Departments & Programs

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Faculty
Chairperson
  • Professor Asma Afsaruddin
College Professor
  • Henry Glassie (Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
Professors
  • Asma Afsaruddin
  • Salman Al-Ani
  • Salih Altoma (Emeritus)
  • 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)
  • Herbert Marks (Comparative Literature)
  • 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
Associate Professors
  • Jane Goodman (Communication and Culture)
  • Kevin Jaques (Religious Studies)
  • Aziza Khazzoom
  • Paul Losensky (Central Eurasian Studies)
  • Abdulkader Sinno (Political Science)
  • Stephen Vinson
Assistant Professors
  • Kevin Martin
  • David McDonald (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Nader Morkus
Adjunct Visiting Professor
  • Feisal Istrabadi (Maurer School of Law)
Senior Lecturers
  • Cigdem Balim-Harding
  • Zainab S. Istrabadi
Undergraduate and Honors Advisor
  • Nate Hendershott, Ballantine Hall 437, (812) 855-6263