The Middle Eastern Studies program faculty is comprised of professors from four different disciplines who bring together a great breadth of knowledge concerning the region.
If you would like to learn more about the Middle Eastern Studies Program, please contact the coordinator, Dr. Simon Hawkins.

Simon Hawkins, Ph.D.
Coordinator; Professor
Gender Issues, Nationalism, and Religion in the Middle East and North Africa

Katrina Yeaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Gender, Race, Colonialism, Violence, Memory, Law, Resistance and Collaboration, and Colonial/Post-Colonial

Neveen Shafeek Amin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Disparities, Migration, Mental health, Religion and Health, Education, Family, relating to the the Middle East

Nina Alvandipour, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Administration and Urban Governance