Mimi Kirk was previously Program Manager at the Middle East Studies Association and Managing Director of Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network. She serves on the Board of Americans for Middle East Understanding and as the director of the new Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism, as well as editor of the Journal for the Study of Christian Zionism. Ms. Kirk has co-edited six volumes on Arab world issues and her writing has appeared in Middle East Report, the Atlantic, Jadaliyya, and Al Jazeera, among other publications. She has been teaching the MAAS thesis workshop since 2019.