Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Mona Azzam, Lecturer

MA, The American University in Cairo

Specialty: Teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL); corpus linguistics; educational technology

Hilary Becker, Assistant Professor

AB, Bryn Mawr College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS)

Specialty: Etruscan, Roman, and Greek art and archaeology; ancient economy; ancient warfare; pigment trade; Latin and Etruscan epigraphy

Jeffrey Becker, Lecturer

AB, Franklin & Marshall College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Specialty: Classical archaeology; Mediterranean urbanism and architecture; ancient geography; archaeological methodology; Roman topography

Tina Chronopoulos, Associate Professor

PhD, King's College, England

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2019-2020

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS)

Carina de Klerk, Adjunct Lecturer

MA, McGill University

 

Omid Ghaemmaghami, Associate Professor

BA, University of California at San Diego; MA, Washington University; PhD, University of Toronto

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020-2021

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA); Religious Studies

Gregory A. Key, Lecturer

PhD, University of Arizona

Affiliated: Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)

Specialty: Turkish Linguistics; Theoretical Linguistics (morphosyntax)

R. Kevin Lacey, Associate Professor

BA, Cornell University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

 

Andrew Scholtz, Associate Professor

BMus, Boston University; MMus, Manhattan School of Music; PhD, Yale University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2015-2016

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA); Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS)

Specialty: Ancient Greek and Latin literature and rhetoric; ancient Greek and Roman culture; literary theory

John H. Starks, Associate Professor

BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014-2015

Affiliated: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS); Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)

Specialty: Greek and roman drama, especially comedy; non-western ethnicity in the classical world; Greek and Latin epigraphy; roman historiography and classical biography; Latin rhetoric and oratory

Daniel Williman, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Toronto

 

Mary Youssef, Associate Professor

BA, Cairo University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA); Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Specialty: Modern and contemporary Arabic literature; postcolonial studies; world literature; Arab women writings