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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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Abdulhamit Arvas
Assistant Professor
English
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Cheikh Anta Babou
Associate Professor
History
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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
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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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Susannah Bien-Gund
Graduate School of Education
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Daisy Braverman
Lecturer in Judeo-Spanish
Penn Language Center
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Lee Cassanelli
Associate Professor
History
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Alex Chase-Levenson
Assistant Professor
History
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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
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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
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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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Michel Guillot
Associate Professor
Sociology
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Bulent Gultekin
Associate Professor of Finance
Wharton School
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Azita Hamedani Kamkar
Lecturer in Persian and Kurdish
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Emily Hammer
Assistant Professor
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Deborah Harrold
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Liberal and Professional Studies
Political Science
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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
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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
Shelby Justl
Lecturer, Critical Writing Program
Critical Writing Program
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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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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
Ibrahim Miari
Lecturer
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Amel Mili
Lecturer in Arabic, Lauder Institute
Wharton School
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Anne Norton
Professor
Political Science
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Brendan O’Leary
Lauder Professor of Political Science
Political Science
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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
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Ali Rahman
Lecturer in Critical Writing
Critical Writing Program
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Lauren Ristvet
Associate Professor
Anthropology
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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
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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
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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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Robert Vitalis
Professor
Political Science
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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
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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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Seçil Yilmaz
Assistant Professor