Edward Curtis is Millennium Scholar of the Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where he also directs the IUPUI Summer Abroad in Jordan program. Curtis is the author of several books and articles, including The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States (Columbia University Press, 2008), Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975 (UNC Press, 2006), and Islam in Black America (SUNY Press, 2002). He is also general editor of The Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Professor Curtis has been a recipient of a Carnegie Scholar's award, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the National Humanities Center, a U.S. Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative Grant, and an Andrew Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies. A native of Southern Illinois, he holds a doctorate in religious studies from the University of South Africa, a master's in history from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.A. in religion from Kenyon College.