Affiliated Faculty (UA)

Benjamin C. Fortna

Head and Professor, School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies

Amy W. Newhall

Former MESA Executive Director

Retired Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Matthew Abraham

Professor, English

Amir I. Ajami

(retired) Associate Director, CALS International Programs

Mahmoud Ali

Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Sama Alshaibi

Professor, Art

Robert Ariew

(retired) Professor Emeritus

Daniel Arnon

Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

Sara Aronowitz

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Mahmoud Azaz

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Nayel Badareen

Lecturer, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Adele Barker

(retired) Professor Emerita

Mamadou A. Baro

Associate Research Anthropologist

Professor, School of Anthropology

Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP

Carine Bourget

Professor, French and Italian

Professor, Near Eastern Studies

Leslie Boyer

(retired) Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics

Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track)

Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute

Director, Viper Institute

Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

Alex Braithwaite

Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

Michael Brewer

Department Head, Research and Learning Librarian

Melody Buckner

Interim Dean, University of Arizona South

Director, Digital Learning Initiatives and Online Education

Robert A Burns

Associate Professor Emeritus

Megan Carney

Assistant Professor, School of Anthropology

Nader V. Chalfoun

Professor, Architecture Program

Chair, MS in Architecture

Professor, Global Change - GIDP

Abdessalem Choura

Instructor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Gary Christopherson

Associate Professor of Practice, School of Geography and Development

Director, Center for Applied Spatial Analysis

Associate Professor, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP

Julia Clancy-Smith

Professor, MENAS Professor, Near Eastern Studies Regents

Professor Professor, Roshan GIDP - Persian and Iranian Studies

Betül Czerkawski

Professor, Instructional Design & Technology

Linda Darling

Professor, History

Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Professor, Roshan GIDP - Persian and Iranian Studies

Chris Demchak

Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy

Kyle DiRoberto

Assistant Professor, English, UA South

CMES ISPP Fellow (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018)

Ted Downing

Research Professor, Social Development

Richard Eaton

Professor, History

Professor, Near Eastern Studies

Professor, Roshan GIDP - Persian and Iranian Studies

Charles M. Falco

(retired) Professor, Optical Sciences

Chair, Condensed Matter Physics

Professor, Physics

Samira Farwaneh

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Associate Professor, Linguistics

Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition/Teaching Grad I

Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP

Mark P. Frederickson

(retired) Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture

Adel S. Gamal

(retired) Professor Emeritus, School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies

David N. Gibbs

Professor, History (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Political Science (Non-Tenure Eligible)

David L. Graizbord

Professor, Judaic Studies (Tenured)

Associate Director, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

Iman A. Hakim

Dean, Public Health

Director, Global Health Institute

Professor, Public Health (Tenured)

Research Professor, Family and Community Medicine (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Adjunct Professor, Nutritional Sciences (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Endowed Chair, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Eleni Hasaki

Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Professor, Religious Studies / Classics (Non-Tenure Eligible)

James Hess

Limited Term Adjunct Instructor

College of Applied Science and Technology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Leila Hudson

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Anthropology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Associate Professor, Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Barbara Hutchinson

(retired) Librarian Emerita

Associate - Communications Specialist

R. Brooks Jeffery

(retired) Professor Emeritus

Associate - Lecturer, Architecture

Simin Karimi

Professor, Linguistics (Tenured)

Associate Research Social Scientist

Professor, Near Eastern Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Cognitive Science - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Deborah Kaye

Senior Lecturer, Judaic Studies (Career Track)

Senior Lecturer, French and Italian (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Marwan Krunz

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Tenured)

Regents Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Computer Science (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Endowed Professor, Kenneth VonBehren (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Tamar Kugler

Associate Professor, Management/Organizations (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Associate Professor, Psychology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

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Paulette Kurzer

Professor, School of Government and Public Policy (Tenured)

Margaret Livingston

Professor, Landscape Architecture (Tenured)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Renewable Natural Resources (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Scott Lucas

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Eva-Maria Maggi

Limited Term Adjunct Instructor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

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Fred S. Matter

(retired) Professor Emeritus

Farid Matuk

Associate Professor, English (Tenured)

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Sharon Megdal

Director, Water Resources Research Center

Endowed Professor, C W/Modene Neely (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Specialist, Environmental Science (Continuing)

Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible) Agricultural-Resource Economics, Environmental Science, School of Geography and Development, Public Administration and Policy, Public Health, James E Rogers College of Law, Judaic Studies

Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible) Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP, Planning,

Distinguished Outreach Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Member of the Graduate Faculty (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Barbara Mills

Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Regents Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, American Indian Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Curator, Archaeology

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Gary P. Nabhan

Research Social Scientist (Continuing)

Research Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Assistant Professor, School of Geography and Development (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Adjunct Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Beth Alpert Nakhai

Acting Director, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

Associate Professor, Judaic Studies (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Anthropology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Maha Nassar

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Yaseen Noorani

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Associate Professor, Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Austin O'Malley

Assistant Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenure Eligible)

Roshan Institute Assistant Professor, Persian and Iranian Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Leslye Obiora

Professor, Law (Tenured)

Nancy Odegaard

(retired) Conservator Emerita

Associate - Conservator, Arizona State Museum

Elizabeth Oglesby

Associate Professor, Latin American Studies (Tenured)

Associate Professor, School of Geography and Development (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Ahmet Okal

Assistant Professor of Practice (Career Track)

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John W. Olsen

Research Professor Emeritus (Non-Tenure Eligible)

(retired) Professor Emeritus

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Thomas Park

Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Associate Research Anthropologist

Associate Professor, Near Eastern Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Associate Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Jennifer Post

Associate Professor of Practice (Career Track)

Denis Provencher

Professor, French and Italian (Tenured)

Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, School of Anthropology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Hamdi A. Qafisheh

(retired) Professor Emeritus

John C Racy

(retired) Professor Emeritus

Atifa Rawan

(retired) Librarian Emerita

Associate - Visiting Scholar

Jeannine Relly

Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Inclusion

Professor (Tenured)

Professor, School of Government and Public Policy (Non-Tenure Eligible)

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Gil Ribak

Associate Professor, Judaic Studies (Tenured)

James J. Riley

(retired) Associate Professor, Environmental Science

Irene Romano

Professor, Art (Tenured)

Professor, Anthropology (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Curator, Mediterranean Archaeology

Mort Rosenblum

(retired) Professor of Practice Emeritus

Beverly A. Seckinger

Professor, School of Theatre/Film and Television (Tenured)

Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Distinguished Outreach Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Jacqueline Sharkey

(retired) Professor Emerita

Sonia Shiri

Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Assistant Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Brian Silverstein

Associate Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Associate Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Charles D. Smith

(retired) Professor Emeritus

David Soren

Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Adjunct Professor, Art (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Regents Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Religious Studies / Classics (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Mary C. Stiner

Professor, Anthropology (Tenured)

Regents Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Curator, Archaeology

Janet L. Sturman

(retired) Professor Emerita

Kamran Talattof

Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Tenured)

Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair, Persian and Iranian Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Chair, Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP

Phyllis Taoua

Professor, French and Italian (Tenured)

Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Ramzi Touchan

(retired) Research Professor Emeritus

Associate - Professor Emeritus

Tolga Türker

Associate - Limited Term Adjunct Instructor, School of Government and Public Policy

Adam Ussishkin

Professor, Linguistics (Tenured)

Professor, Cognitive Science - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

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Pamela Vandiver

Professor Emerita (Non-Tenure Eligible)

(retired) Professor Emerita

Robert Varady

Research Professor, Environmental Policy (Continuing)

Adjunct Professor, Hydrology and Water Resources (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Adjunct Research Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Thomas Volgy

Professor, School of Government and Public Policy (Tenured)

Anthony F Vuturo

(retired) Professor Emeritus

Pre-99 Retiree

Andrew Wedel

Professor, Linguistics (Tenured)

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Cognitive Science - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Richard H Wilkinson

(retired) Regents Professor Emeritus

John P Willerton

Professor, School of Government and Public Policy (Tenured)

J Edward Wright

Director, Judaic Studies

Professor, Judaic Studies (Tenured)

Professor, J Edward Wright-Arizona Center for Judaic Studies (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Maggy Zanger

Associate - Adjunct Instructor

Adjunct Instructor, Journalism (Non-Tenure Eligible)

(retired) Professor of Practice Emerita

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