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。作为规划和进行这个未充分研究的社区的大N，深入，多语言调查的第一步，一整天的研讨会将汇集不同的参与者，包括教师，研究生和本科生。研讨会的参与者将总结和讨论有关美国穆斯林的知识现状，并协调下一步。参与者将包括目前研究美国穆斯林或有兴趣这样做的教师和研究生。将研究人员聚集在一起，以促进合作和讨论最近的研究将1）鼓励学者在这一领域的工作，2）确保未来的努力，以更好地了解穆斯林美国人是包括广泛的研究问题和假设，和3）促进学者（包括研究生）之间的合作与协调。学者之间的网络联系，包括由资深教员指导初级学者和学生，将加强未来学术和专业的多样性和质量，讲习班将讨论研究族裔和（或）宗教群体成员的几个重要专题。 这些问题包括身份、歧视和媒体报道的影响、政治行为和政治态度。 此外，它将有助于为研究这些群体的学者制定一个研究议程，包括一项全国调查。 最后，研讨会将增加教师和不同背景的研究生之间的协同作用，这将反过来发展网络和合作。

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.