Fundraising, Grants, and Contracts
FUNDRAISING
“2023 Middle East Gala.” Arab American Club of Knoxville (AACK)
215-person formal fundraising gala with AACK to fund two annual $2000 University of Tennessee student travel scholarships to Arab countries.
Amount: increased endowment from $25,000 to around $120,000.
Role: Co-chair of gala and principal organizer from University of Tennessee
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Total Number of Grants and Contracts: 21 (Funded: 13)
Total Funding Requested: $1,849,336 (Funded: $367,676).
EXTERNAL GRANTS AS A FACULTY MEMBER (2013-present)
“Memories of Empire: The Politics of the US-Moroccan Alliances”
Harry S. Truman Foundation Research Grant. Funded.
Amount: $2000.000
Role: Principal Investigator
“Who Wants a Nuclear Umbrella? Exploring Public Support for Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Major Non-NATO Allies.” Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Understanding the Politics of Nuclear Weapons program. Under review.
Year: 2023
Amount: $300,000
Role: Principal Investigator (with Drs. Brandon Prins, Krista Wiegand, Gary Uzonyi, Kelly Morrison, and Elis Vllasi).
“NA-211 Nuclear Security Research Projects: Tracking China and Russia’s Nuclear Diplomacy Activities in North and sub-Saharan Africa,” Y-12 Complex, U.S. Department of Energy. Unfunded.
Year: 2021 - current
Amount: $98,585.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Brandon Prins and Krista Wiegand).
“Atomic Alliances: U.S. Military Bases and Democratization in Morocco, Libya, and Portugal.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation Research Grant. Funded.
Year: 2020 - current
Amount: $750.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Atomic Alliances: U.S. Military Bases and Democratization in Morocco, Libya, and Portugal.” Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Grant. Funded.
Year: 2020 - current
Amount: $1500.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Beards, Mustaches, and Power: The Traits of Male Leadership in the Middle East.” Dr. Ellen Lust’s Program on Governance and Local Development (GLD), University of Gothenburg. Funded.
Year: 2020-2021
Amount: $7,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“University Engagement for Nuclear Nonproliferation Courses at the University of Tennessee for 2019-20.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Funded.
Year: 2019-2020
Amount: $28,000.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Brandon Prins).
“University Engagement for Nuclear Nonproliferation Courses at the University of Tennessee for 2018-19.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Funded.
Year: 2018-2019
Amount: $28,000.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Brandon Prins).
“University Engagement for Nuclear Nonproliferation Courses at the University of Tennessee for 2017-18.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Funded.
Year: 2017-2018
Amount: $28,000.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Brandon Prins).
“Racism and Refugees: Exploring Xenophobia towards sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco.” Harvard University, Middle East Initiative, Faculty Research Grant. Funded.
Year: 2017
Amount: $44,682.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Kyung Joon Han and Kristin Fabbe ).
“Residential Research Fellowship.” Middle East Initiative, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Funded.
Year: 2017
Amount: $60,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Residential Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.” Center for International and Regional Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University. Funded.
Year: 2013-2014
Amount: $50,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“International Safeguards, Export Control, and Nonproliferation Course for Fall 2022.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Unfunded.
Year: 2021
Amount: $12,846.26
Role: Principal Investigator
“University Engagement for Nuclear Nonproliferation Courses at the University of Tennessee for 2021-22.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Unfunded.
Year: 2020-2021
Amount: $33,040.74
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Brandon Prins).
“Refugees and Racism: An Original Survey on Attitudes of Prejudice toward Arab and Black African Refugees in Morocco.” Georgetown University in Qatar, Center for International and Regional Studies. Unfunded.
Year: 2016
Amount: $25,000.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Kyung Joon Han).
“Who Supports Authoritarianism? Individual Insecurity and Democratic Rollback in the Middle East.” National Science Foundation. Unfunded.
Year: 2015
Amount: $149,353.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Jason Brownlee and Steven Brooke).
“Modeling the Behavior and Geography of Violent Non-State Groups using Arabic, Turkish, and Hindi Sources.” Minerva Research Initiative. Unfunded.
Year: 2016
Amount: $494,797
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Brandon Prins, Krista Wiegand, and Hyun Kim)
“Modeling the Behavior and Geography of Violent Non-State Groups using Arabic, Turkish, and Hindi Sources.” Minerva Research Initiative. Unfunded.
Year: 2015
Amount: $504,602
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Brandon Prins, Krista Wiegand, and Hyun Kim)
“Healthcare for All Gulf Citizens? Geospatial Mapping of Hospital Accessibility in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States.” Qatar National Research Fund. Unfunded.
Year: 2013
Amount: $225,413.00
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Mehran Kamrava and Curtis Bell)
INTERNAL GRANTS
“(Mis)managing Authoritarian Coalitions in Tunisia: Minister Survival from Colonial Independence to Democratic Revolution.” Summer Graduate Research Assistantship Grant, University of Tennessee. Funded.
Year: 2014
Amount: $3,600
Role: Principal Investigator
“Exploring Citizen Attitudes toward the Weaponization of Peaceful Nuclear Technology in the Middle East and North Africa.” Institute for Nuclear Security, University of Tennessee. Funded.
Year: 2015
Amount: $15,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
EXTERNAL GRANTS BEFORE FACULTY STATUS (pre-2013)
Total Number of Grants and Contracts: 8 (Funded: 8)
Total Funding Requested: $81,600 (Funded: $81,600).
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“Mauritania fieldwork in 2012 for Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa.” Project for Middle East Political Science. Funded.
Year: 2011
Amount: $1,500.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Mauritania fieldwork in 2012 for Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa.” American Institute for Maghrib Studies. Funded.
Year: 2011
Amount: $4,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Elections Monitor for the 2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly Elections.” Jimmy Carter Presidential Center. Funded.
Year: 2011
Amount: $0.00 (non-monetary award)
Role: co-Principal Investigator
“Intensive Arabic Study and Morocco and Tunisia fieldwork for 2010-2011 for Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa.” David L. Boren Fellowship, U.S. Institute of International Education. Funded.
Year: 2010-2011
Amount: $27,100.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Graduate Dean Prestigious Fellowship Award Supplement for Boren Fellowship.” College of Arts and Sciences, University of Texas. Funded.
Year: 2010
Amount: $1,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“Doctoral-level Arabic literature, culture, and politics courses.” Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) at University of Texas, U.S. Department of Education. Funded.
Year: 2009
Amount: $30,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
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“Intensive Arabic Study in Damascus, Syria for 2006-2007.” David L. Boren Scholar Award, U.S. Institute of International Education. Funded.
Year: 2006
Amount: $18,000.00
Role: Principal Investigator
“3-month Intensive Arabic Study at the American University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.” Clinton Foundation Scholars Program. Funded.
Year: 2011
Amount: $0.00 (non-monetary award)
Role: Principal Investigator