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Max Perry Mueller is a historian of American religion. He focuses on the intersection of religion, race and politics in the 19th Century, with related areas of research and teaching in the history of the American West, religion and modernity, religion and politics and religion and journalism. He has written on religion, race and politics for Slate, The New Republic and The Atlantic, including several articles on Mormonism’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
Max Perry Mueller (PhD, Harvard University) is an assistant professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies. He is also a fellow at the Center for Great Plains Studies and teaches in the Department of History, the Honors Program, and the Global Studies program.
Mueller is a theorist and historian of race and religion in American history, with particular interest in Indigenous and African-American religious experiences, epistemologies, and cosmologies. The central animating question of his scholarship is how the act of writing—especially the writing of historical narratives—has affected the creation and contestation of "race" as a category of political and religious division in American history.
His first book, Race and the Making of the Mormon People (The University of North Carolina Press, 2017), examines how the three original American races—"red," "black," and "white"—were constructed as literary projects before these racial categories were read onto bodies of Americans of Native, African, and European descent. Choice described Race and the Making of the Mormon People as an "outstanding analysis of the role of race among Mormons." The book was featured in The Atlantic and Harvard Divinity School Bulletin and has been taught at, among others, Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford Universities. His next book, Wakara's America, will be the first full-length biography of the complex and often paradoxical Ute warrior chief, horse thief, slave trader, settler colonist, one-time Mormon, and Indian resistance leader.
Mueller's research and teaching also connect with his public scholarship. Mueller has written on religion, race, and politics for outlets including Slate, The New Republic, and The Atlantic. He also co-founded Religion & Politics, the online journal of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, whose mission is to bring the best scholarship on religion and American public life to audiences beyond the academy.
 

Shyam Sriram, PhD, is an assistant professor of political science and director of the Political Science Program at Canisius University.  He is available to offer expert commentary on the complex intersections of religion, immigration policy, and American politics. His unique background and extensive research experience provide valuable insights into some of today's most pressing social and political issues.
Areas of Analysis: Religion and American Politics:

Historical and contemporary relationships between religious beliefs and political behavior
Intersection of race, gender, and American identity with religious views
Religious nationalism in contemporary politics
Evolution of religious freedom and the establishment clause

Immigration and Refugee Policy:

Federal, state, and local coordination of refugee programs
Immigration's impact on religious and political landscapes
Public attitudes toward immigration across demographic groups
Local implementation of national immigration policies

Background: 
Dr. Sriram brings both academic expertise and personal insight to these topics. As the founder of Canisius University's Muslim Students Association and Every Campus a Refuge, he demonstrates a deep commitment to social justice and practical application of political science principles. His forthcoming book examining JFK Jr.'s immigration legacy adds to his numerous academic publications.
Areas of Expertise:

American Politics
Religion and Politics (particularly Islam)
Refugee Resettlement
U.S. Immigration Politics and Policy
Asian Pacific American Politics
State Policy

Education:

PhD, Political Science, University of California at Santa Barbara
MA, Political Science, University of California at Santa Barbara
MA, Political Science, Georgia State University
BA, Political Science, Purdue University

Publications: 
Sriram, Shyam K. 2024 (Forthcoming). An Introduction to Refugee Resettlement in the United States. Solano Beach, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.