Education
Newman holds a Bachelor in History from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude, as well as a Master of Arts and Phd in Islamic Studies from University of California, Los Los Angeles
Newman holds a Bachelor in History from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude, as well as a Master of Arts and Phd in Islamic Studies from University of California, Los Los Angeles
As well as a large number of academic articles on Islamic Studies and Persian History, he has authored two books: The Formative Period of Shi"i Law: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (2000) and Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire (2006) (Reviews:).