Faculty and Academic Personnel

Eman Abdelhadi (Ph.D., NYU, 2019) 
Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development 
abdelhadi@uchicago.edu

Hala Abdel Mobdy 
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic 
habdelmobdyahmed@uchicago.edu

Osama Abu-Eledam 
Instructional Professor of Arabic 
abu@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-4471

Hussein Ali Agrama (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2005) 
Associate Professor of Anthropology 
hagrama@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-4503

Muzaffar Alam (Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1976) 
George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of South Asian Languages & Civilizations 
alam@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-7547

Ariela Almog (M.A., University of Chicago, 1996) 
Senior Instructional Professor in Hebrew 
afinkels@midway.uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-1380

Helga Anetshofer (Ph.D., Vienna University, 2001) 
Lecturer in Turkish and Ottoman 
anetshofer@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-1047

Kagan Arik (Ph.D., University of Washington - Seattle, 1999) 
Associate Instructional Professor; Ayasli Lecturer in Turkish and Turkic Languages; Lecturer in Central Asian Studies 
kagana@uchicago.edu 
(773)834-4471

Orit Bashkin (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2004) 
Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History 
oritb@uchicago.edu

Persis Berlekamp (Ph.D., Harvard University) 
Associate Professor of Art History 
berlekam@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-0250

Philip Bohlman (Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1984) 
Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, Music and the Humanities 
boh6@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-0514

Yousef Casewit (Ph.D., Yale University, 2014) 
Associate Professor of Qur'anic Studies 
yousefcasewit@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8218

Kathleen Cavanaugh (Ph.D., The London School of Economics and Political Science) 
Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and Senior Professor (Instrl) in the College 
kac1@uchicago.edu

Simeon Chavel (Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible 
sbchavel@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-6387

Thibaut d'Hubert (Ph.D., École Pratique des Hautes Études, 2010) 
Associate Professor of Bengali Language and Bengal Studies 
dhubert@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-1333

Raissa A. von Doetinchem de Rande (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2021) 
Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics in the Divinity School 
derande@uchicago.edu 

Alireza Doostdar (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2012) 
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion in the Divinity School 
doostdar@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8227

Hoda El Shakry (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012) 
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature 
helshakry@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8486

Ahmed El Shamsy (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2009) 
Professor of Islamic Thought in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies 
elshamsy@uchicago.edu

Leah Feldman (Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2013.) 
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature 
feldmanl@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-5809

Noha Aboulmagd Forster (M.A., Princeton University, 1983) 
Associate Senior Instructional Professor; Director of Arabic Language Program 
nforster@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-8349

Itamar Francez (Ph.D., Stanford University, 2006) 
Associate Professor of Linguistics 
ifrancez@uchicago.edu 
(415) 992-1547

Lindsay Gifford (Ph.D., Boston University, 2009) 
Assistant Research Professor, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights 
Lgifford@Uchicago.Edu

Petra Goedegebuure (Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 2003) 
Associate Professor of Hittitology 
pgoedegebuure@uchicago.edu

Alessandra L. González (Ph.D., Baylor University) 
Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics 
alg2@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-9013

Hripsime Haroutunian (Ph.D., Institut Vostokovedeniya, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1992) 
Instructional Professor of Armenian 
h-haroutunian@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-4472

Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2004) 
Professor of Comparative Semitics 
hasselb@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-3290

Ghenwa Hayek (Ph.D., Brown University, 2011) 
Associate Professor of Modern Arabic Literature 
ghenwa@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8306

Angie Heo (Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley) 
Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology of Religions 
heo@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-1867

Zainab Hermes (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018) 
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic 
zhermes@uchicago.edu

K.J. Hickerson (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2017) 
Assistant Instructional Professor of History 
hickerson@uchicago.edu

Aaron Jakes (Ph.D., New York University, 2015) 
Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History 
ajakes@uchicago.edu

Aidan Kaplan (M.A., University of Chicago, 2019) 
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic 
aidankaplan@uchicago.edu

Pamela Klasova (Ph.D. Georgetown University, 2018) 
Assistant Professor of Classical Arabic Literature 
pamelaklas@uchicago.edu

Janet Johnson (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972) 
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology 
j-johnson@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-9530

Hakan Karateke (Ph.D., Bamberg University, 1998) 
Kanuni Süleyman Professor for Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies  
karateke@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-5375

Darryl Li (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2012; J.D., Yale University, 2009) 
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College; Associate Member, Law School  
darrylli@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-4001

Khalid Lyamlahy (Ph.D., University of Oxford - St Anne’s College) 
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies and the College, Romance Languages & Literatures 
klyamlahy@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-6198

Callie Maidhof  (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2016) 
Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Associate Director of Global Studies 
cmaidhof@uchicago.edu

Augusta McMahon (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993) 
Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology 
augustamcmahon@uchicago.edu

John J. Mearsheimer (Ph.D., Cornell University, 1980) 
R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science 
j-mearsheimer@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8667

Elham Mireshghi (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2016) 
Assistant Instructional Professor in the Divinity School and the College 
emireshghi@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8240

Brian Muhs (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996) 
Associate Professor of Egyptology and Director of CMES Ancient Track MA Program 
bpmuhs@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-9533

Austin O'Malley (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2017) 
Assistant Professor of Persian Literature 
omalley@uchicago.edu

Cecilia Palombo (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2020) 
Assistant Professor of Early Islamic History 
cpalombo@uchicago.edu

Robert A. Pape (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988) 
Professor of Political Science 
rpape@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-0770

Dennis Pardee (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974) 
Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies 
d-pardee@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-9541

Susanne Paulus (Ph.D., University of Münster, 2011) 
Associate Professor of Assyriology 
paulus@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-2778

Jennifer Pitts (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2000) 
Professor of Political Science 
jpitts@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8868

Na'ama Rokem (Ph.D, Stanford University, 2007) 
Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature & Comparative Literature 
nrokem@uchicago.edu

Guy Rolnik (MBA, Northwestern University) 
Clinical Associate Professor of Strategic Management 
Guy.Rolnik@chicagobooth.edu

Kamala Russell (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2021) 
Assistant Professor of Anthropology 
kamala@uchicago.edu

Marlis Saleh (Ph.D., University of Chicago) 
Bibliographer for Middle East Studies; Editor of the Mamlūk Studies Review 
msaleh@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8425

Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi (Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 2012) 
Instructional Professor of Persian 
pshabanijadidi@uchicago.edu

Holly Shissler (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995) 
Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History 
ashissle@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-4390

Rochelle Terman (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016) 
Assistant Professor of Political Science 
rterman@uchicago.edu 
(773) 834-4879

Anna Elena Torres (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2016) 
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature 
aetorres@uchicago.edu

Paul Walker (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974) 
Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and Director of CMES Modern Track MA Program 
pwalker@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-4619

Erin Galgay Walsh (Ph.D., Duke University) 
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature 
egwalsh@uchicago.edu

Lisa Wedeen (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1995) 
Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science 
lwedeen@uchicago.edu 
(773) 702-8065

Emeritus Faculty