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)