His research and teaching interests include religion and politics, cross cultural communication, Muslims in the West, and contemporary Islamic thought. He has also taught courses on Islamic reform movements at the International Institute of Islamic Thought. His publications include The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada (2002) and the edited volume Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies (2007). He is also the author of "Americanizing Islamists" (The American Interest, 2011) and "The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States: Citizens with Foreign Attachments?" (Middle East Policy, 2010).