Fait Muedini is the Frances Shera Fessler Associate Professor of International Studies, a faculty fellow for the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab, as well as the Director of International Studies at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University at Buffalo, SUNY, a M.A. in   International Affairs from the American University School of International Service, and a B.A. in Political Science from Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan.

His teaching and research interests are centered on issues of human rights, Islam and politics, the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, LGBTI Rights, Gender Rights, Children’s Rights, as well as Non-Duality and Mystical Traditions, Sufi Poetry, Blockchain Technology and Human Rights, and Art and Existentialism.

His latest books are:

Academic:

LGBTI Rights In Turkey: Sexuality and the State in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press).

Poetry

 The Muses Will Love You Dearly (Kennedy & Boyd)

 Idolatry of the Translated Forms (Sufi Poetry) (Kennedy & Boyd)