Amel Khalfaoui, PhD
Middle East Studies Academic Coordinator
Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics
Co-Director
Center for Middle East Studies
Sandra Mackey Chair and Full Professor in Middle East Studies
Waleed Mahdi, PhD
Co-Director
Center for Middle East Studies
Associate Professor of US-Arab Cultural Politics
Lecturer
Middle Eastern Music, Catlett Music Center, Room 231
Email: akarepi@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Historical Musicology - State University of New York at Buffalo
Instructor
Arabic, Kaufman Hall, Room 102
Email: hbarakat@ou.edu
Education: B.A. in Philosophy. Ain Shams University (Cairo)
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design
Architecture, Gould Hall, Room 270
Phone: (405) 325-4408
Email: kbozorgi@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in Islamic Architecture History/theory, Middle Eastern Architecture
Visiting Professor
Israel Institute Teaching Fellow, DAHT 319
Email: hadas.cohen@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from The New School for Social Research NYC in Political Science
Professor L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor of Economics
Economics, Cate Center, Room 436
Phone: (405) 325-5844
Email: fdemir@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from University of Notre Dame in International Finance and Economic Development
Professor and Schusterman/Josey Chair in Judaic History
History, DAHT 305
Email: alevenson@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D from The Ohio State University; Jewish Intellectual, Literary, and Religious History
Claire Nicholas
Assistant Curator, Sam Noble Museum
Dale Hall Tower 516 & Sam Noble Museum 250D
Email: cbnicholas@ou.edu
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Associate Professor and Schusterman Chair in Modern Israel Studies
History, DAHT 409D
Email: rds@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from Ben Gurion University of the Negev; history of immigration, the history of medicine and public health and Israel.
Schusterman Professor of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History
History, DAHT 305F
Phone: (405) 325-5608
Email: shepkaru@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from New York University; Late Antiquity and Medieval Jewish History, Hebrew
Associate Professor
Phone: (405) 325-1638
Email: tabrizy@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Associate Professor
Religious Studies, Robertson Hall 146
Phone: (405) 325-1150
Email: vishanoff@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. from Emory University; Islamic theology, law, and religion; Muslim-non-Muslim interaction; comparative sacred texts; religious interaction in South Asia; introduction to religious studies; Abrahamic religions; Arabic language.
Associate Professor
18th-Century French Literature, Kaufman Hall 215, Room 436
Email: mewinston@ou.edu
Education: M.A. in French Literature, The Johns Hopkins University
Lecturer
Hebrew, Kaufman Hall, Room 108
Email: liranyadgar@ou.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago.
