Workshop: Researching Muslim America and Muslim Americans

美国穆斯林人口的规模和政治相关性不断增加，与描述他们政治态度和行为的少量高质量数据形成鲜明对比。作为对这一未被充分研究的社区进行大规模、深入、多语言调查的第一步，一个全天的研讨会将汇集包括教师、研究生和本科生在内的各种参与者。研讨会参加者将总结和讨论对美国穆斯林的认识现状，并协调下一步工作。参加者将包括目前正在研究美国穆斯林或有兴趣研究的教师和研究生。将研究人员聚集在一起促进合作并讨论最近的研究将1)鼓励学者在这一领域开展工作，2)确保未来更好地了解美国穆斯林的努力包括广泛的研究问题和假设，3)促进学者（包括研究生）之间的合作与协调。学者之间的交流，包括资深教师对初级学者和学生的指导，将加强未来奖学金和专业的多样性和质量。讲习班将讨论研究族裔和（或）宗教团体成员的若干重要议题。这些问题包括身份问题、歧视和媒体报道的影响、政治行为和政治态度。此外，它将有助于制定研究这些群体的学者的研究议程，包括全国调查。最后，研讨会将增加不同背景的教师和研究生之间的协同作用，这反过来将发展网络和合作。

The increasing size and political relevancy of the Muslim population in the U.S. stands in stark contrast to the trivial amount of quality data describing their political attitudes and behavior. As a first step in planning and conducting a large-N, in-depth, multilingual survey of this understudied community, a full day workshop will bring together a diverse set of participants including faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Workshop participants will summarize and discuss the current state of knowledge about Muslims Americans and coordinate next steps. Participants will include faculty and graduate students who currently study Muslim Americans or who are interested in doing so. Gathering researchers together to promote collaboration and discuss recent research will 1) encourage scholars to work in this area, 2) ensure that future efforts to better understand Muslim Americans are inclusive of a broad range of research questions and hypotheses, and 3) facilitate cooperation and coordination among scholars (including graduate students). The networking of scholars, including the mentoring of junior scholars and students by senior faculty, will strengthen the diversity and quality of future scholarship and the profession.The Workshop will address several important topics in the studying of members of ethnic and/or religious groups. These include issues of identity, effects of discrimination and media coverage, political behavior, and political attitude. In addition, it will help to develop a research agenda for scholars studying these groups include a national survey. Finally, the workshop will increase synergies between faculty and graduate students of diverse backgrounds, which will in turn develop networks and collaborations.