Research & Publications

Wasif, R., & Bhati, A. How Mission-Driven Organizations Work with AI: A Cointelligence Framework. Edward Elgar Publishing. Forthcoming.

Siddiqui, S., Samad, A., & Wasif, R. Nonprofit Collaborations in Diverse Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in Muslim-led Organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Siddiqui, S., Wasif, R., & Hughes, M. Understanding Muslim Philanthropy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Sandberg, B., Wasif, R., & Hand, L. (2025). Addressing the promise and peril of AI for nonprofit management through a data feminist pedagogy. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 31(2), 123–140.

Hand, L., Wasif, R., & Sandberg, B. Reconsidering public value creation of artificial intelligence in the public sector: A data feminist approach. Revise & Resubmit, Public Administration.

Bhati, A., & Wasif, R. Who's using AI? Exploring determinants of AI usage among nonprofit organizations in the United States. Under review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Ebrahim, T., & Wasif, R. (In Press). Innovation Originators. Michigan Technology Law Review.

Wasif, R., Paarlberg, A., Siddiqui, S., & King, D. (2025). Racialized minorities, discrimination, and support for civil rights during crisis. Nonprofit Policy Forum. Advance online publication.

Siddiqui, S., Samad, A., & Wasif, R. (2025). Collaboration through trust building: Building trust among racialized and stigmatized nonprofits. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Advance online publication.

Siddiqui, S., Wasif, R., & Paarlberg, A. (2025). Broadening the definition of philanthropy: Understanding US citizens' embrace of Muslim philanthropic traditions. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Advance online publication.

Noor, Z., Wasif, R., & Siddiqui, S. (2024). Volunteering in the middle of crisis and politicization. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 53(2), 345–372.

Wasif, R., Siddiqui, S., & Noor, Z. (2024). Navigating identity through social media: Twitter use of Muslim-American nonprofits. Voluntary Sector Review.

Siddiqui, S., Samad, A., & Wasif, R. (2024). Building partnerships through third-party facilitation. Voluntary Sector Review.

Wasif, R. (2023). Did 9/11 affect donations to Islamic charities in the United States? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 52(5), 1475–1495.

Noor, Z., Wasif, R., Siddiqui, S., & Khan, S. (2022). Racialized minorities, trust, and crisis: Muslim-American nonprofits, their leadership and government relations during COVID-19. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 32(3), 341–364.

Wasif, R. (2021). Terrorists or Persecuted? The Portrayal of Islamic Nonprofits in US Newspapers Post 9/11. VOLUNTAS.

Wasif, R. (2020). Does the Media's Anti-Western Bias Affect its Portrayal of NGOs in the Muslim World? VOLUNTAS.

Wasif, R., & Prakash, A. (2017). Do government and foreign funding influence individual donations to religious nonprofits? Nonprofit Policy Forum, 8, 237–273.

Wasif, R., & Prakash, A. (2022). Pakistan is seeking flood assistance — but not from foreign NGOs. Washington Post.

Hughes, M., Wasif, R., & Siddiqui, S. (2022). How Muslim Americans meet their charitable obligations. The Chronicle of Philanthropy & The Conversation.

Wasif, R., & Siddiqui, S. (2021). US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020. The Conversation.

Wasif, R., & Ali, M. (2025). Islamic framework and UN SDG 1: Eradicating poverty through faith-based humanitarianism. Islamic Relief.

Muslim American Giving Report (2023); Muslim American Zakat Report (2023 & 2022); Pluralism in Muslim American Philanthropy Report (2022). Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University.