
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
Michal Downie
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Hebrew, College of Arts and Sciences

Carol W.N. Fadda
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Associate Professor, English, 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
Program Coordinator and Associate Professor, Arabic, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008

Timur Hammond
Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
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
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Ph.D., Duke University, 2013
Areas of Expertise

Violette F. Humsi
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Arabic, College of Arts & Sciences

Jeanette S. Jouili
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Associate Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

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

Amos Kiewe
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor, Communications and Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Ph.D., Ohio University
Areas of Expertise

Natalie Koch
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
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

Dana M. Olwan
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts & Sciences

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
Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1977
Ms.PH, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983
Areas of Expertise

Erella Brown Sofer
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Part-Time Instructor, Hebrew, 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
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Ph.D., New York University, 2012