Evelyn Alsultany

Evelyn Alsultany is a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. She received her B.A. at the University of Michigan, M.A. at the New School for Social Research, and Ph.D. at Stanford University. She is the author of Arabs and Muslim in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11. She co-authored criteria, the Obeidi-Alsultany Test, to help Hollywood improve representations of Muslims and has served as a consultant for Hollywood studios on how to better represent Muslim characters. She has published op-eds in The Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, and Newsweek and has a podcast, “Muslims As Seen on TV.” She is an associate professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.