I'm a Ph.D. in Islamic history (Ohio State, 2001) and work as an Acquisitions Editor
for Greenwood Publishing Group, soliciting books in politics and security/terrorism/defense policy. In a previous
incarnation I was an Arabic linguist/interrogator in the 101st Airborne Division. My personal research specializations
are Islamic eschatology (end of time beliefs), Mahdism, Islamic fundamentalism, jihadism, the Hidden Imam and how all of these
relate to modern politics. I should also add--since an increasing number of people email me and ask about this--that
I am a Christian (of the traditionalist/conservative, not evangelical or "fundamentalist," persuasion).
I am currently also working on a new book on the caliphate, as both a historical institution and as envisioned today by Islamist
groups like Hizb al-Tahrir.
Here's a link to an interview
of me by the editor of the History News Network:
