He was the founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University (2009-2016) and is currently a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council, and writes on Islam and American politics for ForeignPolicy.com. His books include The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil, Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam & the War of Ideas and Seeds of Hate: How America’s Flawed Middle East Policy Ignited the Jihad.