Directory
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
Mahmoud Ali
Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Daniel Arnon
Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Mahmoud Azaz
Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Nayel Badareen
Lecturer, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Mamadou A. Baro
Associate Research Anthropologist
Professor, School of Anthropology
Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
Leslie Boyer
(retired) Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics
Professor, Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Director, Viper Institute
Alex Braithwaite
Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Jessica Maves Braithwaite
Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Melody Buckner
Interim Dean, University of Arizona South
Director, Digital Learning Initiatives and Online Education
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
Linda Darling
Professor, History
Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Professor, Roshan GIDP - Persian and Iranian Studies
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)
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)
she, her, hers
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)
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
she, her, hers
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)
Elizabeth Oglesby
Associate Professor, Latin American Studies (Tenured)
Associate Professor, School of Geography and Development (Non-Tenure Eligible)
John W. Olsen
Research Professor Emeritus (Non-Tenure Eligible)
(retired) Professor Emeritus
he, him, his
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)
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)
Jeannine Relly
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Inclusion
Professor (Tenured)
Professor, School of Government and Public Policy (Non-Tenure Eligible)
she, her, hers
James J. Riley
(retired) Associate Professor, Environmental Science
Irene Romano
Professor, Art (Tenured)
Professor, Anthropology (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Curator, Mediterranean Archaeology
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
he, him, his
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)
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)
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
she, her, hers
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
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)
Maggy Zanger
Associate - Adjunct Instructor
Adjunct Instructor, Journalism (Non-Tenure Eligible)
(retired) Professor of Practice Emerita
she, her, hers
Outreach Speakers
Affiliated Faculty (Non-UA)
Madelaine Adelman
Associate Professor, Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation, ASU
Souad Ali
Associate Professor of Arabic Literature & Middle East/Islamic Studies, School of International Letters and Cultures,
Head of Classics and Middle East Studies, Director of Arabic Studies, ASU
Muhammad AlKhudair
Lecturer, Arabic Language, University of Southern California
Golsheed Bagheri
Instructor, Department of History, Pima Community College
CMES ISPP Fellow (2021-2022)
Benjamin Broome
Professor, School of Human Communication, ASU
Naomi Caffee
ssistant Professor of Russian, Russian Department, Division of Literature and Languages Reed College
Faisal Chaudhry
Assistant Professor of Law & History, School of Law, University of Dayton
Pearce Paul Creasman
Director, American Center of Oriental Research [Amman & Washington DC]
Erika Derkas
Professor, Sociology and Women's Studies and Co-Director of the NMHU Women's Studies Program & Women's Center, New Mexico Highlands University
Shyla Doğan
Assistant Professor of Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation, ASU
Andrea Shaheen Espinosa
Associate Professor, School for Social Transformation and School of Music, Arizona State University
Abdullahi Gallab
Associate Professor, African and African American Studies, School of Social Transformation Associate Professor, Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Faten Ghosn
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
David Gramling
Professor, Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Alan Malter
Associate Professor, Department of Managerial Studies, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
Nicholas Mowad
Philosophy Faculty, Chandler-Gilbert Community College
CMES ISPP Fellow (Spring 2019)
Senzil Nawid
Research Affiliate, Southwest Institute for Research on Women, University of Arizona
Robert Poirier
Professor, Department of Politics & International Affairs
Entisar “Vivi” Sabbagh
Anthropologist; Advisory Board, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona
Mark Woodward
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Arizona State University
Staff
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
Associates
David Dunford
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, 1992-1995
Former Deputy U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988-1992
Kathryn Howard
Program Manager, International and Intercultural Education, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, Maricopa Community Colleges
J. E. Peterson
Historian and author on Middle East Affairs
Sir William Luce Fellow, University of Durham (2004)
Victoria Vicente
Outreach Consultant, CMES
Secondary Education Social Studies Teacher, AP World History, Rio Grande High School, Albuquerque, NM
