Faculty
The MEI draws together faculty from a wide range of departments. Listed here are teaching faculty with regional expertise on the Middle East and Muslim societies. Explore the list of faculty below or use the drop down menus to search for faculty by department or research interest.
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department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (barnard college)
Assistant Professor
rghoche@barnard.edu
Associate Research Scholar
mm1754@columbia.edu
Associate Research Scholar
ma419@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
mmoradia@barnard.edu
Associate Professor of Islam & Inter-religious Engagement
jrhodes@uts.columbia.edu
Associate Professor of Practice; Project Director, Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education
as2169@tc.columbia.edu
Professor of Sociology
ge2027@columbia.edu
Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies
yc2444@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
njw9@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
Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work
ne5@columbia.edu
Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
wme1@columbia.edu
Professor of Religion; Chair of Religion Department
nhaider@barnard.edu
Carl and Bernice Witten Assistant Professor of Jewish & Israel Studies
ccb2002@columbia.edu
James P. Shenton Associate Professor of the Core Curriculum
nti2002@columbia.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
cdf3@columbia.edu
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy
ab41@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
amc25@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
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
Professor & Dean Emerita
aa3217@columbia.edu
department of Architecture (Barnard college)
Assistant Professor
rghoche@barnard.edu
Department of Art History & Archaeology
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)
Professor, Education Program Director/Chair
tabuelha@barnard.edu
department of english (barnard college)
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
GLOBAL CENTERS
Department of History
Assistant Professor
ats2171@columbia.edu
Professor
ajkosto@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
me2335@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
ptc2121@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
ma3179@columbia.edu
Italian Department
School of Journalism
Professor
hb22@columbia.edu
Professor; Director, Arts Concentration, M.A. Program
as646@columbia.edu
Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism
steve.coll@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
njb22@columbia.edu
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
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
Department of Music
Assistant Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
amc25@columbia.edu
Department of Philosophy
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy
ab41@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
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
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
Department of Slavic Languages
Department of Sociology
Professor of Sociology
ge2027@columbia.edu
Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies
yc2444@columbia.edu
Teacher’s College
Associate Professor of Practice; Project Director, Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education
as2169@tc.columbia.edu
Union Theological Seminar
Associate Professor of Islam & Inter-religious Engagement
jrhodes@uts.columbia.edu
department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (barnard college)
Assistant Professor
mmoradia@barnard.edu