Randa Serhan
,Director of the Arab Studies Program and Assistant Professor
Randa Serhan is a political sociologist who is interested in immigrant communities, nationalism, and citizenship. She began graduate school in Canada where she was interested in gender and law. Since then she has worked on PTSD in post-conflict Leban... [More]
202-885-3383
CAS - Sociology
CAS - Sociology
Faculty Advisors
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
,Professor
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program, serves as Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute. He has conducted interreligious conflict resolution training and interfaith dialogue workshops in confl... [More]
202-885-1656
SIS - School of International Service
SIS - School of International Service
Ghiyath Nakshbendi
,Executive in Residence
Professor Nakshbendi teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in project finance, microfinance, export-import management, international business and the global marketplace. He has extensive international business experience. His early career in aca... [More]
202-885-3268
KSB - International Business
KSB - International Business
Abdul Aziz Said
,Professor
Dr. Said is the senior ranking professor at American University and the first occupant of the endowed Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace. He founded the university-wide Center for Global Peace, which undertakes a range of activities, both on ... [More]
202-885-1632
SIS - School of International Service
SIS - School of International Service
Cathy Schneider
,Associate Professor
Cathy Lisa Schneider writes and teaches on social movements, political violence, criminal justice, race, ethnicity and immigration in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Her publications include, among others, the books Shantytown Protest i... [More]
202-885-1666
SIS - School of International Service
SIS - School of International Service
John Willoughby
,Professor
Professor Willoughby has recently returned from a two-year stay in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates where he helped create an undergraduate economics program at the new American University of Sharjah. He has also taught at the American University in Cai... [More]
202-885-3759
CAS - Economics
CAS - Economics
Gloria Young
,Director, Women's and Gender Studies
Gloria A. (Gay) Young has a longstanding focus on gender and development which has led her to study a range of issues, including the nature and consequences of women’s labor force participation in post-colonial societies – in Mexico, in particular – ... [More]
202-885-2254
CAS - Sociology
CAS - Sociology
Contact
Shana Klein
Program Assistant, Arab Studies
Sports Center Annex 170
Ph: 202-885-2981
Fax: 202-885-1837
arabstudies@american.edu
Mailing address:
Arab Studies Program
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8072
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