Aleena Khan is an Associate Policy Researcher at the Bridging Divides Initiative. Aleena is also a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she currently serves as a consultant on the Data Analytics Team at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL). Her current academic research focuses on understanding American identity and perceptions of anti-Americanism in the United States. Aleena holds a B.A. in political science from Simmons University and currently resides in Urbana, Illinois. Find her on twitter @aleenakhxn.