Middle Eastern Studies Faculty

David Mednicoff

Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute

Headshot of Professor David Mednicoff
David Mednicoff is professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, with joint appointments in JNE, and the School of Public Policy in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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Malissa Taylor

Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies

Malissa Taylor
Malissa Taylor
Aviva Ben-Ur

Professor of Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies

aviva ben-ur
Professor Ben-Ur is a historian specializing in Atlantic Jewish history, slavery studies, and the Ottoman diaspora.
aviva ben-ur
Tayeb El-Hibri

Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

Tayeb El-Hibri
Professor El-Hibri specializes in classical Arabic historiography and in medieval and modern Arabic literature.
Tayeb El-Hibri
Olga Gershenson

Professor of Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies & Film Studies Adjunct Professor

Photograph of Professor Olga Gershenson
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.
Photograph of Professor Olga Gershenson
Hadi Jorati

Assistant Professor of History & Middle Eastern Studies

Hadi Jorati
Hadi Jorati is a historian of Pre-modern Islamic societies, with a focus on Intellectual History and History of Science.
Hadi Jorati