MESA mourns the passing of former MESA President John L. Esposito who died July 15, 2026. He was the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Religion and International Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He also served as the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the founding director of The Bridge Initiative on Protecting Pluralism and Ending Islamophobia.
For more information, see the announcement by ACMCU here.