Aly Kassam-Remtulla

Aly Kassam-Remtulla
Other namesAly Remtulla
CitizenshipCanada/USA
Alma materStanford 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]

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

  • (Dis)Placing Khojas: Forging identities, revitalizing Islam and crafting global Ismailism [32][33]
  • Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. The United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2012.[12]
  • Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas, ISBN 978-0-8476-9144-9 [34]
  • Contours Of The Heart (Asian American Writers Worksh), 1998, ISBN 978-1889876009 [35]

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. ^ a b "Aly Kassam-Remtulla Named Program Officer". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Stanford welcomes newest members of Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame". stanford.edu. October 24, 2022.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.