
Eliana Abu-Hamdi
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Associate Dean for Research, School of Architecture

Hossein Bashiriyeh
Teaching Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise

Zachary J. Braiterman
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor, Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Stanford University, Department of Religious Studies (1995)
Areas of Expertise

Omar Cheta
Assistant Professor, History Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise
Michal Downie
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Hebrew, College of Arts and Sciences

Ken Frieden
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
B.G. Rudolph Professor of Judaic Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., Yale University

Rania Habib
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Program Coordinator and Associate Professor, Arabic, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008

Timur Hammond
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Research Affiliate, South Asia Center
Research Affiliate, Center for European Studies
Areas of Expertise

Susan Henderson
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor, Architecture, School of Architecture
Areas of Expertise

Catherine Herrold
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies
Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
Collaborative and Participatory Governance
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Tazim R. Kassam
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Associate Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., McGill University, 1993

Fethi Keles
Part-time Instructor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise

Osamah F. Khalil
Professor, History Department
Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise

Natalie Koch
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise

Jaklin Kornfilt
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Director and Professor, Linguistic Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1985

Sandra D. Lane
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor of Public Health, Falk College
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Research Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Upstate Medical University

Eva Phillips
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Arabic, College of Arts & Sciences

Kara Richardson
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences

Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department
Professor, International Relations
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Yüksel Sezgin
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Research Affiliate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise

Erella Brown Sofer
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Hebrew, College of Arts & Sciences

Sevinç Türkkan
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, College of Arts & Sciences

James W. Watts
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

Yael Zeira
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration