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Sociology 814, Graduate Course, “Comparative-Historical Methods,” Spring 2011.
Sociology 700, Graduate Course, “Social Theory,” Fall 2010
Sociology 419, “Sociology of Islam,” Spring 2010.
Sociology 250, “Social Theory,” Fall 2009.
Sociology 811, Graduate Course, “Political Sociology,” Fall 2009.
Sociology 273, “Social and Economic Justice,” Spring 2007.
Sociology 950.2, 1-credit Graduate Course, “Middle East Politics,” Spring 2007.
Sociology 326.6, Graduate Course, “Celebrity Status,” Spring 2005 (now a major motion picture).
Bad advice to graduate students, from a fellow graduate student in the throes of dissertation-writing.
Good advice on writing. Good advice on framing novel arguments. Good advice on networking.
E-mail pledges.

Resources:

Islamic statements against terrorism in the wake of the September 11 mass murders.

Middle East Sociology Working Group.

Iranian Family Attitudes Survey.

Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.
- Upcoming Carolina events related to Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.

Books:

The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists (Oxford University Press, July 2011) (available now!)

Democracy Denied, 1905-1915 (Harvard University Press, 2008) (or Amazon.com).

The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran (Harvard University Press, 2004) (or Amazon.com). (.فصل نخست)

Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Source-Book, edited by Charles Kurzman (Oxford University Press, 2002).
- Click to order book from Oxford University Press or Amazon.com.

Liberal Islam: A Source-Book, edited by Charles Kurzman (Oxford University Press, 1998)
- Liberal Islam web links.
- Click to order book from Oxford University Press or Amazon.com.

Some of my articles and lectures:

- Muslim-American Terrorism Since 9/11: An Accounting, Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, February 2, 2011. (List of individuals) (Rebuttal to Congressman Peter King)
- Do Muslims Vote Islamic?, with Ijlal Naqvi, The Journal of Democracy, April 2010, pp. 50-63. (Dataset of Islamic political parties)
- Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans, with David Schanzer and Ebrahim Moosa, Report for the National Institute of Justice, January 6, 2010. (Appendix data)
- The Islamists Are Not Coming, with Ijlal Naqvi, Foreign Policy, January-February, 2010. (Dataset of Islamic political parties)
- Reading Weber in Tehran, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 1, 2009.
- Ignore All the Iran Experts, ForeignPolicy.com, June 17, 2009.
- The Iranian Revolution at 30: Still Unpredictable, in Viewpoints, Middle East Institute, January 29, 2009, pp. 32-34.
- Contemporary Iran in Context, with Omid Safi, “The State of Things,” WUNC-FM, December 4, 2008.
- Farewell to World Peace?, with Neil Englehart, Christian Science Monitor, August 29, 2008.
- Xenophobia in Wartime America, with Erin Carlston and Rosa Perelmuter, “The State of Things,” WUNC-FM, December 6, 2007.
- Welcome to World Peace, with Neil Englehart, Christian Science Monitor, August 30, 2006.
- Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims, Contexts Magazine, Fall-Winter 2002.
- Convocation Address: On Approaching the Qur’an, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 18, 2002.
- Who Speaks for Islam Today?, News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), December 2, 2001.
- Understanding the Attack on America, speech at peace rally, Chapel Hill, N.C., September 17, 2001.
- Lost Opportunities: Limits of U.S. Support for Constitutionalism in Iran, The Iranian, April 19, 2000.
- Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges (html version), Middle East Review of International Affairs, September 1999. (فارسی)
- more articles available through my curriculum vitae.

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Updated July 5, 2011.