Bio

Abdul Ali—poet, writer, scholar, and nonprofit professional—is currently a doctoral student in American Studies at the University of Maryland. Mr. Ali is the founder and principal of The Ali Consultancy, a boutique consulting firm that seeks to provide strategy, project management, and capacity building to community projects. Mr. Ali has held distinguished teaching appointments at Johns Hopkins University, Howard University, and Goucher College. He is the recipient of the 2019 Ruby Grant, from the Robert Deutsch Foundation. His debut collection of poems, Trouble Sleeping, won the 2014 New Issues Poetry Book Prize.