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Chair
Morgan Liu
Associate Professor and Department Chair
331 Hagerty Hall
liu.737@osu.edu
Core Faculty
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies, Professor
313 Hagerty Hall
al-jallad.1@osu.edu
Sean Anthony
Professor
323 Hagerty Hall
anthony.288@osu.edu
Naomi Brenner
she/her
Associate Professor
315 Hagerty Hall
brenner.108@osu.edu
Daniel Frank
Associate Professor
316 Hagerty Hall
frank.152@osu.edu
James D. Moore
Assistant Professor
319 Hagerty Hall
moore.5089@osu.edu
Ila Nagar
Associate Professor
320 Hagerty Hall
nagar.5@osu.edu
Johanna Sellman
she/her
Associate Professor
325 Hagerty Hall
sellman.13@osu.edu
Michael D. Swartz
Professor
321 Hagerty Hall
swartz.69@osu.edu
Adena Tanenbaum
Associate Professor
318 Hagerty Hall
tanenbaum.8@osu.edu
Faculty
Geri Atanassova
Associate Professor of Teaching of Arabic Language
374 Hagerty Hall
atanassova.1@osu.edu
Kamola Azimova
Lecturer, Uzbek Language
378 Hagerty Hall
azimova.2@osu.edu
Hekmat Dirbas
Lecturer
314 Hagerty Hall
dirbas.1@osu.edu
Magda El-Sherbini
Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian
305F Thompson Memorial Library
el-sherbini.1@osu.edu
Galit Golan
Associate Professor of Teaching & Hebrew Language Program Coordinator
322 Hagerty Hall
golan.11@osu.edu
Richa Jhaldiyal
Lecturer of South Asian Studies
jhaldiyal.1@osu.edu
Mehrak Kamali
Senior Lecturer & Persian Language Program Coordinator
380 Hagerty Hall
kamalisarvestani.1@osu.edu
Marie-Therese Labaki
Associate Professor of Teaching & Arabic Language Program Coordinator
327 Hagerty Hall
labaki.5@osu.edu
Sam Arthur Meier
Professor Emeritus
meier.3@osu.edu
Preeti Palvankar
Hindi Language Lecturer
374 Hagerty Hall
palvankar.2@osu.edu
Sarah Schellinger
Lecturer
schellinger.1@osu.edu
Danielle V. Schoon
Senior Lecturer
371 Hagerty Hall
schoon.2@osu.edu
Ceyda Steele
Lecturer & Turkish Language Program Coordinator
300 Hagerty Hall
steele.1022@osu.edu
Sabra Webber
Professor Emerita
314 Hagerty Hall
webber.1@osu.edu
Nathan Young
Lecturer
young.2278@osu.edu
Joseph Zeidan
Professor Emeritus
zeidan.1@osu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
J. Albert Harrill
Professor of History and Classics
238 Dulles Hall
harrill.5@osu.edu
Yiğit Akin
Associate Professor and Carter V. Findley Professor of Ottoman and Turkish History
akin.16@osu.edu
David Brakke
Professor and Engle Chair in the History of Christianity
brakke.2@osu.edu
John Casterline
he/him
Robert T. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies
Townshend Hall 210
casterline.10@osu.edu
Amrita Dhar
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
236 Reese Center
dhar.24@osu.edu
Madhumita Dutta
Assistant Professor, Faculty Affiliate, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
dutta.71@osu.edu
Matt Goldish
Professor
Goldish.1@osu.edu
Peter L. Hahn
Professor
106 Dulles Hall
hahn.29@osu.edu
Jane Hathaway
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Hathaway.24@osu.edu
Pranav Jani
he/him/his
Associate Professor
567 Denney Hall
jani.4@osu.edu
Brian D. Joseph
Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Languages and Linguistics
206 Oxley Hall
joseph.1@osu.edu
Robin Judd
she/her/hers
Associate Professor
judd.18@osu.edu
Ousman M Kobo
Associate Professor
157 Dulles Hall
Kobo.1@osu.edu
Scott Levi
Professor and Department Chair of History
Levi.18@osu.edu
Joy McCorriston
Professor and Director of the Middle East Studies Center
mccorriston.1@osu.edu
Thomas F. McDow
he/him/his
Associate Professor
361 Dulles Hall
mcdow.4@osu.edu
Tamar Rudavsky
Professor
350A University Hall
rudavsky.1@osu.edu
Mytheli Sreenivas
she/her
Associate Professor
sreenivas.2@osu.edu
Hugh Urban
Professor, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Comparative Studies
431 Hagerty Hall
urban.41@osu.edu
Sam White
Professor
259 Dulles Hall
white.2426@osu.edu
Ori Yehudai
Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies and Assistant Professor
yehudai.3@osu.edu
Graduate Students
Adam Abate
George M. & Renee K. Levine Graduate Fellow in Jewish Studies
Hagerty Hall Room 368
abate.51@osu.edu
Gamze Akbaş
Graduate Student
378 Hagerty Hall
akbas.2@osu.edu
Erin Barrentine
Graduate Student
Hagerty Hall Room 378
barrentine.2@osu.edu
Alex Foreman
Graduate Student
Hagerty Hall Room 368
foreman.230@osu.edu
Henry Lange
MA Graduate Student
Lange.223@osu.edu
Zari Mahmoudi
Graduate Student
378 Hagerty Hall
mahmoudi.4@osu.edu
Yichen Shen
PhD Student
Shen.1727@osu.edu
Asad Uz Zaman
He/Him
PhD Cand. Samuel M. Melton Graduate Fellow in Jewish Studies 2023-2024
Hagerty Hall Room 368
zaman.50@osu.edu
Staff
Tommy Beyl
Undergraduate Student Advisor
355 Hagerty Hall
beyl.1@osu.edu
Abdelali Bousfiha
Financial Operations Senior Coordinator
Hagerty Hall 300E
bousfiha.6@osu.edu
Phoebe Carmichael
Academic Program Coordinator
Hagerty Hall 300F
carmichael.96@osu.edu
Kelly Harless
Fiscal & Human Resources Manager
398 Hagerty Hall
harless.47@osu.edu
Undergraduate Student Staff
Corey Sands
Graphic Designer
300 Hagerty Hall
sands.134@osu.edu
Maddy Scavnicky
Social Media Manager and Content Creator
300 Hagerty Hall
scavnicky.3@osu.edu