Faculty
The MEI draws together faculty from a wide range of departments. Explore the list of faculty below or use the drop down menus to search for faculty with by department or research interest.
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department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (barnard college)
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
hmatar@barnard.edu
Moinian Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Cultures
mlkeegan@barnard.edu
Department of Anthropology
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
mm1124@columbia.edu
Adjunct Assistant Professor
rak12@columbia.edu
Director of Museum Anthropology; Lecturer in Discipline
bb2305@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
nhb2115@columbia.edu
Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science; Professor of Anthropology
la310@columbia.edu
Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University; Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies; Chair of the Governing Board of the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities
ne2008@columbia.edu
department of anthropology (barnard college)
Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of Anthropology
bl190@columbia.edu
Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University; Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies; Chair of the Governing Board of the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities
ne2008@columbia.edu
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Assistant Professor
mzj2104@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor
ye2195@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
hb2541@columbia.edu
Professor & Dean Emerita
aa3217@columbia.edu
department of Architecture (Barnard college)
Assistant Professor
rghoche@barnard.edu
School of the Arts
Department of Art History & Archaeology
Adjunct Professor
zc2162@columbia.edu
Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam
as4501@columbia.edu
Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art History & Archaeology
zb2101@columbia.edu
Business School
Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business, Marketing Division
kj7@gsb.columbia.edu
department of education (barnard college)
Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
Associate Research Scholar
mm1754@columbia.edu
Associate Research Scholar
ma419@columbia.edu
Director of Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies; Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopaedia Iranica
ed2746@columbia.edu
department of english (barnard college)
Term Assistant Professor
aakbaris@barnard.edu
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
hmatar@barnard.edu
Department of French
French Department Chair; Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies; Professor of French and History
es2593@columbia.edu
French Department Chair; Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of French and Comparative Literature
mld2027@columbia.edu
Professor of French and Philosophy; Director of Institute of African Studies
sd2456@columbia.edu
GLOBAL CENTERS
Senior Advisor
kt242@columbia.edu
Department of History
Richard W. Bulliet Assistant Professor of Islamic History
ak4847@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
ats2171@columbia.edu
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies
rik2101@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
me2335@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
ptc2121@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor
zc2162@columbia.edu
Institute for religion, culture and public life
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
ma3876@columbia.edu
Italian Department
School of Journalism
Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor
srk29@columbia.edu
Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Gevork M. Avedissian Associate Professor of Armenian History and Civilization
av3096@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
sb4033@columbia.edu
William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
tm2421@columbia.edu
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
mm1124@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
mk3586@columbia.edu
Ransford Professor of Hebrew and Visual Studies, Comparative Literature & Middle East Studies
gh2472@columbia.edu
Leitner Professor of African Studies
md2573@columbia.edu
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
hd14@columbia.edu
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies
rik2101@columbia.edu
Department of Music
Assistant Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
amc25@columbia.edu
Department of Philosophy
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy
ab41@columbia.edu
Professor of French and Philosophy; Director of Institute of African Studies
sd2456@columbia.edu
Department of Political Science
James P. Shenton Associate Professor of the Core Curriculum
nti2002@columbia.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
cdf3@columbia.edu
School of Public Health
Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
wme1@columbia.edu
Department of Religion
Assistant Professor
as6148@columbia.edu
Professor of Religion
ke2131@columbia.edu
Carl and Bernice Witten Assistant Professor of Jewish & Israel Studies
ccb2002@columbia.edu
department of religion (barnard college)
Professor of Religion; Chair of Religion Department
nhaider@barnard.edu
School of International and Public Affairs
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
njw9@columbia.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
lgp5@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar
smm1@columbia.edu
James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations
la8@columbia.edu
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs
ha26@columbia.edu
School of Social Work
Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work
ne5@columbia.edu