Department Chair and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy
Professor Mednicoff's research deals with broad connections between legal and political ideas and institutions at the national and transnational levels, particularly as these relate to current issues in the Middle East.
Professor of Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies & Film Studies Adjunct Professor
Olga Gershenson is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and of Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a multi-disciplinary scholar, with interests at the intersection of culture, history, and film.
