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The Institute has 38 faculty affiliates in 11 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. This makes SMSC one of the largest institutes involved in the study of Islam in the United States. The geographic range and diversity of disciplines found in the faculty associates in SMSC is unparalleled elsewhere with very few U.S. institutions covering so wide a range. SMSC faculty associates are also top practitioners of their fields, earning numerous awards and levels of distinction as well as making major contributions inside and outside the university.
SMSC acts primarily as a facilitating body, seeking to assist departments in the hiring of quality faculty and the development of relevant curricula. It also acts as a coordinating body to join together mutually beneficial projects.
Kecia Ali
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Betty S. Anderson
Associate Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas J. Barfield
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences; President, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Fredrik Barth
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Cynthia Becker
Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
Houchang E. Chehabi
Professor of International Relations and History, College of Arts and Sciences
Olga M. Davidson
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
Andre de Quadros
Professor of Music, College of Fine Arts
Charles F. Dunbar
Lecturer of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences
Emine Fetvaci
Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
Irene L. Gendzier
Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas F. Glick
Director, Institute for Medieval History; Professor of History and Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Erik Goldstein
Chair and Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences
Shahla Haeri
Founder, Women’s Studies Program; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Husain Haqqani
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States; Associate Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences (On Leave)
Robert Hefner
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Nazli Kibria
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Frank Korom
Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Lance Laird
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Charles Lindholm
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Margaret Litvin
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Diana Lobel
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Christina Luke
Senior Research Associate of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences
Herbert W. Mason
Professor Emeritus of Religion and History, College of Arts and Sciences
Roberta Micallef
Senior Lecturer of Turkish, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
M. Rafique Mughal
Professor of Archaeology and Heritage Management, College of Arts and Sciences
Fallou Ngom
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Augustus Richard Norton
Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth H. Prodromou
Assistant Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences
Teena Purohit
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Wilfrid Rollman
Lecturer in International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, Center for International Relations
C.H. Roosevelt
Associate Professor of Archaeology, Central Lydia Archaeological Survey
Sunil Sharma
Associate Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Nancy Smith-Hefner
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Merlin Swartz
Professor Emeritus of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Sassan Tabatabai
Lecturer, Core Curriculum, College of Arts and Sciences
Jenny B. White
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Diana Wylie
Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences
