Mehammed Amadeus Mack earned his doctorate in French and comparative literature from Columbia University, where he completed a dissertation titled “Immigration and Sexual Citizenship: Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Contemporary France.” He is the author of Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture (Fordham University Press, 2017). His research focuses on contemporary immigration to France, gender and sexuality, diversity in the banlieues, and the relation between culture and politics.