Edward Curtis is Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is the author or editor of several books on Muslim-American and African-American history, including Muslims in America: A Short History, which was named one of the best 100 books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly. A former NEH Fellow at the National Humanities Center, he has also been awarded Carnegie, Fulbright, and Mellon fellowships. Most recently, Professor Curtis has completed work as general editor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History.