The Arab American Research Initiative, a national project of ACCESS launched in 2015, works collaboratively with scholars to develop original research and synthesize existing data on the full range of issues affecting Arab Americans and the community’s position in American society—including health, education, employment, immigration, identity, civil rights and civil liberties, among others.
In 2019 the ACCESS Arab American Research Initiative published a data-based portrait of the Arab American community by disaggregating Arab Americans from the White racial category in the U.S. Census.
Dr. Osama W. Abimershed, Georgetown University
Dr. Nadia Abuelezam, Boston College
Dr. Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Michigan State University
Dr. Germine Awad, University of Texas–Austin
Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, Eastern Michigan University
Maya Berry, Arab American Institute
Dr. Louise Cainkar, Marquette University
Dr. Flora Dallo, Oakland University
Dr. Hisham Foad, San Diego State University
Molly Green, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dr. Sally Howell, University of Michigan–Dearborn
Rebecca Karam, City University of New York
Dr. Randa Kayyali, Independent researcher
Dr. Miles McNall, Michigan State University
Rachel Marks, U.S. Census
Dr. Minal Patel, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dr. Carmel Price, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Roberto Ramirez, U.S. Census
Dr. Jen’nan Ghazal Read, Duke University
Dr. Ken Resnicow, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dr. Karen Rignall, University of Kentucky
Dr. Muniba Saleem, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maxwell Salvatore, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Helen Samhan, Independent researcher, formerly AAI and AANM
Dr. Rita Stephan, North Carolina State University
Dr. Rose Wellman, University of Michigan–Dearborn