Selected Media Appearances and Quotes in Articles
"Building Peace through Self-Awareness and Connection" Natalie Bislamyan, Daily Sundial (November 2024)
"Centers Bridge Fields of Study and Forge Creative Partnerships" Jo Ann DeAsy, Association for Theological Schools (February 2023)
"How A Pluralist Views Democracy's Beautiful, Messy Tensions," Monique Parsons, Interfaith America (November 7, 2022)
"Denied a Faculty Job for Marrying a Gay Couple," Josh Moody, Inside Higher Education (April 27, 2022)
"Kyle Rittenhouse's Not Guilty Verdict Gives Protestors a New Threat to Worry About," Anthea Butler, MSNBC (Nov. 23, 2021)
"Divine Intervention and Disaster Preparation," by Rebecca Root, Devex (June 11, 2021).
Episode 29, The PodQast, (May, 27, 2021)
"Rebuilding the Good Society," by Zeenat Rahman, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, (Fall 2020)
Episode 5, Three Righteous Mamas Podcast (November 19, 2020)
"To Build a Pluralistic Democratic America: Faith must be on the agenda," by Dan Porterfield, Forbes (October 19, 2020)
"Millennials Lose Hope in Pandemic," by Cullen Paradis, International Business Times (September 29, 2020)
"Mosques raise a big part of their budget during Ramadan. Under coronavirus quarantine, key funding is at risk," by Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times (April 25, 2020)
"Seder by Videoconference," by Clare Ansberry, Wall Street Journal (April 5, 2020)
"Covid19 and Community" Take Two, KPCC (March 16, 2020)
"Covid-19 Upends American Religious Life," by Trevor Bach, US News and World Report (March 13, 2020)
"Walking Through an Unbalanced World," Indoctrination Podcast with Rachel Bernstein, (2019)
"Religious Questions: Are Spiritual Advisors to the President Constitutional?," by Wyatt Massey, Times Free Press (Aug. 9, 2019)
"Are Young People Finding Religion, and Where," Greater LA, KCRW (June 17, 2019)
"The Gripping Case of Scott Warren," The Economist (June 15, 2019)
"Aubrey Cox, Joseph Ottenstein Wedding," New York Times (June 2, 2019)
"US Muslims Increasingly Harassed for Working with Jewish Groups," Haaretz (Aug. 31, 2018)
"Brie Loskota Interview" Radio Azad: Peace in the Home (August 20, 2018)
"LA Moms to ICE: End Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy and Stop Ripping Families Apart," LA Daily News (July 3, 2018)
"We Decided to be Builders," Meeting the Moment Podcast with Edina Lekovic, Episode 10 (June 29, 2018).
"Faith and the #MeToo Movement," KPCC in Person (May 24, 2018) [link includes video]
"Using Music to Tackle Hate," Aspen Institute, (May 17, 2018).
"The Influential Network for a New Generation of American Muslim Leaders" by Monique Parsons, Religion & Politics, (January 17, 2018).
"Yiannopoulos' fall might prove that America's moral center is still intact" Take Two, KPCC (February 24, 2017).
"Election Day Fervor Catches on at Churches, Mosques, and Temples" AirTalk with Larry Mantle, KPCC (November 7, 2016).
“Les Demons de L’Amerique,” Radio Television Suisse (October 21, 2016).
"The Brood: How families incorporate religion into their kids' lives," Take Two, KPCC (July 5, 2016).
"When God seems silent: Communities make sense of tragedy through love and togetherness," Take Two, KPCC (June 20, 2016).
“For many faith-based communities in the U.S., religious liberty has few limitations,” Take Two, KPCC (March 29, 2016).
"Loskota at USC Roundtable on Security with Clinton," USC CRCC (March 24, 2016).
"Why we pray after mass shootings," Take Two, KPCC (December 3, 2015).
"The United States Will Never Win the Propaganda War Against the Islamic State," by Manal Omar, Foreign Policy (January 9, 2015).
"Generations of Religious Leadership Sit Down Together," by Lia Mandelbaum, The Interfaith Observer (December 15, 2014).
"Millennials and Religion," Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (November 7, 2014).
"Why Do So Many Millennials Keep Kosher?" AirTalk w/Larry Mantle, KPCC (September 25, 2014).
"Are California's Laws Prohibiting Workplace Religious Discrimination Enough?" by Sarah Parvini, KCET (September 15, 2014).
"First Amendment and Religious Accommodation" Take Part Live, Pivot TV (January 15, 2014).
“Flirting with new faiths: Christian pastor goes atheist for a year” AirTalk w/Larry Mantle, KPCC (Jan. 9, 2014).
"In Thailand, US Evangelicals Work to End Prostitution," by Ruxandra Guidi, Washington Post (January 6, 2014).
"A Jew and a Muslim?: LA-based NewGround Wants to Show We Can All Get Along" by Jonah Lowenfeld, Jewish Journal (July 31, 2013).
“Religion and Millennials” Take Part Live, Pivot TV (October 21, 2013).
"Is Your Disaster Theology Inclusive," by Susan Kim, United Methodist Committee on Relief (December 4, 2012).
"New Report Highlights Importance of Religious Groups Involvement In Disaster Response and Recovery," by Ruxandra Guidi, KPCC (November 1, 2012).
"American Muslims' lives were altered by 9/11 attacks," by By Teresa Rochester, Ventura County Star (December 21, 2011).
LACityView Channel 35, Los Angeles, CA
Moderator, “Religious Pluralism: Forum on Poverty and Homelessness,” (October 2011).
Moderator, “Religious Pluralism: Shaping the American Identity,” (June 2011).
"USC Program Helps to Train Young Muslim Leaders," Voice of America (February 17, 2011).
"Working to Boost Social Activism Among Muslims" by Nomi Morris, Los Angeles Times (January 1, 2011).
“We are LA: How Middle East Conflict Impacts LA” LACityView Channel 35 (June 2009).
