Departments & Programs

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Faculty

Chairperson

• Professor Asma Afsaruddin

Professors

• Salman Al-Ani
• Salih Altoma (Emeritus)
• Asma Afsaruddin
• Devin DeWeese (Central Eurasian Studies)
• Hasan El-Shamy (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
• John Hanson (African Studies, History)
• Stephen Katz (Jewish Studies)
• W. Eugene Kleinbauer (Emeritus, Fine Arts)
• Thomas J. Mathiesen (Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Jacobs School of Music)
• Christine Ogan (Emerita, School of Journalism)
• Karen Rasler (Political Science)
• M. Nazif Shahrani (Central Eurasian Studies, Anthropology)
• Suzanne Stetkevych
• Ruth Stone (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
• John Walbridge

College Professor

• Henry Glassie (Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

Associate Professors

• Jane Goodman (Communication and Culture)
• Kevin Jaques (Religious Studies)
• Matthias Lehmann (History)
• Paul Losensky (Central Eurasian Studies)
• Herbert Marks (Comparative Literature)
• Abdulkader Sinno (Political Science)
• Stephen Vinson

Assistant Professors

• Kevin Martin
• David McDonald (Anthropology)

Adjunct Visiting Professor

• Feisal Istrabadi (Maurer School of Law)

Senior Lecturer

• Cigdem Balim-Harding
• Zainab S. Istrabadi

Undergraduate and Honors Advisor

• Ballantine Hall 437, (812) 855-6263