Elisabeth Becker, PhD, was a visiting fellow with the Muslim Diaspora Initiative at New America and a postdoctoral fellow with the Project on Religion and Its Publics at the University of Virginia, which seeks to bridge the gap between the academic study of religion and public conversations about religion. While at the University of Virginia, she will complete a book entitled Unsettled Islam: Virtuous Contention in European Mosques (University of Chicago Press), based on two and a half years of ethnographic study in two of Europe's largest mosque communities. Becker is the Principal Investigator for the Muslims for American Progress (MAP)-NYC project with the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding, measuring the impact of Muslims on the social, political and economic life of New York City. She is also a non-resident fellow with the Humility & Conviction in Public Life project at the University of Connecticut. In addition to her academic work, which has been published by Ethnic & Racial Studies, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and Social Science & Medicine, Becker writes for mainstream outlets on issues related to religion, diversity and migration, which have included The Washington Post, The Forward, UN Dispatch and Global Dialogue. Her trade book, On the Edge of the Worlds, chronicles inter-religious marriage in an increasingly divided world. Becker received her PhD in Sociology from Yale University, an MSc in both Forced Migration and Development Studies and Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Sociology Cornell University.