Faculty

Professors

Ahmad Alqassas

Professor | Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies | Contemporary Arab Studies | Linguistics

Jonathan Brown

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization

Felicitas Opwis

Associate Professor

Peter Pfeiffer

Professor | Chair, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Professor of German

Associate Professors

Elliott Colla

Associate Professor

Assistant Professors

Rodrigo Adem

Assistant Professor

Sara Omar

Assistant Professor | Director of Undergraduate Studies

Associate Teaching Professors

Ghayda Al Ali

Associate Teaching Professor

Elham Alzoubi

Associate Teaching Professor | Arabic Language Coordinator

Belkacem Baccouche

Associate Teaching Professor

Assistant Teaching Professors

Mohammad Fakhreddine

Assistant Teaching Professor

Emeriti Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Professors

• John Esposito, Ph.D. Temple University (Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, SFS) [Retired]
• Yvonne Haddad, Ph.D. Hartford Seminary (Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, SFS) [Retired]
• Paul Heck, Ph.D. University of Chicago (Department of Theology)
• Judith Tucker, Ph.D. Harvard University (Department of History) [Retired]
• John Voll, Ph.D. Harvard University (Department of History) [Retired]

Associate Professors

• Osama Abi-Mershed, Ph.D. Georgetown University (Department of History)
• Rochelle Davis, Ph.D. University of Michigan (Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, SFS)
• Amira El-Zein, Ph.D. Georgetown University (SFS-Q) 2019-2020
• Daniel Madigan, Ph.D. Columbia University (Department of Theology) [Emeritus]

Visiting Researchers

Nicholas Mangialardi

Umar Shareef