Dagli is of
Karachay and
Circassian origin and was born in the United States to parents who migrated from
Turkey. His father was born in the Caucasus and his mother was born in Turkey to the diaspora. He graduated from
Cornell University with a B.A. in
Near Eastern studies and completed his M.A in
religion with special emphasis on
Islam from
George Washington University. He received his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from
Princeton University. From 2005 to 2008, he served as an assistant professor at
Roanoke College in
Salem,
Virginia and was an advisor for interfaith affairs to the
Royal Hashemite Court of
Jordan from 2006 to 2007. As a
Muslim, Dagli was a signatory to the open letter,
A Common Word Between Us and You. ==Works==