Our People

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

• E-mail: pbarmash@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7156

​Lois Beck

• ​Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: lbeck@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5290

​Housni Bennis

• ​Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language

• E-mail: hbennis@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4905

​Nancy Berg

• Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature

• E-mail: nberg@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4451

​John Bowen

• Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: jbowen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5680

Flora Cassen

• Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies and of History
• Associate Professor of History

• E-mail: fcassen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7439

Julia R. Clay

• Academic and Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: jclay@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8567

​Michael Frachetti

• ​Associate Professor of Archaeology

• E-mail: frachetti@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5870

​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

• E-mail: graebner@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7952

Ayala Hendin

• Israel Institute Postdoctoral Research Associate and Teaching Fellow

• E-mail: ayalah@wustl.edu

​Martin Jacobs

• ​Professor of Rabbinic Studies

• E-mail: mjacobs@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4891

Meera Jain

• Lecturer of Hindi Languages and Cultures

• E-mail: m.jain@wustl.edu

Sara Jay

• Lecturer in Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

• E-mail: sjay@wustl.edu

Jonathan Judaken

• Professor of History

• E-mail: judaken@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5461

Mona Kareem

• Assistant Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

• E-mail: hmuna@wustl.edu

​Hillel J. Kieval

• Professor Emeritus of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies and in History

• E-mail: hkieval@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5461

​Tabea Alexa Linhard

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

• E-mail: tlinhard@wustl.edu

Erin McGlothlin

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

• E-mail: mcglothlin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7747

​Nancy Reynolds​

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

• E-mail: nreynolds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4167

AJ Robinson

• Reference/Subject Librarian: Islamic Studies & South Asian Studies

​Joseph Schraibman​

• ​Professor of Spanish

• E-mail: jschraib@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5109

​Itai Sened​

• ​Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: sened@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7332

Toqeer Shah

• Lecturer of Urdu

• E-mail: t.shah@wustl.edu

Eyal Tamir

• Lecturer of Hebrew

• E-mail: eyal@wustl.edu

​Younasse Tarbouni

• Teaching Professor of Arabic

• E-mail: ytarbouni@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4327

Madhavi Verma

• Lecturer in Hindi Languages and Cultures

• E-mail: mverma@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7430

​Anika Walke​

• Associate Professor of History; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies; and of Global Studies

• E-mail: a.walke@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9435

David Warren

• Lecturer of Middle East Studies and Arabic

• E-mail: david.warren@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5674

Noa Weinberg

• Lecturer of Hebrew
• Study Abroad Advisor, Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

• E-mail: noaw@wustl.edu

​Hayrettin Yücesoy

• Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, History (Affiliate), and Global Studies

• E-mail: yucesoy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4325