Nabil Ouassini is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from Indiana University at Bloomington and his research interests include comparative criminal justice, international criminology, Arab criminology, transnational crime, legitimation and legitimacy, and criminal justice reform. Anwar Ouassini is a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice and received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of New Mexico. His research interests include political sociology, sociology of religion, and comparative criminal justice systems.

He is currently working on projects that explore the intersection of race and religious identities in the Arab World, the relationship between civil society, social movements, and democratic development in West Africa, and Criminal Justice Reform in the Maghreb.