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[okkodachrome]

Is anyone aware of Higher Ed faculty working in the area of education policy/reform using Middle East and Islamic studies as a "teaching tool" in the American university setting? My interests center on (perceptions of) politics/religion in the Middle East and on the long-term impact of university education on students, particularly regarding political decision-making and the articulation of religious and political identities. I'm trying to find lit that addresses the intersection of religion, politics/the legal sphere, and the role of liberal education. Any work that focuses on the American university or on comparative US/Middle East university outcomes (short- and long-term) would be excellent. Having a terrible time tracking much down.

My background is in religious studies (finishing an MA) and political science. I am of course aware of the fact that excellent profs in either discipline who focus on the M.E. are using it as a "teaching tool" in a liberal arts setting... but I'm looking for work that deals with those possibilities a bit more explicitly.

Thanks!

[zharkov]

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, if you are not getting any hits, you need to reduce your search terms.  Which, btw, currently seem to be:  ME studies + pedagogy + education + policy studies + liberal arts (college) + political and religious identities.

Maybe nobody actually does this, or if he or she did, they have not published.  So if you are looking for a dissertation topic, you might be in nice shape, since it has not been widely addressed so far.  (And in interdisciplinary research, you will need to access work that addresses elements of your topic, and you as the researcher integrate that research.)

[okkodachrome]

I suspected (and expected) as much, but wanted to toss out the line just in case. I am looking for a topic in the long-term and was curious what the response might be.

But thank you for the response, I will also be posting something a bit more general later. I've already been reading work that addresses some of those elements together, just haven't seen anyone doing quite what I have in mind.