Thomas Dolan is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at George Washington University whose research examines Middle Eastern diaspora in order to trouble categories of race and citizenship. A graduate of Yale and New York University, he has also received grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom, Institute for Middle East Studies, Bentley Historical Library, Jeffrey C. Kasch Foundation and the Armenian General Benevolent Union.