Joseph J. Kaminski, Ph.D., holds the rank of Professor and is affiliated with the Department of Political Science and International Relations. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University (Rutgers College) in 2004, M.A. from the City University of New York (CUNY) – Graduate Center in 2008, and Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2014. His current research interests include religion and politics/international relations with a focus on the Muslim world, comparative political theory, and new approaches to Islamicate public reason. His works have appeared in numerous academic journals, including: The Journal of Politics (forthcoming), PS: Political Science and Politics, Social Compass, Religious Studies Review, and The Thunderbird International Business Review. He also has written two solo-authored manuscripts: The Contemporary Islamic Governed State: A Reconceptualization (Palgrave, 2017) and Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology: A Critical Re-evaluation (Routledge, 2021), and has been a Research Associate at the Ummatics Institute since May 2022.