Muslim Studies Faculty

Kecia Ali
Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences

Betty S. Anderson
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

Cynthia Becker
Associate Professor of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences

Andre de Quadros
Professor of Music, College of Fine Arts

Olga M. Davidson
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations

Erik Goldstein
Chair and Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies

Heba Gowayed
Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Shahla Haeri
Founder, Women’s Studies Program; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Robert Hefner
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Giselle Khoury
Head of Arabic Language Program, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Nazli Kibria
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Frank Korom
Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Lance Laird
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine

Margaret Litvin
Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Diana Lobel
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences

Noora Lori
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies

Christina Luke
Senior Lecturer of Archaeology, College of Arts and Sciences

Shamiran Mako
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies

Jeremy Menchik
Associate Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies

Roberta Micallef
Associate Professor of the Practice of Turkish, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Luluah Mustafa
Senior Lecturer in Arabic, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Fallou Ngom
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Ayse Parla
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Teena Purohit
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences

Michael Pregill
Interlocutor, Mizan Digital Initiative

Sunil Sharma
Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Nancy Smith-Hefner
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Caterina Scaramelli
Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Sassan Tabatabai
Senior Lecturer, Core Curriculum, Head of Persian Language Program, World Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences

Marcus Walton
Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Diana Wylie
Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences

Michael Zank
Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences