OSU Middle East Studies Center

MESC FACULTY

Reuben Ahroni, Ph.D., Hebrew Union College ahroni.1@osu.edu
Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(Biblical Studies; Hebrew Literature)

Mahdi Alosh, Ph.D., The Ohio State University (CV) alosh.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Arabic Language Program, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(Foreign Language Instruction; Curriculum Design; Linguistics)

Hassan Aly, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University (CV)aly.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Economics
(Labor; Technological Change)

Nina Berman, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (CV) berman.58@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures
(20th century culture and literature; Germany and the Middle East)

Frederic Cadora, Ph.D., University of Michigan cadora.1@osu.edu
Professor Emeritus, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(Arabic Language, Literature, & Linguistics)

Vincente Cantarino, Ph.D., University of Munich cantarino.1@osu.edu
Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
(Medieval Philosophy; Scholastic Theology; Arabic; Medieval Spanish Literature;
Intellectual History of Europe)

Stratos Constantinidis, Ph.D., University of Iowa constantinidis.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Theatre
(Comparative Drama)

Howard Crane, Ph.D., Harvard University crane.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, History of Art
(Middle Eastern Art & Architecture)

Stephen Dale, Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley dale.1@osu.edu
Professor, History
(Iran; India; Central Asia)

Richard Davis, Ph.D. University of Manchester, U.K. CV davis.77@osu.edu
Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(Persian Language, Literature & Culture)

Howard Federspiel, Ph.D., McGill University federspiel.1@osu.edu
Professor, Political Science
(Indonesia; Comparative Islamic Politics)

Carter Findley, Ph.D., Harvard University findley.1@osu.edu
Professor, History
(Ottoman Empire; Islamic History & Civilization)

Carole Fink, Ph.D., Yale University fink.24@osu.edu
Professor, History
(Jewish and Israeli History)

Daniel Frank, Ph.D., Harvard University frank.152@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Hebrew Language Program, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(Postbiblical Jewish History and Hebrew Literature;Medieval Jewish Philosophy; Biblical Exegesis;
Judeo-Arabic Language and Literature; Karaitica)

Joseph Galron-Goldschlager, M.L.S. Hebrew University of Jerusalem galron.1@osu.edu
Jewish Studies Librarian

Matt Goldish Ph.D., UCLA goldish.1@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, History
(Medieval and Modern Jewish History)

Esther Gottlieb, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh CV gottlieb.26@osu.edu
Program Manager, CIRITS (Cluster Interdisciplinary Research on International Themes)
(Comparative & International Education; Women in the Middle East)

Timothy Gregory, Ph.D., University of Michigan CV gregory.4@osu.edu
Professor, History
(Greco-Roman, Byzantine and Near East Archaeology and History)

John Guilmartin, Ph.D., Princeton University guilmartin.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, History
(Military History and Technology)

Peter Hahn, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University hahn.29@osu.edu
Associate Professor, History
(American, Great Britain and Egyptian Diplomatic History)

Jane Hathaway, Ph.D., Princeton University hathaway.24@osu.edu
Associate Professor, History
(Ottoman Empire; Egypt)

Richard Herrmann, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh herrmann.24@osu.edu
Professor, Political Science
(International Relations; American Foreign Policy)

Susan Huntington, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles huntington.1@osu.edu
Professor, History of Art
(South Asian Art)

Neil Jacobs, Ph.D., Columbia University jacobs.8@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures
(Yiddish Linguistics)

Robin Judd, Ph.D., University of Michigan judd.18@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, History
(Modern Jewish History; German History; Medieval History;
Gender History and Theory)

Rattan Lal, Ph.D., The Ohio State University lal.1@osu.edu
Professor, School of Natural Resources and Dept. of Agronomy
(Soil Management; Land Degradation; Greenhouse Effect; Sustainable Agriculture)

William Liddle, Ph.D., Yale University liddle.2@osu.edu
Professor, Political Science
(Islam; Southeast Asia)

Morgan Liu, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, NELC
(Muslims in (Post-)Socialist States, Islamic Knowledge and Publics)

Danielle Marx-Scouras, Ph.D., Columbia University marx-scouras.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, French and Italian
(Francophonic North Africa)

Joy McCorriston, Ph.D., Yale University mccoriston.1@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
(Archaeology; Archaeobotany; Near East;
Anthropological Dimensions of Climate Change;
Environmental Archaeology)

Sam Meier, Ph.D., Harvard University CV meier.3@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Comparative Semitics; Hebrew Bible)

Hagop Mekhjian, M.D., American University of Beirut mekhjian.1@osu.edu
Professor, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
(International Medicine)

David Miller, Ph.D., University of California miller.3@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures
(Yiddish Literature; Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century German Prose Fiction)

Margaret Mills, Ph.D., Harvard University CV mills.186@osu.edu
Chair and Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan Folklore and Language)

James Morganstern, Ph.D., New York University morganstern.1@osu.edu
Professor, History of Art
(Byzantine Art and Architecture)

Okechukwa Odita, Ph.D., University of Indiana odita.1@osu.edu
Professor, History of Art
(Art of North Africa; Art Media Techniques)

Alam Payind, Ph.D., Political Science Higher Education, Indiana University (CV) payind.1@osu.edu
Director, Middle East Studies Center
Adjunct Professor, International Studies,
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,
and Political Science
(Middle Eastern and Central Asian Politics;
Ethnic and Linguistic Groups in the Middle East and Central Asia)

Parvaneh Pourshariati, Ph.D., Columbia University pourshariati.1@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Persian Language Program, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Islamic Studies & Persian Studies)

Daniel Prior, Ph. D., Indiana University prior.33@osu.edu
Senior Lecturer, Department of History
(cultural history, heroic epic poetry, ethnic history, nomadic peoples, and the early modern period in Central Asia)

John Quigley, L.L.B., Harvard Law School quigley.2@osu.edu
Professor, College of Law
(International Law; Comparative Law; Human Rights Law)

Tamar Rudavsky, Ph.D., Brandeis University rudavsky.1@osu.edu
Director, Melton Center for Jewish Studies
Associate Professor, Philosophy
(Medieval Jewish and Islamic Philosophy)

Marcus Sandver, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison sandver.1@osu.edu
Professor, Management and Human Resources
(Turkey, Industrial Relations)

Ahmad Sikainga, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara sikainga.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, History
(History of Islam in Africa; Colonialism)

Dona Straley, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh straley.1@osu.edu
M.L.S., Indiana University
Associate Professor and Middle East Librarian
(Middle East Bibliography and Research Methods)

Michael Swartz, Ph.D., New York University swartz.69@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,
Division of Comparative Studies, and Melton Center for Jewish Studies
(Rabbinics; Ancient Hebrew)

Adena Tanenbaum, Ph.D., Harvard University tanenbaum.8@osu.edu
Assistant Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Postbiblical Hebrew Literature and Jewish History; Medieval Hebrew Poetry
and Belles-Lettres; Modern Hebrew Literature and Language; Medieval Jewish
Philosophy; Biblical Exegesis; Judeo-Arabic Language and Literature)

Burkhard Von Rabenau, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley vonrabenau.1@osu.edu
Professor, City and Regional Planning
(Urban/Regional Economic Development and Growth; Problems of Urbanization)

Mohan Wali, Ph.D., The University of British Columbia wali.1@osu.edu
Professor, School of Natural Resources
(Ecosystem Disturbance and Rehabilitation/Restoration; Sustainable Development,
Energy Use and Policy)

Sabra Webber, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin CV webber.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Division of Comparative Studies
(Middle Eastern Anthropology)

Joseph Zeidan, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley CV zeidan.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Arabic Language and Literature; Hebrew Literature; Arabic Philosophy)

Michael Zwettler,Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley zwettler.1@osu.edu
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
(Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature; Early Islamic Civilization)