musbah Shaheen writes.

Guest columnist Musbah Shaheen: Empathy needed to see others’ stories‘I feel scared being a Jew,” said my friend as we debriefed the war in the Middle East. As a Muslim who was raised in Syria and was fed from a very young age political anti-Israeli and antisemitic propaganda, I often refrained from commenting on the...

Guest columnist Musbah Shaheen: Why is a Springfield church proselytizing in the Hadley Target?Having spent four years in Tennessee and another four years in Ohio, I was accustomed to running into proselytizers — members of a church or congregation attempting to introduce people to their religion. It has typically been Mormon elders who, in all...

Want the youth vote? Some college students are still up for grabs in NovemberResearchers examined the voting behavior of 5,762 students at 120 colleges and universities. Two groups stood out as an untapped electoral resource – if the candidates can turn out Gen Z.

Students at Catholic colleges leave with less positive attitudes toward gay people than their peers – but that's not the whole storyA survey of over 3,000 students found that how much students’ appreciation of gay, lesbian and bisexual people increased during college varied by their school’s religious affiliation.

How to Keep Student Minds Open to New Worldviews Even When Campus Is Closed - EdSurge NewsThis pandemic fall semester has understandably raised anxieties about whether students will receive valuable instruction in the academic topics they ...

Let’s Teach Computer Science Majors to Be Good Citizens. The Whole World Depends on It. - EdSurge NewsDigital technology has become increasingly important in the lives of all Americans, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic, which has made many ...

Muslim college grads split over Jews. What makes the difference?(OPINION) A recent four-year national study by Ohio State University, North Carolina State University and Interfaith Youth Core traced how Muslim college students saw Jews from the beginning to end of their college experiences. The results are both encouraging and unsettling.

Nearly Two Decades After 9/11, Muslim Students Face Discrimination and Hope on Campuses | INSIGHT Into DiversityThe events of September 11, 2001, were a defining moment in the history of the U.S. and its relationship with the religion of Islam. The terrorist attacks of that day triggered a tumultuous climate for Muslims in the U.S. that continues to affect campus climate for Islamic students. Notably, many Muslim students in college today […]

Additional Publications

Experiencing the presidential election as an international student. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. https://www.diverseeducation.com/international/article/15108069/experiencing-the-presidential-election-as-an-international-student
As someone who wasn’t born here: A state of perpetual foreignness. Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. https://proctor.gse.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/Proctor%20Essay%2C%20Shaheen.pdf
Higher education’s obsession with conferences put to the test. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. https://diverseeducation.com/article/188960/
Supporting international students during time of Corona virus: Looking beyond immigration concerns. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. https://diverseeducation.com/article/185736/
We don’t belong here. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/07/14/international-student-denounces-immigration-and-customs-enforcements-new
College degrees won’t lessen police racism unless campuses confront own bias. The Atlanta Journal- Constitution. https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/opinion-college-degrees-won-lessen-police-racism-unless-campuses-confront-own-biases/0iM4iz3I5T6NI0X3gUsDfO/
Interfaith work made me a more confident Muslim. https://medium.com/@IDEALS/interfaith-work-made-me-a-more-confident-muslim-ba688ba9216d
Leaning into discomfort: Diving into religious, spiritual, and secular identities. https://www.naspa.org/about/blog/leaning-into-discomfort-diving-into-religious-spiritual-and-secular-identit