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Pamela 
Barmash​​

Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew
Professor of Religious Studies (by courtesy) Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies​ Study Abroad Advisor for Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
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​Lois  
Beck

​Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
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​Housni 
Bennis

​Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language
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​Nancy 
Berg

Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
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​John  
Bowen

Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
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Flora 
Cassen

Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies and of History
Associate Professor of History
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Julia R. 
Clay

Academic and Administrative Coordinator
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Cassidy 
Cooley

Academic and Administrative Supervisor
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​Michael 
Frachetti

​Associate Professor of Archaeology
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​Seth 
Graebner

Associate Professor of French and of Global Studies​
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Global Studies Coordinator of European Studies and Global Cultural Studies concentrations Director of Undergraduate Studies in French
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Ayala 
Hendin

Israel Institute Postdoctoral Research Associate and Teaching Fellow
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​Martin 
Jacobs

​Professor of Rabbinic Studies
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Meera 
Jain

Lecturer of Hindi Languages and Cultures
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Sara 
Jay

Lecturer in Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
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Jonathan 
Judaken

Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History & Thought, Professor of History
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Mona 
Kareem

Assistant Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
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​Hillel J.  
Kieval

Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought, Professor Emeritus of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies and in History
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​Tabea Alexa 
Linhard

Director and Professor of Global Studies
Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature (by courtesy)
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Erin 
McGlothlin

Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies Professor of German and Jewish Studies
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​Nancy 
Reynolds​

​Associate Professor of History, of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate), and of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (Affiliate)
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AJ 
Robinson

Reference/Subject Librarian: Islamic Studies & South Asian Studies
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​Joseph 
Schraibman​

​Professor of Spanish
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​Itai 
Sened​

​Professor Emeritus of Political Science
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Toqeer 
Shah

Lecturer of Urdu