Affiliated Faculty

Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano

Assistant Professor of Ottoman History

History

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Roger M.A. Allen

Emeritus Professor of Arabic Languagues and Literatures

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Osman Balkan

Associate Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business Senior Fellow, Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Political Science

(610) 690-3546

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Joseph Benatov

Lecturer in Foreign Languages Coordinator of the Modern Hebrew Language Program

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Daisy Braverman

Lecturer in Judeo-Spanish

Penn Language Center

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Paul M. Cobb

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Ali Dinar

Senior Lecturer

Africana Studies

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Reyhan Durmaz

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Religious Studies

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Radwa El Barouni

Arabic Language Coordinator

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Jamal J. Elias

Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the HumanitiesProfessor of Religious Studies and South Asia Studies

Religious Studies

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Mahyar Entezari

Lecturer in Foreign Languages Coordinator, Persian Language Program

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

(215) 573-6147

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Roxanne Euben

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

Political Science

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Huda J. Fakhreddine

Associate Professor of Arabic Literature

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Hocine Fetni

Adjunct Assistant Professor, SociologyAssistant Dean for Academic Advising, College of Arts and Sciences

Sociology

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Talya Fishman

Associate Professor

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

215.898.5837

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Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher

Senior Lecturer

Graduate School of Education

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Nili Gold

Professor

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Simcha Gross

Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Bulent Gultekin

Associate Professor of Finance

Wharton School

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Azita

Azita Hamedani Kamkar

Lecturer in Persian and Kurdish

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

215 898 6039

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Emily Hammer

Assistant Professor

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Deborah Harrold

Deborah Harrold

Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Liberal and Professional Studies

Political Science

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Feride

Feride Hatiboglu

Lecturer of Turkish Language Turkish Language Program Coordinator

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Renata Holod

College of Women Class of 1963 Professor in the Humanities

History of Art

215.898.8714

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Peter Holquist

Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor

History

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Farah Jan

Lecturer in International Relations

International Relations

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Michael C. Johanek

Senior Fellow 
Director, Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership 
Co-Director, Inter-American Educational Leadership Network 
Director, Penn Educational Leadership Simulations (PELS) Program

Graduate School of Education

215-573-0589

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Shelby Justl

Lecturer, Critical Writing Program

Critical Writing Program

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FKS

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet

Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History

History

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David Kazanjian

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

English

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Fariha Khan

Associate Director, Asian American Studies Program

Asian American Studies

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Küçük

B. Harun Küçük

Associate Professor

History of Sociology and Science

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Richard Leventhal

Professor of Anthropology Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center (Penn Museum), Curator, Penn Museum, American Section

Anthropology

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Joseph Lowry

Associate Professor

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Ian Lustick

Professor Bess W. Heyman Chair

Political Science

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E. Ann Matter

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Religious Studies

Religious Studies

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Ryan McAuley

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

Perelman School of Medicine

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Lynn Meskell

Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor in Anthropology Professor of Historic Preservation (Weitzman School of Design)

Anthropology

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Ibrahim Miari

Lecturer

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

215-898-6037

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Amel Mili

Lecturer in Arabic, Lauder Institute

Wharton School

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Brendan O’Leary

Lauder Professor of Political Science

Political Science

215.573.0645

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Howard Pack

Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy

Wharton School

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Holly Pittman

Bok Family Professor in the Humanities

History of Art

215-898-3251

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Ali Rahman

Lecturer in Critical Writing

Critical Writing Program

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Brian Rose

James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, Penn Museum

Classical Studies

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David B. Ruderman

Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History

History

215.898.3793

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Fatemeh Shams

Fatemeh Shams

Associate Professor of Persian Literature

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Heather J. Sharkey

Professor

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

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Rudra Sil

Professor of Political Science SAS Director, Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business

Political Science

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David Spiegel

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Perelman School of Medicine

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Brian Spooner

Professor, Curator of Near Eastern Ethnology at the Penn Museum

Anthropology

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Eve M. Troutt Powell

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History

History

215.898.3518

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Elly R. Truitt

Associate Professor

History of Sociology and Science

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Fayyaz Vellani

Lecturer in Critical Writing

Critical Writing Program

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Daniel A. Wagner

Professor, UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy Director, International Literacy Institute and National Center on Adult Literacy, Director, International Educational Development Program

Graduate School of Education

215.898.9803

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Steven Weitzman

Abraham M Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages Ella Darivoff Director, Herbert D Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Religious Studies

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Julia Wilker

Associate Professor of Classical Studies Chair, Graduate Group in Ancient History

Classical Studies

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Aram Yardumian

Visiting Scholar, Anthropology

Anthropology

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