Directory

Students

Arabic Program Director

Sonia Shiri

Sonia Shiri

Associate Professor, Middle East Language Programs Director

Director, Arabic Flagship Program

Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)

soniashiri@email.arizona.edu
520-626-7667

Arabic Faculty

Mahmoud Azaz

Associate Professor, Arabic Language, Linguistics, & Pedagogy

University of Arizona Distinguished Fellow

mazaz@email.arizona.edu

Samira Farwaneh

Associate Professor, Arabic Language & Linguistics

farwaneh@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8629

Yaseen Noorani

Associate Professor, Arabic/Persian Language & Literature

Director, Graduate Studies

ynoorani@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9696

Persian Faculty

Anne Betteridge

Anne Betteridge

Professor, Iranian Women & Culture

Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

anneb@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5456
Julia Clancy-Smith

Julia Clancy-Smith

Regent's Professor

juliac@email.arizona.edu

Richard Eaton

Professor of History

reaton@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8120

Simin Karimi

Professor of Linguistics

karimi@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5399

Narges Nematollahi

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Assistant Professor, Persian Language

nnematollahi@email.arizona.edu
520-626-1632

Yaseen Noorani

Associate Professor, Arabic/Persian Language & Literature

Director, Graduate Studies

ynoorani@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9696

Austin O'Malley

Roshan Institute Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies

austinomalley@email.arizona.edu

Kamran Talattof

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair, Persian and Iranian Studies ‎

talattof@email.arizona.edu
520-621-2330

Turkish Faculty

Linda Darling

Professor of History

ldarling@email.arizona.edu
520-621-9754

Benjamin Fortna

Director & Professor, History of Modern Middle East & Ottoman Empire

bcfortna@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1732

Ahmet Okal

Assistant Professor of Practice

okal@email.arizona.edu
520-461-5329

Brian Silverstein

Associate Professor of Anthropology

bsilver@email.arizona.edu
520-626-5047

Andrew Wedel

Professor of Linguistics

wedel@email.arizona.edu
415-217-9483

Undergraduate Advisor

Debbie Marlow

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

dmarlow@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1027

Graduate Advisor

Yaseen Noorani

Associate Professor, Arabic/Persian Language & Literature

Director, Graduate Studies

ynoorani@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9696

Departmental Faculty

Mahmoud Azaz

Associate Professor, Arabic Language, Linguistics, & Pedagogy

University of Arizona Distinguished Fellow

mazaz@email.arizona.edu
Anne Betteridge

Anne Betteridge

Professor, Iranian Women & Culture

Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

anneb@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5456
Julia Clancy-Smith

Julia Clancy-Smith

Regent's Professor

juliac@email.arizona.edu

Samira Farwaneh

Associate Professor, Arabic Language & Linguistics

farwaneh@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8629

Benjamin Fortna

Director & Professor, History of Modern Middle East & Ottoman Empire

bcfortna@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1732

Laura Frances Goffman

Assistant Professor of Health Studies of the Middle East and North Africa

lauragoffman@email.arizona.edu

Leila Hudson

Associate Professor, Modern Middle East Culture & Political Economy

lhudson@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8013

Scott Lucas

Associate Professor, Islamic Studies

Director, Undergraduate Studies

sclucas@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9562
Maha Nassar

Maha Nassar

Associate Professor, Modern Middle East History, Islamic Studies

mtnassar@email.arizona.edu

Narges Nematollahi

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Assistant Professor, Persian Language

nnematollahi@email.arizona.edu
520-626-1632

Yaseen Noorani

Associate Professor, Arabic/Persian Language & Literature

Director, Graduate Studies

ynoorani@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9696

Austin O'Malley

Roshan Institute Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies

austinomalley@email.arizona.edu

Ahmet Okal

Assistant Professor of Practice

okal@email.arizona.edu
520-461-5329
Sonia Shiri

Sonia Shiri

Associate Professor, Middle East Language Programs Director

Director, Arabic Flagship Program

Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)

soniashiri@email.arizona.edu
520-626-7667

Kamran Talattof

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair, Persian and Iranian Studies ‎

talattof@email.arizona.edu
520-621-2330

Affiliate Faculty

Olga Bever

Associate Research Professor, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

oab@email.arizona.edu
520-621-4740

Carine Bourget

Professor, French & Francophone Studies

bourgetc@email.arizona.edu
520-621-7227
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Megan Carney

Associate Professor of Anthropology

mcarney@email.arizona.edu
520-621-2585

Noam Chomsky

Professor of Linguistics

noamchomsky@email.arizona.edu

Linda Darling

Professor of History

ldarling@email.arizona.edu
520-621-9754

Richard Eaton

Professor of History

reaton@email.arizona.edu
520-621-8120

Faten Ghosn

Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

fghosn@email.arizona.edu

Simin Karimi

Professor of Linguistics

karimi@email.arizona.edu
520-621-5399

Julian Kunnie

Professor of Religious Studies

jkunnie@email.arizona.edu
520-621-0017

Beth Alpert Nakhai

Associate Professor, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

bnakhai@email.arizona.edu
(520) 626-5762

Thomas K. Park

Professor of Anthropology

tpark@email.arizona.edu
520-621-2632

Brian Silverstein

Associate Professor of Anthropology

bsilver@email.arizona.edu
520-626-5047

Adam P Ussishkin

Professor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies

ussishki@email.arizona.edu
(520) 626-7121

Andrew Wedel

Professor of Linguistics

wedel@email.arizona.edu
415-217-9483

Richard H. Wilkinson

Emeritus Professor of Classics

egypt@u.arizona.edu
520-621-1361

Edward Wright

Department Head, Judaic Studies

edwright@email.arizona.edu
520-626-5758

Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Lecturers

Administrative Staff

M.A. Students

Ph.D. Students