Academic Appointments and Affiliations
- Boulder Faculty Association: representative (RLST) (2018-)
- Center for the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education (Universidad de Alicante), Member (2017-)
- The Center for the Study of Conversion, (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) (2014-)
- Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder (2014-)
- Research Associate, Humanities, University of California Santa Cruz (2012-)
- Associated Faculty, Center for Asian Studies: University of Colorado at Boulder (2016–)
- Associated Faculty: Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Program (2015-)
- Associated Faculty, History: University of Colorado at Boulder (2010–)
- Humanities Core Faculty: University of Colorado at Boulder (2011–)
- Associated Faculty: Jewish Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder (2011–)
- Executive Committee: Jewish Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder (2017–2018)
- Director of Undergraduate Studies & Associate Chair, Religious Studies University of Colorado at Boulder (2012-2015)
- Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Chair, Religious Studies University of Colorado at Boulder (2012)
- Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder (2010-14)
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA (2012-)
- Associate Professor, History: University of California Santa Cruz (2002–2012)
- Affiliated Faculty: Jewish Studies, University of California Santa Cruz (2006–2012)
- Università di Messina, external faculty (PhD program) (2007–2012)
Research:
- The Mediterranean Seminar, Co-Director (2009–)
- Colorado Mediterranean Studies Group, Co-convenor (w/ Claire Farago, Art & Art History, CU Boulder)
- UC Mediterranean Studies Multi-Campus Research Project, PI (2009–)
- UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies, co-Director (2009–)
- NEH Summer Institute (Barcelona), co-Director (2008–)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Barcelona),
- La Corona d'Aragó, l'Islam i el món mediterrani (Generalitat de Catalunya: Consolidated Research Group: 2009 SGR 1452, dir.: Roser Salicrú i Lluch), Project Member (2009–)
- La Corona de Aragón en el Mediterráneo medieval: puente entre culturas, mediadora entre Cristiandad e Islam (Miniserio de Ciencia e Innovación: Research Project: HUM2007-61131, dir: Roser Salicrú i Lluch), Project Member (2009–
- The Crown of Aragon in the Medieval Mediterranean: Bridge between Cultures, Mediator between Christendom and the Islamic World (Spanish MEC: Research Project, dir.: M.T. Ferrer i Mallol), Project Associate (2007–2010)
- The Crown of Aragon in the Medieval Mediterranean: Bridge between Cultures, Mediator between Christendom and the Islamic World (Spanish MEC: Research Project, dir.: M.T. Ferrer i Mallol), Project Member (2001–-2005 & 2005–2009)
- Becari (doctoral fellow): La Corona d'Aragó i els Països Islàmics a la Baixa Edat Mitjana: el Marc Político-militar i els Intercanvis Econòmics i Culturals (1996–1999)
- Boston University, Institute for Medieval Studies: Visiting Scholar (Post-doctoral Fellowship)
Supervisor: Thomas F. Glick (2000–2002)
Professional Societies:
Service:
- Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee, Middle East Studies Association: Chair (2018)
- American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain Executive Council: Member (2017-)
- American Academy of Religion: “Pre-Modern Europe & the Mediterranean” Consultation: Co-Chair (w/ David Freidenreich, Colby College) (2015-)
- “Premio del Rey” Book Prize, American Historical Association: Committee Member (2014-17 [recused] & 2008-10)
- American Academy of Research Historians of Spain: Executive Council Member (2010-17)
- Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Book Prize Committee Member (2016)
- American Academy of Religion: Member/ "Mediterranean Consultation" Steering Committee (2010-15)
- Medieval Academy of America: Book Review Editor (Late Medieval), Speculum (2009-2012)
- Middle East Studies Association: Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee,Member (2017)
- NEH Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center. Selection Committee: Member (2018)
- NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions Selection Committee, Member (2012)
- American Academy of Research Historians of Spain: President (2008–2010)
- American Academy of Research Historians of Spain: Newsletter Editor (2006–2008)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: proposal reviewer (2017)
Memberships:
- American Academy of Research Historians of Spain: Member
- American Historical Association, Member
- Canadian Society of Medievalists, Member
- Medieval Academy of America, Member
- Mediterranean Studies Association, Member
- Middle East Medievalists, Member
- Middle East Studies Association, Member
- Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics, Member
- Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Member
- Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Member
- The New Salerno Medical School Association (Salerno, Italy): Honorary Member
Editorial Service:
- Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean: Editorial Board Member
- Circolarità Mediterranee/Mediterranean Circularities (Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider): Monograph Series, Board Member
- Mediterranea (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain): Advisory Board Member
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online: "al-Andalus" section, Editor-in-Chief
- Scripta Mediterranea: Editorial Board Member
- World Association of Global Diaspora Studies: Editorial Board Member
- American Journal of Mediterranean Studies: Advisory Board Member
- Mediterranean Studies (Palgrave MacMillan): Series Co-Editor
- "Anejos" del Anuario de Estudios Medievales (CSIC, Barcelona): Editorial Committee, monograph series (2010–)
- Speculum (Medieval Academy of America): Book Review Editor, Late Middle Ages (2009–)
- postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies (Palgrave): Editorial Board Member (2008–)
- Mediterranean Chronicle (Ionian University, Corfu): Editorial Board Member (2008–)
- Aragón en la Edad Media (Universidad de Zaragoza): Editorial Board Member (2008–)
- Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (Taylor Francis): Editorial Executive Board Member (2012-2018)
- Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (Taylor Francis): Editorial Board Member (2007–2012)
- Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum (Universitat de Lleida): Editorial Board Member (2007–)
- AARHMS Newsletter (American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain): Editor (2006–2007)
Manuscript and Editorial Review:
- Al-Masaq
- American Historical Review
- Anthem Press
- Aragon en la Edad Media
- Arc Humanities Press
- Brill Academic Publishers
- California History-Social Science Project
- Cambridge University Press
- Chicago University Press
- Columbia University Press
- Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Enslow Publishers, Inc.
- Florilegium
- Fons Luminis
- Harvard University Press
- Hurst & Co
- International Journal of Middle East Studies
- Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies
- The Journal of Medieval Worlds
- Journal of Mediterranean Studies
- Journal of Religious History
- La Corónica
- Libraries & the Cultural Record
- Longman Publishers
- Medieval Encounters
- Mediterranean Studies
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Owlkids
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online
- Oxford University Press
- Palgrave/ MacMillan
- Reti Medievali – Rivista
- Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
- Revista Estudios Medievales Hispánicos
- Routledge
- Routledge (Anthropology)
- Routledge (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East)
- Speculum
- Studies in Church History
- Studies in Late Antiquity
- Tamid
- The Medieval Globe
- University of California Press
- University of Edinburgh Press
- University of Indiana Press
- University of North Carolina Press
- University of Notre Dame Press
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- University of Toronto Press
- Viator
- Wiley
Tenure and promotion review:
- Associate Professor in the School of Religion: University of Southern California
- Professor of History: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Assistant Professor of History, UC San Diego
- Professor of History: UC Riverside
- Associate Professor of History: University of Rhode Island
- Associate Professor of Literature: UC Santa Cruz
- Associate Professor of History: Rice University
- Associate Professor of History: Michigan State University
- Full Teaching Professor of History: State University of New York, New Paltz
- Associate Professor for History: Fordham University
- ExteAssociate Professor for History: Siena College
- NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions Selection Committee, Member (2012)
- NEH Summer Stipend Selection Committee, Member (2012; cancelled)
- Associate Professer: Romance Languages, University of Michigan
- Associate Professer: History, Gettysburg College
- Associate Professer: History, University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Professer: Religious Studies, Lawrence University
- Associate Professer: History, University of Southern California
- Associate Professer: History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- “Criminal Law and the Development of the Assizes of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century” (PhD Dissertation: Centre for Medieval Studies: University of Toronto), External Examiner
- Stanford Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences: Fellowship selection committee, member (2010)
- NEH Media Makers Grant Selection Committee, Member (2007)