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Faculty Index sorted by Country/Region Expertise

Afghanistan David J. Dunford (p. 3) David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Atifa R. Rawan (p. 10) Mort Rosenblum (p.11) Algeria Mort Rosenblum (p.11) Janet Sturman (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Arabian Peninsula J.E. Peterson (p. 8) Arab World Carine Bourget (p. 2) Saad Dagher (p. 3) David J. Dunford (p. 3) Shahira Fahmy (p. 4) Charles M. Falco (p. 4) Samira Farwaneh (p. 4) Iman A Hakim (p. 6) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Maha Nassar (p. 9) Julia Clancy‐Smith (p. 2) Raik Zaghloul (p. 14) Bahrain J.E. Peterson (p. 8) Bosnia David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Central Asia John W. Olsen (p. 9) China John W. Olsen (p. 9) Egypt Nader V Chalfoun (p.2) David J. Dunford (p. 3) Charles M. Falco (p. 4) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11)

Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Janet Sturman (p. 12) Richard H. Wilkinson (p. 14) Maggy Zanger (p. 15) France Carine Bourget (p.2) Greece Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Gulf States Leila Hudson (p. 6) J.E. Peterson (p. 8) India Richard M. Eaton (p. 3) Iran Anne H. Betteridge (p. 1) Richard M. Eaton (p. 3) Simin Karimi (p. 7) Janet Sturman (p.12) Kamran Talattof (p. 13) Iraq David J. Dunford (p. 3) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Jacqueline E. Sharkey (p. 11) J. Edward Wright (p. 14) Maggy Zanger (p. 15) Israel Beth Alpert Nakhai (p. 7) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Janet Sturman (p. 12) Adam Ussishkin (p. 13) J. Edward Wright (p. 14)

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Jordan Mark Frederickson (p. 5) Margaret Livingston (p. 8) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Kosovo David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Kurdistan Maggy Zanger (p. 15) Latin America R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Lebanon Mark Frederickson (p. 5) Faten Ghosn (p. 5) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Janet Sturman (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Levant Carine Bourget (p. 2) Maha Nassar (p. 9) Maghreb Aomar Boum (p. 1) Carine Bourget (p.2) Julia Clancy‐Smith (p. 2) Mauritania Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Middle East (All) Anne H. Betteridge (p. 1) Aomar Boum (p. 1) Carine Bourget (p. 2) David J. Dunford (p. 3) Shahira Fahmy (p. 4) R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Scott Lucas (p. 8) Jacqueline E. Sharkey (p. 11) Charles D. Smith (p. 12)

Mongolia John W. Olsen (p. 9) Morocco Aomar Boum (p. 1) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Janet Sturman (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Oman David J. Dunford (p. 3) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Pakistan Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Palestine Mark Frederickson (p. 5) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Maha Nassar (p. 9) Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Qatar J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Russia John W. Olsen (p. 9) Saudi Arabia David J. Dunford (p. 3) Charles M. Falco (p. 4) Mark Frederickson (p. 5) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) James J. Riley (p. 10) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Senegal Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Southern Europe Nader V Chalfoun (p. 2) Spain R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Janet Sturman (p. 12)

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Sudan James J. Riley (p. 10) Syria Saad Dagher (p. 3) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Tunisia Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Turkey Aslı Iğsız (p. 7)

Steven L. Kuhn (p. 8) Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Janet Sturman (p.12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) United Arab Emirates Charles M. Falco (p. 4) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Yemen R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Scott Lucas (p. 8) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11)


Faculty Index sorted by Subject Area

Agriculture James J. Riley (p. 10) Arab‐Israeli Conflict David J. Dunford (p. 3) Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Arabic Language Nader V. Chalfoun (p. 2) Saad Dagher (p. 3) Samira Farwaneh (p. 4) Adel S. Gamal (p. 5) Iman A Hakim (p. 6) Raik Zaghloul (p. 14) Arab Science Charles M. Falco (p.4) Archaeology

Turkey – Steven L. Kuhn (p. 8)

Israel – Beth Alpert Nakhai (p. 9)

Central Asia – John W. Olsen (p. 9)

Egypt – Richard H. Wilkinson (p. 14) Architecture Nader V. Chalfoun (p. 2) Mark Frederickson (p. 5) R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Landscape Architecture –Margaret Livingston (p. 8) Arid Environments/Water Management Donald C. Slack (p. 12) Ramzi Touchan (p. 13) Biblical Studies Beth Alpert Nakhai (p. 9) J. Edward Wright (p. 14)

Collective Memory Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Conflict Faten Ghosn (p. 5) Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Maggy Zanger (p. 15) Culture Anne H. Betteridge (p.1) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Aslı Iğsız (p. 5) Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Economy Leila Hudson (p. 6) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Film Carine Bourget (p.2) Gender Issues Iran/Shi’ism – Anne H. Betteridge (p.1) France/Maghreb – Carine Bourget (p.2) Public Health – Iman A Hakim (p. 6) History – Julia Clancy‐Smith (p. 2) Maghreb – Julia Clancy‐Smith (p. 2) Islam – Maha Nassar (p. 9) Iran – Kamran Talattof (p. 13) History Aomar Boum (p. 1) Richard M. Eaton (p. 3) Maha Nassar (p. 9) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Julia Clancy‐Smith (p. 2) Late Ottoman and Republican Turkish – Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Ancient Near East – J. Edward Wright (p. 14) Early Jewish and Christian – J. Edward Wright (p. 14)

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International Relations Faten Ghosn (p. 5) David J. Dunford (p. 3) David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Islam Aomar Boum (p. 1) David J. Dunford (p. 3) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Scott Lucas (p. 8) Maha Nassar (p. 9) Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Muslims in America – Scott Lucas (p. 8), Maha Nassar (p. 9) Shi’ite Islam – Anne H. Betteridge (p .1), Scott Lucas (p. 8) Islam in France Carine Bourget (p.2) Journalism Shahira Fahmy (p. 4) Mort Rosenblum (p. 11) Jacqueline E. Sharkey (p. 11) Maggy Zanger (p. 15) Language Teaching Arabic – Samira Farwaneh (p. 4) Arabic – Adel S. Gamal (p. 5) Persian – Kamran Talattof (p. 13) Turkish – Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Library (Middle East Collections) Saad Dagher (p. 3) Atifa R. Rawan (p. 10) Raik Zaghloul (p. 14) Linguistics Arabic – Samira Farwaneh (p. 4) Persian – Simin Karimi (p. 7) Semitic Languages – Adam Ussishkin (p. 13) Literature Francophone Arab – Carine Bourget (p.2) Arabic – Adel S. Gamal (p. 5)

Persian – Kamran Talattof (p. 13) Turkish (19th – 20th century) – Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Media Shahira Fahmy (p. 4) Leila Hudson (p. 6) Maggy Zanger (p. 15) Middle East Politics David J. Dunford (p. 3) David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Leila Hudson (p. 6) J.E. Peterson (p. 10) Brian Silverstein (p. 11) in Literature ‐ Carine Bourget (p.2) Migration Forced migration – Aslı Iğsız (p. 7)

Minorities Ethnic and Religious Minorities – Aomar Boum (p. 1) 1923‐Greco‐Turkish Compulsory Religious Minority Exchange – Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Music Janet Sturman (p. 12) Nationalism Turkish/Greek – Aslı Iğsız (p. 7) Arab/Jewish – Maha Nassar (p. 9) Turkish – Brian Silverstein (p. 11) Arab/Jewish – Charles D. Smith (p. 12) Oil David J. Dunford (p. 3) Public Health Iman A Hakim (p. 6) Terrorism David J. Dunford (p. 3) Urbanization/Urban Planning Mark Frederickson (p. 5) R. Brooks Jeffery (p. 7) Urban Ecology – Margaret Livingston (p. 8)

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U.S. Foreign Policy David J. Dunford (p. 3) David N. Gibbs (p. 6) Leila Hudson (p. 6)


Anne H. Betteridge – Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Associate Professor of Practice, MENAS 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 9am – 6pm

Aomar Boum – Assistant Professor, MENAS and Religious Studies Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 2006 M.A., Al‐Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 1997 B.A., Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco, 1993 Countries/Regions of Expertise: North Africa, Sub‐Saharan Africa, Middle East, Morocco Fields of Expertise: Anthropology, History, Historiography, Islamic Studies, Jews of North Africa and Middle East, Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East and North African, Education, Tourism

Office Phone (520) 626‐0931 Email [email protected] Hours Mon‐Sun 10am – 7pm

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, Maghreb, Levant, France Fields of Expertise: Francophone Literature and Film of the Maghreb and the Middle East; Islam in Literature; Islam in France; Politics and Literature; History and Literature; French Language; Gender issues

Office Phone (520) 626‐0792 Email [email protected] Hours Mon‐Fri 10 am – 5 pm

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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: Arabic Language; Middle East Vernacular and Modern Architecture; Egyptian Culture; Social Issues

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

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 Fields of Expertise: Modern North African and Middle Eastern History; women’s/gender history; migrations

Cell Phone (520) 271‐7494 Email [email protected] Hours Mon‐Fri 10 am – 6 pm

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‐Thu 8 am – 3 pm

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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


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 – Associate Professor, Journalism and MENAS 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

Office Phone (520)‐621‐7067 Email [email protected] Hours Mon‐Sun 10 am – 6 pm

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Charles M. Falco – Professor of Optical Sciences; 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 traveled in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, and worked with scientists in those countries. Fields of Expertise: Medieval Arab Science and Its Effect on European Civilization; the State of Science in the Modern Arab World


Samira Farwaneh – Associate Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics, MENAS 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.

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, MENAS 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 ‐ 11:00 am Note: Availability varies every semester, please email or call to confirm.

Faten Ghosn – Assistant 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 Fields of Expertise: Conflict; Conflict Management

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


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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


Leila Hudson – Associate Professor, MENAS, 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

Office Phone (520) 626‐8766 Email [email protected] Hours Mon‐Fri 10 am – 5 pm, Sat‐Sun 12pm – 3pm

Aslı Iğsız – Assistant Professor, Turkish/MENAS Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2006 M.A., University of Michigan, 1999 M.A., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1996 B.A., Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Turkey, Greece Fields of Expertise: National Identity and Forced Migration; Ethno‐religious conflicts; Collective Memory; 1923‐Greco‐Turkish Compulsory Religious Minority Exchange; 19th‐20th century Turkish Literature

Office Phone Email [email protected] Hours Any time by email

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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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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, MENAS and Religious 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

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 Fields of Expertise: Israel in Antiquity; Women in the Ancient Near East; Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology; Biblical Studies


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Maha Nassar – Assistant Professor, MENAS 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


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 Hours Mon‐Fri 9am – 6pm Sat‐Sun 11am – 6pm

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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


James J. Riley – Associate Professor, Environmental Science 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


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 Email [email protected] Hours Any time through email

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Jacqueline E. Sharkey – Professor and Director, School of Journalism M.S.L, Yale Law School, 1983 M.A., The University of Arizona, 1976 B.A., The University of Arizona, 1972 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Middle East, Iraq Fields of Expertise: Press Coverage of U.S. Military Operations in the Middle East; Effects of this Coverage on Public Opinion and Public Policy

Office Phone 520) 621‐5040 Home Phone (520) 885‐9333 Email [email protected] Hours Anytime

Brian Silverstein – Assistant Professor, Anthropology & MENAS Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002 M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1995 Licence, 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)


Donald C. Slack – Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; Professor, Watershed Management 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 Fields of Expertise: Water Resources Engineering; Irrigation; Watershed Management

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

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Charles D. Smith – Professor, MENAS (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: Middle East history; Nationalism; World War I; Anglo‐French Imperialism; Arab‐Israeli Conflict

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

Janet Sturman – 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


Kamran Talattof – Professor, MENAS 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: Gender Issues, Literature, Ideology, Persian Language

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

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Ramzi Touchan– Associate 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

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 Fields of Expertise: Semitic Languages


Richard H. Wilkinson – Regents’ Professor, Egyptian Archaeology Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1986 M.A., University of Minnesota, 1984 M.A., California State University, 1982 B.A., Ambassador College, 1975 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Ancient Egypt Fields of Expertise: Egyptian Archaeology

Office Phone Email [email protected] Hours Anytime through email

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J. Edward Wright – Professor, Judaic Studies Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1992 M.A., Brandeis University, 1987 Th.B., Multnomah Bible College, 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


Raik Zaghloul – Assistant Librarian M.LIS., The University of Arizona, 2003 B.A., SUNY, Binghamton, 1982 Countries/Regions of Expertise: Arab World Fields of Expertise: Information Resources about the Arab World in English and in Arabic; Arabic Language


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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