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Since 9/11, Muslims have occupied the U.S. public and political spheres as threats to national security, as victims of hate crimes, as targets of torture and war, and as a community to be included in diversity initiatives. This insightful panel will explore Muslim inclusion and representation in a variety of contexts, including education, politics, and the entertainment industry.

• Shafiqa Ahmadi\xa0is an associate professor of Clinical Education at the Rossier School of Education and the co-director for USC\u2019s Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice. She is an expert on diversity and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims, and is the co-editor of\xa0Islamophobia in Higher Education: Combating Discrimination and Creating Understanding.
• Maytha Alhassen\xa0holds a PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity from USC. She is the writer of the report,\xa0Haqq and Hollywood: Illuminating 100 Years of Muslim Tropes and How to Transform Them, and producer and writer of the\xa0Golden Globe and Peabody\xad\u2013winning Hulu series\xa0Ramy.
• Evelyn Alsultany\xa0is the author of\xa0Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion\xa0and\xa0Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11. She is an associate professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, has served as a consultant for Hollywood studios, and co-authored the Obeidi-Alsultany Test with criteria to help Hollywood improve representations of Muslims.
• Hajar Yazdiha\xa0is an assistant professor of Sociology, faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute, and a 2022\u201323 Ford Foundation Fellow\xa0at the USC Dornsife School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. She is an expert on the racial politics of inclusion and exclusion and is the author of\xa0The Struggle for the People\u2019s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
• Moderator:\xa0Varun Soni\xa0is the\xa0Dean of Religious Life at USC, University Fellow at USC Annenberg\u2019s Center on Public Diplomacy, and an adjunct professor at the USC School of Religion. His writings have appeared in the\xa0Washington Post,\xa0Huffington Post,\xa0Crosscurrents,\xa0Jewish Journal, and\xa0Harvard Divinity Bulletin.