Board Members

Benjamin C. Fortna

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

David J. Dunford

Ambassador (Retired)

Amy W. Newhall

Former MESA Executive Director

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

Mahmoud Azaz

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Anne Betteridge

Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

President of the American Institute of Iranian Studies, 2020-2022

Julie Ellison-Speight

Associate Director

Hassan Hijazi

Senior Director, Middle East and North African Affairs, UA Global

Michael M. Brewer

Senior Information Resources Officer, UA Libraries

Maggy McGary

Graduate Student Representative, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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)

Atifa Rawan

(retired) Librarian Emerita

Associate - Visiting Scholar

Ramzi Touchan

(retired) Research Professor Emeritus

Associate - Professor Emeritus

Maggy Zanger

Associate - Adjunct Instructor

Adjunct Instructor, Journalism (Non-Tenure Eligible)

(retired) Professor of Practice Emerita

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