Edward E. Curtis IV is Professor of Religious Studies, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts, and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Africana Studies at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. He is the author/editor of 13 books, including our Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest (2022) and Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy (2019).