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carmen Van kerckhove General Session SaTurDay, DeCember 6 Reza aslan PoCC Conference Banquet Address SaTurDay, DeCember 6 8:00am – 9:00am 7:00pm – 9:00pm Reza Aslan is one of the nation’s most respected experts on Islam and the Middle East. He is a research associate at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy, Middle East commentator for NPR’s “Marketplace,” and Muslim affairs analyst for CBS News. In his internationally acclaimed book, No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Aslan masterfully explores the intricate interplay between faith and politics in the Muslim world, presenting Islam as an ever-evolving faith and culture in the midst of a cataclysmic internal battle for reform and modernization. In 1999, he was elected president of Harvard University’s chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP), a United Nations organization committed to global understanding. In 2000, he was named Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Iowa, becoming the first full-time professor of Islam in the history of the state. Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of New Demographic, a consulting firm that helps people learn about the real issues behind race and racism without having to endure the misery of diversity training. She hosts Addicted to Race, a podcast about America’s obsession with race, and edits a network of blogs, including Racialicious, about the intersection of race and pop culture; Anti-Racist Parent, for parents committed to raising children with an antiracist outlook; and Race in the Workplace, which explores how race and racism influence our working lives. Van Kerckhove’s perspectives on race and racism have been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and The Nation. She has appeared on MSNBC, NPR, Washington Post Radio, American Public Media’s “Marketplace,” and PBS’s Asian America. book signing event

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