Research Interests
Arabic of American slavery, (currently working on the writing of Omar ibn Said);
Blacks in classical Arabic discourse, (this is a National Humanities Center fellowship project);
The Intellectual legacy of Cheikh Moussa Kamara.
Selected Grants
Luce/ACLS Fellowship
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Council of Learned Societies · 2021 - 2022NHC Faculty Fellowship
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Humanities Center · 2021 - 2022Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Black Muslims & Racial Justice in the U.S. South ·
2021
Co-Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost
https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles