Aly Kassam-Remtulla

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Aly Kassam-Remtulla
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Other namesAly Remtulla
CitizenshipCanada/USA
Alma mater Stanford University
Oxford University
Occupation(s)academic, writer and scholar
Years active1996-present
Known forVice Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University

Aly Kassam-Remtulla (also known as Aly Remtulla) is a U.S.-based academic, writer and scholar who is Vice Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University. [1] [2] Previously, he was associated with the MacArthur Foundation. [3]

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Education

Kassam-Remtulla was born in Kenya and grew up in Canada. After completing his high school at the United World Colleges (UWC) USA campus, [4] Aly received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences, Asian American Studies and Anthropology from Stanford University, in 1998. [5] [6] As an undergraduate, he worked in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Paul Berg. [7] He then studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, [8] where he received a master's degree, MBA, and doctorate from Oxford University, in (2012). [9]

Career

Since 1996, Kassam-Remtulla has been an academic researcher and scholar of immigrant Muslim communities. He has been widely cited by scholars of Ismailism, Islam, and those with interests in African Studies. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] He is a published poet and his journalism has appeared in WIRED, Al Jazeera, and Stanford Magazine. [7] [16] [17]

As of 2020, he has been working as Vice Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University. [10] [4] Earlier, he worked on advancing diversity for graduate students and faculty members at Princeton and efforts to support Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. [18] [19] [20] [21] He co-founded and co-chairs the Faculty Advancement Network, a national consortium to promote diversity and inclusion in the American professoriate. [22]

Aly has been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts [23] and the Alberta Centennial Medal. [24] He also received the Annetta Dieckmann Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois where he founded the Young Advocates Program. [3] [25] In 2022, he was inducted into the Stanford Multicultural Hall of Fame. [26] [6]

Kassam-Remtulla has served on numerous non-profit boards and is the chair of the board of trustees at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya. [27] [28]

In 2021, he was appointed to the board of Allegheny College. [29] In 2021, he joined the UWC-USA board of trustees and became a chair in 2022. [4]

As of October 2021, he has been serving on the Admissions Advisory Panel for the Luce Foundation to develop a more open process for selection of Luce Scholars. [30] As of October 2024, he was serving as a judge for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change $100 million competition. [31]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Aly Kassam-Remtulla | Provost". provost.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  2. ↑ Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. "Sinophobia, the new Islamophobia". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  3. 1 2 "Aly Kassam-Remtulla Named Program Officer". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "UWC-USA Board Chair Retiring". lasvegasoptic.com. 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  5. ↑ "Stanford students win Rhodes, Marshalls: 12/98". news.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. 1 2 "Stanford welcomes newest members of Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame". stanford.edu. October 24, 2022.
  7. 1 2 magazine, STANFORD (March 1997). "Here for the Taking". stanfordmag.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. ↑ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Oxford University Society Elections". www.americanrhodes.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  9. ↑ "IIS Announces 2007 PhD Scholarship Awards | The Institute of Ismaili Studies". www.iis.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  10. 1 2 "Course brings new perspective on American Muslims to campus". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  11. ↑ Daftary, Farhad (2010-12-08). A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-0-85772-335-2.
  12. 1 2 Kassam-Remtulla, Aly (2012). Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. University of Oxford.
  13. ↑ Pal, Adesh; Chakraborty, Tapas (2004). Theorizing and Critiquing Indian Diaspora. Creative Books. ISBN   978-81-8043-009-1.
  14. ↑ Equality. Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation. 2007.
  15. ↑ "The Migration of Indians to Eastern Africa: A Case Study of the Ismaili Community, 1866-1966". University of Central Florida 2019.
  16. ↑ "Aly Kassam-Remtulla | Al Jazeera News". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  17. ↑ "When Schools Reopen, Don't Ditch Online Learning". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  18. ↑ "Pilot programs build bridges, add diversity for promising scholars interested in graduate study". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  19. ↑ "Upward Bound: New Programs to Help Underrepresented Students Prepare to Pursue Ph.D.s". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  20. ↑ "Graduate School orientation focuses on academic success, community". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  21. ↑ "Princetonians provide post-hurricane support to Puerto Rico". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  22. ↑ "Faculty Advancement Network". Faculty Advancement Network. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  23. ↑ "Firestone and Golden Medal recipients honored for academic achievement" (PDF). Stanford Report Volume 1.
  24. ↑ "The Alberta Gazette" (PDF). GOVERNMENT NOTICES Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
  25. ↑ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Aly Kassam-Remtulla won the Annetta Dieckmann Award". www.americanrhodes.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  26. ↑ "Alumni Involvement | Asian American Activities Center". a3c.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  27. ↑ "Hongera Mpala Science & Outreach Report" (PDF). Mpala Research Centre & Mpala Wildlife Foundation.
  28. ↑ "Princeton celebrates 25 years of research and teaching at Mpala, Kenya". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  29. ↑ "Allegheny College names three to Board of Trustees". Meadville Tribune. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  30. ↑ "Redesigning the Luce Scholars Admissions Process and Expanding Alumni Engagement". Henry Luce Foundation. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  31. ↑ "100&Change 2024". www.100andchange.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  32. ↑ Conference, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific; Schwerdt, Dianne (2001). Re-imagining Africa: New Critical Perspectives. Nova Publishers. ISBN   978-1-59033-100-2.
  33. ↑ "(DIS)PLACING KHOJAHS:FORGING IDENTITIES, REVITALIZING ISLAM, AND CRAFTING GLOBAL ISMAILISM". ismaili.net. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  34. ↑ Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas.
  35. ↑ "9781889876009: Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America (Asian American Writers' Workshop) - AbeBooks - Maira, Sunaina: 1889876003". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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