James Joseph Zogby (born 1945) is the founder and president of the
Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.â€"based organization
that serves as a political and policy research arm of the
Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research
Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and
undertaking polling across the Arab world. In September 2013 President
Obama appointed Zogby to the United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East
issues and a Visiting Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
at New York University Abu Dhabi. From 2001 to 2017 he was a member of
the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee.Zogby's
father, Joseph, immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in 1922.
He eventually obtained citizenship through a government policy of
amnesty and worked as a grocer. He married Celia Ann, a teacher, also
born with the surname "Zogby"; they lived in Utica, New York, where
their children were born. Zogby, like his parents, is Catholic.He
attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, graduating in 1967
with a bachelor's degree in economics. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in
Islamic studies from Temple University in 1975. He studied at
Princeton University in 1976 as a National Endowment for the
Humanities post-doctoral fellow.
Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.â€"based organization
that serves as a political and policy research arm of the
Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research
Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and
undertaking polling across the Arab world. In September 2013 President
Obama appointed Zogby to the United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East
issues and a Visiting Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
at New York University Abu Dhabi. From 2001 to 2017 he was a member of
the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee.Zogby's
father, Joseph, immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in 1922.
He eventually obtained citizenship through a government policy of
amnesty and worked as a grocer. He married Celia Ann, a teacher, also
born with the surname "Zogby"; they lived in Utica, New York, where
their children were born. Zogby, like his parents, is Catholic.He
attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, graduating in 1967
with a bachelor's degree in economics. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in
Islamic studies from Temple University in 1975. He studied at
Princeton University in 1976 as a National Endowment for the
Humanities post-doctoral fellow.
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