Khaled A. Beydoun is the Critical Race Studies Fellow and Faculty of Law at the UCLA School of Law.   Professor Beydoun teaches in the area of civil rights, criminal law, and critical race theory.  His research examines the racial formation of Arab and Muslim American identity within the criminal and immigration contexts. Follow Khaled on Twitter @KhaledBeydoun

Sally Howell, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of History in the Center for Arab American Studies and the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.  She is the author of Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past. Her essays on Arab and Muslim American culture, politics, and history have appeared in numerous edited volumes and in Anthropological Quarterly, Diaspora, Food and Foodways, the International Journal of Middle East Studies and other renowned publication.

The panel is scheduled to be held on the morning of Saturday June 14, 2014 as part of the ADC National Convention. Each of the speakers provides a unique perspective on the issue of identity within the respective communities. The panelists will discuss how respective communities self-identify, and what factors led in forming this view. 

This year’s Annual Convention will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA. Early Bird Convention Registration Packages are currently priced at $199 and include access to all the panel session, and meal events. For more information please click here.