Directory

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Amy W. Newhall

Former MESA Executive Director
Retired Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
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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
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Mahmoud Azaz

Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Arizona Distinguished Fellow
Associate Professor, Arabic Language, Linguistics, & Pedagogy
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Anne Betteridge

Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
President of the American Institute of Iranian Studies, 2020-2022
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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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)
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Victoria Vicente

Outreach Consultant, CMES
Secondary Education Social Studies Teacher, AP World History, Rio Grande High School, Albuquerque, NM
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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)