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.
Neveen Shafeek Amin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Coordinator of the Middle Eastern Studies program
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Fields: Health Disparities, Migration, Mental health, Religion and Health, Education, Family, particularly as they relate to immigrants from the Middle East.
nxshafeekam@ualr.edu
Rebecca Glazier
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of California – Santa Barbara
Fields: Religion and Politics, Framing, and International Relations of the Middle East
raglazier@ualr.edu
Simon Hawkins
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Fields: Gender Issues, Nationalism, and Religion in the Middle East and North Africa
sxhawkins@ualr.edu
Krista Lewis
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Fields: Archaeology and Cultures of the Middle East, especially the Arabian Peninsula
kxlewis@ualr.edu
Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Fields: Conflict Studies, Human Rights and Transitional Justice in the Middle East
ejwiebelhaus@ualr.edu
Katrina Yeaw
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Fields: Gender, Race, Colonialism, Violence, Memory, Law, Resistance and Collaboration, and Colonial/Post-Colonial keyeaw@ualr.edu