People

Our Leadership
Beth Baron, Director
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Jeremy Randall, Assistant Director
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Our Advisory Board
Beth Baron
Alex Elinson
Amr Kamal
Dina Le Gall
Mandana Limbert
Jeremy Randall
Christa Salamandra
Jillian Schwedler
Jane Sugarman
Tamara Maatouk
Our Community
The MEMEAC community is made up of faculty, students, alumni and visiting scholars who have chosen to focus their research and other academic and creative activities on topics connected with the Middle East. MEMEAC provides the lists below as a resource for those looking for subject matter experts, mentors, and collaborators in these areas.
Faculty
Faculty listed below are appointed at institutions across CUNY.
Ervand Abrahamian, Emeritus
Anna Akasoy
Bryan Averbuch
Beth Baron
Stephanie Boyle
Anna Boozer
Lale Can
W. Graham Claytor
Craig Daigle
Simon Davis
James De Lorenzi
Louis Fishman
Elena Frangakis-Syrett
Erik Freas
Arnold Franklin
Jane Gerber, Emerita
Zoe Griffith
Samira Haj, Emerita
Anissa Hélie
Bilal Ibrahim
Karen Kern
Dina Le Gall
Sara Reguer
Clifford Rosenberg
Morris Rossabi
Marvin Carlson
Dina Dahbany-Miraglia, Emerita
Doctoral Students
The students listed below are pursuing their Ph.D. in one of the Graduate Center's doctoral programs.
NICHOLAS GLASTONBURY
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SHIMA HOUSHYAR
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OMNIA KHALIL
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STEPHANIE LOVE
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DEREK LUDOVICI
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YASEMIN OZER
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AMIR REICHER
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CHINA SAJADIAN
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ALEXANDRA SCHINDLER
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CIHAN TEKAY
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KHALED AL HILLI
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ÖYKÜ TEKTEN
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MOHAMAD EZZELDINE
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TODD FINE
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HRATCH KESTENIAN
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CHRIS J. KIRKPATRICK
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MELIS SULOS
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DANIEL BARRY
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INSIA MALIK
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SEPIDEH M. SHAFIEI
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ONUR SONMEZ
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SUMRU ATUK
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SCOTT RATNER
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DEAN SCHAFER
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DUYGU BAŞARAN ŞAHIN
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REBECCA KARAM
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DEMET ARPACIK
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Alumni
Arman Azimi
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Caitlyn Bolton
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Ola Galal
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Sara Pekow
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Jeremy Randall
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Douaa Sheet
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Claire Panetta
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Andrew Alger
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Zeynep Oguz
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Mark Drury
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Chris Rominger
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Jeffrey Culang
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Paul Fadoul
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Yunus Doğan Telliel
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Kutlughan Soyubol
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Secil Yilmaz
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Rayya El Zein
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Emily Cury
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Kareem Rabie
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Ana Vinea
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Ozan Aksoy
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Kinan Azmeh
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Ceren Ozgul
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Aida Izadpanah Jahromi
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Katherine Wilson
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Raja Abillama
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Nada Moumtaz
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Mitra Rastegar
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Shea McManus
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Sara Pursley
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Mehmet Kucukozer
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Cemal Yetkiner
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Aleksandra Majstorac-Kobiljski
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Reina Arakji
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Dalia Basiouny
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Christine Hegel-Cantarella
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Mayida Zaal
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Zeynep Turan
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Alessandra Maria Ciucci
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Visiting Scholars
Dilan Okcuoglu, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Fellow, 2022-23
Maria Frederika Malmström, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Scholar, 2019-23
Nahid Mozaffari, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Scholar, 2019-20
Jeffrey Culang, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Scholar, 2017-18
Rola El Husseini, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Dr. Sonja Hegasy (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin)
Fulbright Fellow, Spring 2016
Shahla Naimi (Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, Geneva)
Research Fellow, Spring 2016
Ozgen Felek, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ozan Aksoy, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Nijmeh Hajjar
Visiting Scholar
