Refuse Fascism Creators & Guests

Aziz Rana is an American legal scholar and author who currently serves as Professor of Law and Government at Boston College specializing in American constitutional law.

Dr. Nazia Kazi is an anthropologist and educator based in Philadelphia. Her work explores the role of Islamophobia and racism in the context of global politics. She has lived in Dubai, New York City, and the Chicagoland area.She is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stockton University in New Jersey, where she teaches courses on race, ethnicity, immigration, and Islam in the U.S. She is the author of Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics, out now in an expanded second edition from Rowman & Littlefield. Kazi is also a faculty affiliate of the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights.

Dr. Anthea D. Butler is a historian of African American and American religion. She is a Professor of Religion and the Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies.Butler has appeared on CNN, BBC, and MSNBC, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other outlets. Her first book, "Women in the Church of God in Christ: Making A Sanctified World," was published in 2007.Butler received a B.A. from the University of Houston–Clear Lake, an M.A. in Theology from the Fuller Theological Seminary in California, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University.

Dahlia Lithwick is a writer and journalist. Currently, she is a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate.