Staff and Affiliated Faculty
CMEIS Staff
Brannon Wheeler
, Director, CMEIS (Islam and History of Religions)
Mark Reese
, Deputy Director, CMEIS (Central Asia)
Affiliated Faculty
Hayden Bellenoit
, History (History of South Asia)
Hezi Brosh
, Languages and Cultures (Arabic and Hebrew Languages)
Gary Thomas Burgess
, History (History of Africa)
Clarissa Burt, Languages and Cultures (Arabic Language and Literature)
Salwa Elgebaly
, Languages and Cultures (Arabic Language)
Wayne Hsieh
, History
Elizabeth Knutson, Languages and Cultures (Franco Arab Studies)
Gabriel Karpouzian, Aerospace Engineering (Contemporary Middle East)
John Limbert
, Class of 1955 Chair in Middle East Studies (Iran and the Middle East)
Jeffrey Macris
, History (History of the Middle East)
Jocelyne Owens
, Languages and Cultures (Arabic Language)
Helen Purkitt
, Political Science (Africa Studies)
Sanaa Sadek, Languages and Cultures (Arabic Language)
Thomas J. Sanders
, History (Russian and Soviet History)
Ermin Sinanovic
, Political Science (Southeast Asia and Islam)
Ernest Tucker
, History (Islamic Civilization and History)
Brian VanDeMark
, History (U.S. Diplomatic and Political History, Middle East Policy)
Deborah Wheeler
, Political Science (Middle East and Islam)
Daniel Zisenwine
, History and Political Science (North Africa, Middle East)
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