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The University of Arizona’s experts on Islam & the Middle East

(updated May 2016)

UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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Faculty Index Sorted by Country/Region of Expertise

Afghanistan Suzanne E. Bott (p.2) David J. Dunford (p.4) David N. Gibbs (p.7) Atifa R. Rawan (p.13) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Africa Northern Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Leslie Boyer (p.3) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) Algeria Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Janet Sturman (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Arab World Carine Bourget (p.3) Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) Saad Dagher (p.4) David J. Dunford (p.4) Shahira Fahmy (p.5) Charles M. Falco (p.5) Samira Farwaneh (p.6) Faten Ghosn (p.7) Iman A. Hakim (p.8) Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Leila Hudson (p.9) Maha Nassar (p.11) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Classical Period – Adel S. Gamal (p.7) Arizona Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Azerbaijan Leonard Hammer (p.8)

Bahrain J.E. Peterson (p.12) Balkans Lisa Adeli (p.1) Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Bosnia – David N. Gibbs (p.7) Central Asia John W. Olsen (p.12) Jennifer Post (p.12) China John W. Olsen (p.12) Colorado River Basin Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Egypt Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) Pearce Paul Creasman (p.4) David J. Dunford (p.4) Charles M. Falco (p.5) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) William Schmidt (p.14) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Janet Sturman (p.15) Akrum Tamimi (p.16) Maggy Zanger (p.17) France Carine Bourget (p.3) Greece Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Gulf States Charles M. Falco (p.5) Leila Hudson (p.9) J.E. Peterson (p.12)


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Iberia David L. Graizbord (p.7) India Richard M. Eaton (p.5) Iran Anne H. Betteridge (p.2) Richard M. Eaton (p.5) Simin Karimi (p.9) Janet Sturman (p.15) Kamran Talattof (p.16) Iraq Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Suzanne E. Bott (p.2) David J. Dunford (p.4) Leila Hudson (p.9) Jeannine Relly (p.13) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) J. Edward Wright (p.17) Maggy Zanger (p.17) Islamic World Richard M. Eaton (p.5) Israel Matthew Abraham (p. 1) David L. Graizbord (p.7) Leonard Hammer (p.8) Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Janet Sturman (p.15) Asher Susser (p.16) Akrum Tamimi (p.16) Adam Ussishkin (p.17) J. Edward Wright (p.17) Italy Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10)

Jordan Mark Frederickson (p.6) Margaret Livingston (p.10) Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Asher Susser (p.16) Akrum H. Tamimi (p.16) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Kosovo David N. Gibbs (p.7) Kurdistan Maggy Zanger (p.17) Kuwait James J. Riley (p.13) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Latin America R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Lebanon Mark Frederickson (p.6) Faten Ghosn (p.7) Leila Hudson (p.9) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Janet Sturman (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Levant Carine Bourget (p.3) Faten Ghosn (p.7) Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11) Maha Nassar (p.11) Maghrib Carine Bourget (p.3) Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Mauritania Donald C. Slack (p.15)


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Mediterranean Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Eastern Mediterranean – Pearce Paul Creasman (p.4) Malta – Adam Ussishkin (p.17) Mexico Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Middle East (All) Lisa Adeli (p.1) Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Anne H. Betteridge (p.2) Carine Bourget (p.3) Leslie Boyer (p.3) Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) David J. Dunford (p.4) Shahira Fahmy (p.5) Benjamin Fortna (p.6) Faten Ghosn (p.7) R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Scott Lucas (p.10) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Akrum H. Tamimi (p.16) Mongolia John W. Olsen (p.12) Jennifer Post (p.12) Morocco Leslie Boyer (p.3) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Janet Sturman (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Oman David J. Dunford (p.4) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Pakistan Adele Barker (p.2)

Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Palestine Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Mark Frederickson (p.6) Leila Hudson (p.9) Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Maha Nassar (p.11) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Asher Susser (p.16) Akrum Tamimi (p.16) Qatar Charles M. Falco (p.5) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Russia Adele Barker (p.2) John W. Olsen (p.12) Saudi Arabia David J. Dunford (p.4) Charles M. Falco (p.5) Mark Frederickson (p.6) J.E. Peterson (p.12) James J. Riley (p.13) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Senegal Donald C. Slack (p.15) Southern Europe Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) Spain R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Janet Sturman (p.15) Sri Lanka Adele Barker (p.2) Sudan James J. Riley (p.13)


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Syria Saad Dagher (p.4) Leila Hudson (p.9) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Tunisia Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Turkey Cihan Artunc (p.2) Benjamin Fortna (p.6) Steven L. Kuhn (p.9)

Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Jennifer Post (p.12) Brian Silverstein (p.14) Janet Sturman (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) United Arab Emirates Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Charles M. Falco (p.5) J.E. Peterson (p.12) James J. Riley (p.13) Yemen R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Scott Lucas (p.10) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Mort Rosenblum (p.14)

Faculty Index Sorted by Field of Expertise

Agriculture James J. Riley (p.13) Arab-Israeli Conflict David J. Dunford (p.4) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Arabic Language Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) Saad Dagher (p.4) Samira Farwaneh (p.6) Adel S. Gamal (p.7) Iman A. Hakim (p.8) Archaeology Balkans – Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Central Asia – John W. Olsen (p.12) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Dendrochronology - Pearce Paul Creasman (p.4), Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Egypt – Pearce Paul Creasman (p.4) Israel – Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11) Near East – Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11)

Turkey – Steven L. Kuhn (p.9) , Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Architecture Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) Mark Frederickson (p.6) R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Byzantine – Peter Ian Kuniholm (p.10) Landscape –Margaret Livingston (p.10) Arid Environments/Water Management Suzanne E. Bott (p.2) Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Akrum H. Tamimi (p.16) Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Art Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Nancy Odegaard (p.12)


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Biblical Studies Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11) J. Edward Wright (p.17) Conflict Palestinian-Israeili – Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Faten Ghosn (p.7) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Maggy Zanger (p.17) Culture Lisa Adeli (p.1) Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Adele Barker (p.2) Anne H. Betteridge (p.2) Suzanne E. Bott (p.2) Leila Hudson (p.9) Brian Silverstein (p.14) Egyptian – Nader V. Chalfoun (p.3) State and Society Relations – Benjamin Fortna (p.6) Jewish – David L. Graizbord (p.7) Heritage Conservation - Nancy Odegaard (p.12) Ecology Urban – Margaret Livingston (p.10) Dendroclimatology – Ramzi Touchan (p.16) Economy History – Cihan Artunc (p.2) Leila Hudson (p.9) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Brian Silverstein (p.14) Education Matthew Abraham (p.1) Lisa Adeli (p.1) Benjamin Fortna (p.6) Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Atifa R. Rawan (p.13) Film Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Carine Bourget (p.3)

Gender Issues Ancient Near East – Beth Alpert Nakhai (p.11) Women in the Middle East – Sama Alshaibi (p.1) France/Maghrib – Carine Bourget (p.3) History – Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Iran – Kamran Talattof (p.16) Iran/Shi’ism – Anne H. Betteridge (p.2) Islam – Maha Nassar (p.11) Maghrib – Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Public Health – Iman A Hakim (p.8) Geography Suzanne E. Bott (p.2) History Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Richard M. Eaton (p.5) Maha Nassar (p.11) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Charles D. Smith (p.15) Asher Susser (p.16) Ancient Near East – J. Edward Wright (p.17) Arab Science – Charles M. Falco (p.5) Early Jewish and Christian – J. Edward Wright (p.17) Late Ottoman and Republican Turkish – Brian Silverstein (p.14) Maritime – Pearce Paul Creasman (p.4) 20th Century Former Yugoslavia – Lisa Adeli (p.1) Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka History – Adele Barker (p.2) Jewish – David L. Graizbord (p.7) Egypt, 1976-1980, Under Sadat – William Schmidt (p.14) International Relations David J. Dunford (p.4) Faten Ghosn (p.7) David N. Gibbs (p.7) Leonard Hammer (p.8) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Islam David J. Dunford (p.4)


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Leila Hudson (p.9) Scott Lucas (p.10) Maha Nassar (p.11) Brian Silverstein (p.14) France – Carine Bourget (p.3) Muslims in America – Scott Lucas (p.10) Maha Nassar (p.11) Shi’ite Islam – Anne H. Betteridge (p.2) Scott Lucas (p.10) Journalism Shahira Fahmy (p.5) Jeannine Relly (p.13) Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Maggy Zanger (p.17) Language Teaching Arabic – Samira Farwaneh (p.6) Adel S. Gamal (p.7) Persian – Kamran Talattof (p.16) Library (Middle East Collections) Saad Dagher (p.4) Atifa R. Rawan (p.13) Linguistics Arabic – Samira Farwaneh (p.6) Hebrew – Adam Ussishkin (p.17) Maltese – Adam Ussishkin (p.17) Persian – Simin Karimi (p.9) Semitic Languages – Adam Ussishkin (p.17) Literature Arabic – Adel S. Gamal (p.7) Francophone Arab – Carine Bourget (p.3) Persian – Kamran Talattof (p.16) Rhetoric and Composition – Matthew Abraham (p.1) Mathematics Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Media Shahira Fahmy (p.5) Leila Hudson (p.9) Jeannine Relly (p.13)

Mort Rosenblum (p.14) Maggy Zanger (p.17) Middle East Politics David J. Dunford (p.4) Faten Ghosn (p.7) David N. Gibbs (p.7) Leila Hudson (p.9) J.E. Peterson (p.12) Iran – Kamran Talattof (p.16) Literature - Carine Bourget (p.3) Turkey – Brian Silverstein (p.14) Migration Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Eva-Maria Maggi (p.10) Julia Clancy-Smith (p.4) Modernization Brian Silverstein (p.14) Music Janet Sturman (p.15) Jennifer Post (p.12) Nationalism Arab/Jewish – Maha Nassar (p.11) Arab/Jewish – Charles D. Smith (p.15) Turkish – Brian Silverstein (p.14) Oil David J. Dunford (p.4) Pathology Akrum H. Tamimi (p.16) Photography Sama Alshaibi (p.1) Public Health Iman A. Hakim (p.8) Akrum H. Tamimi (p.16)


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Science Arab Science – Charles M. Falco (p.5) Lotfi Hermi (p.8) Terrorism David J. Dunford (p.4) Shahira Fahmy (p.5) Holocaust/Genocide Education – Lisa Adeli (p.1) Toxinology Leslie Boyer (p.3) Urbanization/Urban Planning Suzanne E. Bott (p.2)

Mark Frederickson (p.6) R. Brooks Jeffery (p.9) Urban Ecology – Margaret Livingston (p.10) U.S. Foreign Policy David J. Dunford (p.4) David N. Gibbs (p.7) Leila Hudson (p.9) Water Management Sharon B. Megdal (p.11) James J. Riley (p.13) Donald C. Slack (p.15) Ramzi Touchan (p.16)


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Matthew Abraham – Associate Professor, English Ph.D., Purdue University, 2003 M.A., University of Arkansas, 1998 B.A., University of Arkansas, 1995 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Palestine Fields of Expertise: Rhetoric and composition, Postcolonial theory, and Academic freedom

Office Phone (520) 626-0775 Home Phone (773) 682-9322 Email [email protected] Hours Tues, Thurs 10 am – 12 pm

Lisa Adeli – Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Ph.D., in History, University of Arizona M.A., in Applied Linguistics (Teaching ESL), Indiana University M.A., in History, Indiana University B.S., in Foreign Service, Georgetown University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Balkans, Middle East Fields of Expertise: History (20th century former-Yugoslavia), K-14 education about the Balkans and Middle East, Holocaust/genocide education.

Office Phone (520) 621-7904 Home Phone (520) 249-8120 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Sama Alshaibi – Associate Professor, Art M.F.A, University of Colorado B.A., Columbia College, Chicago Countries/Regions of Expertise: Palestine, Iraq, UAE, Middle East, North Africa Fields of Expertise: Photography, Video art, Installation, Art, Bodies, Borders and borderlands, Gender (esp. women in the Middle East and Muslim women), Exile, Diaspora, Migration, Identity, Transnational perspectives, Hybrid identities, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Refugees, Non-Western art history and contemporary art issues, Social activism, Social media in the Middle East, Illegal immigration (first-hand experience), Arab Americans, Muslim Americans

Office Phone (520) 292-8305 Home Phone (520) 269-6628 Email [email protected] Hours 10 am – 11 pm

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Cihan Artunc – Assistant Professor, Economics Ph.D., Economics, Yale University B.S., Mathematics, Boğaziçi University B.A., Economics, Boğaziçi University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Modern Turkey, Ottoman Empire Fields of Expertise: Economic history

Office Phone (520) 621-2028 Email [email protected] Hours N/A

Adele Barker – Professor, Russian and Slavic Studies Ph.D., New York University B.A., Northwestern University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Fields of Expertise: Stalinist Russia, Russia post-Stalin, Current situation in Pakistan, Sri Lankan Civil War and aftermath


Anne H. Betteridge – Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1985 M.A., University of Chicago, 1974 B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1971 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Iran, Middle East Fields of Expertise: Gender issues, Shi’i rituals, Iranian studies

Office Phone (520) 621-5456 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 9 am – 6 pm

Suzanne E. Bott – Project Director, College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture Ph.D., Colorado State University MPCD, University of Colorado – Denver B.A., University of Colorado – Boulder Countries/Regions of Expertise: Afghanistan, Iraq, Desert and Mountain Environments Fields of Expertise: Cultural and physical geography, Land planning, Urban planning, Reconstruction, Civil affairs and cultural stability, Historic preservation and heritage conservation

Office Phone (520) 626-3811 Home Phone (520) 603-0073 Email [email protected] Hours Mon, Thurs, by appointment






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Carine Bourget – Associate Professor, French & Francophone Studies Ph.D., Michigan State University 1997 M.A., Michigan State University 1992 B.A., University Paris VII, 1989 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World, Maghrib, Levant, France Fields of Expertise: Francophone literature and film of the Maghrib and the Middle East, Islam in literature, Islam in France, Politics and literature, History and literature, French language, Gender issues


Leslie Boyer – Director, Venom Immunotherapy, Pharmacology and Emergency Response Institute, Associate Professor of Pathology M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1985 B.S., Liberal Arts, University of Arizona 1981 Countries/Regions of Expertise: North Africa and Middle East, Experience in Morocco Fields of Expertise: Toxinology: Venom effects and antivenom development for treatment of snakebites and scorpion stings


Nader V. Chalfoun – Professor of Architecture and Environmental Science Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 1989 M.A., The University of Arizona, 1984 B.A., University of Cairo, 1973 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab Middle Eastern World, Southern Europe Fields of Expertise: Sustainable design, Energy conservation, Renewable energy, Middle East vernacular and modern architecture, Egyptian culture

Office Phone (520) 621-6751 (520) 621-6754 Email [email protected] Hours Tue 11am – 12 pm





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Julia Clancy-Smith – Professor, Department of History Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1988 M.A., Georgetown University, 1980 B.S.F.S., Georgetown University, 1972 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World, especially Maghrib and Tunisia, Mediterranean world Fields of Expertise: Modern North African and Middle Eastern history, Women’s/gender history, Migrations, Trans-Mediterranean histories, Comparative European empires and imperialism

Cell Phone (520) 271-7494 Home Phone (520) 529-0149 Email [email protected] Hours Any day of the week or weekend 10 am – 8 pm

Pearce Paul Creasman – Director, Egyptian Expedition, Curator, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Ph.D. in Nautical Archaeology/Anthropology, Texas A&M University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Egypt, Eastern Mediterranean Fields of Expertise: Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Egyptology, Dendrochronology, Maritime history, Seafaring


Saad Dagher – Library Information Analyst A.A., the Oriental Institute of Technical Sciences, Damascus, Syria, 1988. Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World Fields of Expertise: Arabic language, Library collections, Technology in libraries

Office Phone (520) 307-2832 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 7:30 am – 3:30 pm

David J. Dunford – U.S. Ambassador (Retired) and Adjunct Instructor of Political Science M.A. Stanford University, 1976 M.A., Stanford University, 1965 B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Afghanistan Fields of Expertise: Oil, Islam, Terrorism, U.S. policy toward Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict, Foreign Service careers







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Richard M. Eaton – Professor, Department of History Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1973 M.A. University of Virginia, 1967 B.A. College of Wooster, 1962 Countries/Regions of Expertise: India, Iran, the Islamic world Fields of Expertise: History of South Asia, History of medieval and early modern India, World history, Comparative history, History of Muslim societies

Office Phone (520) 621-8120 Email [email protected] Hours Mon, Wed, Fri 12pm – 1:30pm Note: Availability varies every semester, please email or call to confirm.

Shahira Fahmy – Professor, Journalism, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Communication, Government and Public Policy Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 2003 M.A., American University in Cairo, 2000 B.A., American University in Cairo, 1991 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World, Middle East Fields of Expertise: Arab media, War coverage, Visual reporting, Peace journalism, Terrorism

Office Phone (520) 621-7067 Email [email protected] [email protected] Hours Appointment via email

Charles M. Falco – Professor of Optical Sciences and Physics, Chair of Condensed Matter Physics Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1974 M.A., University of California, Irvine, 1971 B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1970 Countries/Regions of Expertise: He has lectured in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, and has a joint research program in collaboration with scientists in Qatar. Fields of Expertise: Medieval Arab science and Its effect on European civilization, State of science in the modern Arab world






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Samira Farwaneh – Associate Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Utah, 1995 M.A., University of Iowa, 1986 B.A., Kuwait University, 1977 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World Fields of Expertise: Arabic language, Linguistics, Pedagogy, Language & gender, Diglossia

Office Phone (520) 621-8629 Email [email protected] Hours Mon, Wed, Fri 12 pm– 5 pm Note: Availability varies every semester, please email or call to confirm.

Benjamin Fortna – Director and Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Chicago M.A., Columbia University B.A., Yale University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Middle East Fields of Expertise: History, Education, State and society relations


Mark Frederickson – Associate Professor, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1991 M. Arch., The University of Arizona, 1976 B. Arch., The University of Arizona, 1972 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia Fields of Expertise: Urban and small town revitalization, Sustainable community planning






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Adel S. Gamal – Professor, Arabic Literature, Middle Eastern and North African Studies – Retired Ph.D., Cairo University, Egypt, 1970 M. A., Cairo University, Egypt, 1964 B. A., Cairo University, Egypt, 1959 Countries/Regions of Expertise: All Arab countries in the classical period, 500-1258 Fields of Expertise: Classical and modern Arabic literature, Arabic language

Office Phone (520) 621-5465 Email [email protected] Hours Mon, Wed, Fri 10 am - 11 am Note: Availability varies every semester, please email or call to confirm.

Faten Ghosn – Associate Professor, International Relations Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 2006 M.A., American University of Beirut, 2000 B.A., American University of Beirut, 1998 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Lebanon, Arab World, Levant, Middle East Fields of Expertise: Conflict, Conflict management, International relations, Middle East politics, Negotiation, Transitional justice

Office Phone (520) 621-7321 Email [email protected] Hours Mon, Wed, Fri 9 am - 4 pm

David N. Gibbs – Associate Professor, History and Political Science Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989 M.A., Georgetown University, 1983 B.A., George Washington University, 1979 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo Fields of Expertise: US foreign policy, International relations


David L. Graizbord – Associate Professor, Judaic Studies Ph.D., History, University of Michigan, 2000 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Medieval and Early Modern Iberia Fields of Expertise: Jewish civilization, Medieval and early modern Jewish history, Modern Jewish history, Jewish mysticism (history and principal phenomena), The Spanish Inquisition, History of anti-Semitism

Office Phone (520) 626-5758 Email [email protected] Hours By appointment






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Iman A. Hakim – Dean, Professor, College of Public Health M.P.H., The University of Arizona, 1994 Ph.D., Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1988 M .Sc., Cairo University, Egypt, 1982 M.B.B.Ch., Cairo University, Egypt, 1978 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World Fields of Expertise: Arabic language, Gender issues, Public health issues


Leonard Hammer – Visiting Scholar and The David and Andrea Stein Visiting Professor of Modern Israel Studies, 2015 Ph.D., University of London (SOAS) LL.M., New York University J.D., Georgetown University B.A., Yeshiva University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Azerbaijan Fields of Expertise: International law, International human rights, International relations, International organizations, Holy places, Cultural heritage, Freedom of religion

Office Phone N/A Email [email protected] Hours N/A

Lotfi Hermi – Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia Countries/Regions of Expertise: Tunisia, Maghreb, Arab World Fields of Expertise: Mathematics, Math education, Science reform, Electoral theory and practice, Technology education

Office Phone (520) 626-0655 Home Phone (520) 481-4830 Email [email protected] Hours Tues, Thurs 2 pm – 3pm Or by appointment





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Leila Hudson – Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Anthropology, History Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1999 M.A., University of Michigan, 1991 B.A., Yale University, 1989 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Persian Gulf, Arab World Fields of Expertise: Politics, Culture, Religion, Media, Economic issues


R. Brooks Jeffery – Director, Drachman Institute, College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture M.A., The University of Arizona, 1992 B.Arch., The University of Arizona, 1983 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Yemen, the Middle East, Spain, Latin America Fields of Expertise: Architecture, Urban planning, Preservation, Islamic influences in Spanish colonial architecture and urbanism


Simin Karimi – Professor, Linguistics Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle/Washington, 1989 M.A., Tehran University, 1976 B.A., Tehran University, 1973 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Iran Fields of Expertise: Theoretical linguistics, Iranian languages in Iran and elsewhere (e.g., Turkey, Georgia, etc.)


Steven L. Kuhn – Professor, Anthropology Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1990 M.A., University of New Mexico, 1983 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey Fields of Expertise: Human evolution, Paleolithic archaeology, Prehistory







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Peter Ian Kuniholm – Research Professor, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Ph.D., Pennsylvania A.M., Vanderbilt A.B., Brown Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey, Greece, Balkans, Italy Fields of Expertise: Dendrochronology of the Aegean, Archaeology of the Aegean in the Iron Age, Bronze Age, and Neolithic, Byzantine architecture, Greek and Roman numismatics

Home Phone (207) 563-3919 Email [email protected] Hours Open

Margaret Livingston – Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 1992 M.S., The University of Arizona, 1985 B.S., The University of Arizona, 1983 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Jordan Fields of Expertise: Landscape architecture, Native plant communities, Urban ecology in the Southwestern U.S.


Scott Lucas – Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2002 B.A., Yale University, 1995 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Middle East, Yemen Fields of Expertise: Islam, Islamic law, Qur'an, Islam in America

Cell Phone (520) 979-6736 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Sun 10 am – 7 pm

Eva-Maria Maggi – Lecturer, School of Government and Public Policy Ph.D., Helmut-Schmidt University, Germany M.A., Eberhard-Karls University, Germany B.A., Leibniz University, Germany Countries/Regions of Expertise: Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, Germany, Italy Fields of Expertise: European Union: Neighborhood policy, MENA, Economics, Migration, Transatlantic relations: Cyber security, Trade

Cell Phone (406) 531-6037 Email [email protected] Hours Email to set up appointment Website www.evamaggi.com






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Sharon B. Megdal - Director, Water Resources Research Center and C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ph.D., Princeton University M.A., Princeton University A.B., Douglass College (Rutgers University) Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Arizona, Colorado River Basin, Mexico Fields of Expertise: Water Management, Water Policy, Transboundary Water Issues, Water Governance, Groundwater, Water Banking and Recharge


Beth Alpert Nakhai – Associate Professor, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 1993 M.A., The University of Arizona, 1985 M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1979 B.A., Connecticut College, 1972 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel and surrounding lands Fields of Expertise: Israel in antiquity, Women in the ancient Near East, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Biblical studies


Maha Nassar – Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2006 M.A., University of Chicago, 1999 B.A., Benedictine University, 1997 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Eastern Arab World, Palestine Fields of Expertise: Islam, Middle East history, Muslims in America, Nationalism, Women in Islam






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Nancy Odegaard – Professor of Anthropology Ph.D., Canberra Countries/Regions of Expertise: General Arid Lands Fields of Expertise: Cultural heritage conservation, Archaeology, Technical art history


John W. Olsen – Regents’ Professor, Anthropology Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1980 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1977 B.A., the University of Arizona, 1976 Countries/Regions of Expertise: China, Mongolia, Central Asia (Tibet, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Russia Fields of Expertise: Prehistoric archaeology


J.E. Peterson – Independent Historian and Political Analyst Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1977 M.A., The University of Arizona, 1971 B.A., The University of Arizona, 1970 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arabian Peninsula and Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen Fields of Expertise: Middle East politics, Arabian Peninsula politics, History, and Economics, Gulf security

Office Phone (520) 885-5457 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 9am – 6pm Sat-Sun 11am – 6pm

Jennifer Post – Lecturer, Music, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the School of Music, University of Western Australia Ph.D., University of Minnesota M.A., University of Minnesota M.S., Simmons College B.A., Beloit College Countries/Regions of Expertise: Central Asia, Western China, Western Mongolia, Turkic World Fields of Expertise: Ethnomusicology

Office Phone (520) 621-1255 Email [email protected] Hours Tues 1 – 2 pm






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Atifa R. Rawan – Middle East/Government Documents Librarian M.L.S, University of South Carolina, 1977 M.A, New York University, 1971 B.A., University of Hawaii, 1966 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Afghanistan Fields of Expertise: Afghanistan higher education, Digital library, Library infrastructure

Office Phone (520) 621-4867 Home Phone (520) 577-7846 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Wed 9 am – 2 pm

Jeannine Relly – Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Courtesy appointment, School of Government & Public Policy Ph.D., Arizona State University M.A., University of Arizona B.A., Virginia Tech Countries/Regions of Expertise: Iraq, Regional knowledge of trends with access to information and governance Fields of Expertise: News media development, News media in conflict and post-conflict situations, Influences of globalization on news media, Processes related to adoption of access to information legislation, Social movements and networks, Press-state relations, Democratic institutions, Public sector corruption issues

Office Phone (520) 621-7556 Home Phone (520) 250-1603 Email [email protected] Hours Open

James J. Riley – Associate Professor (Emeritus), Soil, Water and, Environmental Science Dept. Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 1968 M.S., The University of Arizona, 1964 B.S., The University of Arizona, 1959 Countries/Regions of Expertise: UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Fields of Expertise: International agriculture, Research and development, Environment, Water, Conservation, Saline water utilization

Office Phone (520) 591-4019 Email [email protected] Hours Open





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Mort Rosenblum – Professor of Practice, Journalism Post-graduate, Columbia University B.A., The University of Arizona Countries/Regions of Expertise: Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan Fields of Expertise: International affairs, Global issues in journalism, Conflict reporting

Office Phone (520) 971-5563 Email [email protected] Hours Any time through email

William Schmidt – Professor of Practice, School of Journalism B.A., University of Michigan Countries/Regions of Expertise: Egypt Fields of Expertise: 1976-1980, Under Sadat

Office Phone (520) 621-5909 Email N/A Hours N/A

Brian Silverstein – Associate Professor, Anthropology & Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1995 License, University of Strasbourg, 1993 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey Fields of Expertise: Culture, Religion, Politics, Modernization, Economy, Nationalism, Late Ottoman and Republican history (19th-21st centuries)





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Donald C. Slack – Professor and Interim Head, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Professor, Watershed Management, Cecil H. Miller, Jr. and Cecil H. Miller Senior Families, Dean’s Chair for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Sciences Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1975 M.S., University of Kentucky, 1968 B.S., University of Kentucky, 1965 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Morocco Fields of Expertise: Water resources engineering, irrigation, Watershed management, Bio-energy

Office Phone (520) 621-7230 Home Phone (520) 722-2162 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 9 am – 5 pm

Charles D. Smith – Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies (History) – Retired Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968 M.A., Harvard University, 1960 B.A., Williams College, 1958 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel and Palestine, Egypt, all Middle East Fields of Expertise: Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle East history, Nationalism, World War I, Anglo-French imperialism

Office Phone (520) 621-3542 (checked infrequently) Cell Phone (520) 271-7747 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Sun 10 am – 7 pm

Janet Sturman – Associate Dean, Graduate College, Professor, Music (Ethnomusicology) Ph.D., Columbia University, 1987 M.A., Hunter College, 1980 B.M., Wittenberg U., 1978 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Andalusian Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Algeria, Lebanon and Israel (only in relation to music) Fields of Expertise: Middle Eastern and North African musical traditions, Islamic perspectives on musical practices






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Asher Susser – Professor, Modern Israel Studies Ph.D., Tel Aviv University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Jordan, Palestine Fields of Expertise: Middle East history and politics


Kamran Talattof – Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996 M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994 B.A., University of Tehran, 1976 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Iran Fields of Expertise: Iranian politics, Gender issues, Literature, Ideology, Persian language

Office Phone (520) 621-2330 Home Phone (520) 878-9187 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Thurs 7 am - 9 am

Akrum Tamimi – Associate Research Professor, Soil Water and Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Ph.D., University of Arizona M.S., Tufts University B.S., University of Arizona B.S., Roger Williams University Countries/Regions of Expertise: Middle East: Gulf States, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Africa: Egypt Fields of Expertise: Arid environments/Water management, Pathology, Public health

Office Phone (520) 621-6163 Cell Phone (520) 834-2433 Email [email protected] Hours N/A

Ramzi Touchan– Professor, Dendroclimatology and Watershed Management Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 1991 M.S., The University of Arizona, 1986 B.S., Aleppo University, Syria, 1977 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Fields of Expertise: Dendroclimatology and Watershed management

Office Phone (520) 621-2992 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Fri 2 pm – 5 pm






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Adam Ussishkin – Associate Professor, Linguistics Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000 B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Israel, Malta Fields of Expertise: Semitic languages, Maltese, Hebrew, Linguistics, Word structure, Sound patterns, Language processing


J. Edward Wright – Professor, Judaic Studies Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1992 M.A., Brandeis University, 1987 Th.B., Multnomah University, 1980 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Ancient Israel, Ancient Iraq Fields of Expertise: Biblical studies, Ancient Near Eastern history, Early Jewish and Christian history and religion


Maggy Zanger – Professor of Practice, Journalism M.S.L. (Master’s of the Study of Law) Yale Law School, 1989 M.A., The University of Arizona, 1985 B.A., The University of Arizona, 1979 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Kurdistan, Iraq, Egypt Fields of Expertise: Kurdish media, Arab media, Iraqi media, media and conflict, media and humanitarian crises

Office Phone (520) 795-0113 Cell Phone (520) 661-2742 Email [email protected] Hours Mon-Sun 10 am – 9 pm




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