Joseph J. Kaminski, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor affiliated with the Department of Political Science and International Relations. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy (double major) from Rutgers University (2004), M.A. in Political Science from the City University of New York (CUNY) – Graduate Center (2008), and Ph.D. in Political Science from Purdue University (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 Islamic public reason. His works have appeared in 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 he has been a Research Associate and Symposium Coordinator at the Ummatics Institute since May 2022.