Justin A. Hoyle holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from Central Michigan University and an M.A. in Middle East Studies from The American University in Cairo. He is currently a Lecturer of Political Science at Central Michigan University. He teaches courses which focus on the politics of Islam, the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has presented at his research at acad
emic conferences in Europe and the Middle East. His publications include; “Arabism and the First World War: The Case Study of the Syrian Intelligentsia in Cairo” (The Chronicles, Vol. 5 17-21) and “Hamidian Legacies: An Institutional Analysis of the Caliphate of Abdulhamid” (Forthcoming). His departmental website can be accessed at the following address:
http://www.cmich.edu/academics/humanities_social_behavioral_sciences/CHSBSDepartments/CHSBSPoliticalScience/CHSBSPOLISCIFacultyandStaff/Pages/Justin-Hoyle.aspx
Talib Mustafa is a native of Champaign-Urbana and graduated from Centennial High School in 1991. Following the completion of his military service, Talib satisfied a long-held goal of traveling within and beyond the US borders-eventually visiting 23 countries (including numerous Muslim majority countries) and engaging and learning to interact with countless other cultures via cross-cultural dialogues. In 2008 Talib earned his Bachelors Degree with High Honors (along with a number of other academic accolades). Upon earning his Bachelors Degree, he relocated to Egypt in order to attend the prestigious American University in Cairo’s Political Science Graduate Program in International Relations, and earned the coveted American University in Cairo’s University Graduate Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Under these awards, Talib was assigned to work for Dr. Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere; a former advisor to the Egyptian Foreign Minister (the counterpart to the US Secretary of State), diplomat for the United Nations as a Lead Investigator to the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Chief Negotiator for the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and Manager of the internationally renowned Crisis Group International Organization. During his years studying and researching in Egypt, Talib also taught democracy promotion courses at the American University in Cairo and at a private American high school. All of which have provided him with a unique opportunity to observe and interact with various Arab communities, including the Liberals, Secularists, Islamists and Muslim Fundamentalists. This direct interaction with the indigenous populations distinguishes Talib from other American counter-terrorism lecturers; providing an academic, practical, well-researched, and balanced presentation to American law enforcement agencies. He has presented his research at academic conferences in the U.S. and the Middle East. His current research on the American Muslim community will be published this summer.
