Department of Middle Eastern Studies: professors and courses
Who teaches here
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 30 | |
 | MES 301L, MES 311, MES 341, MES 343 |
_profile_image.jpeg){kind=small} Kamran S AghaieAssociate professorIslamic studies · Shi’ism · modern Iranian and Middle Eastern history · secondary areas of interest: world history | No classes listed this year |
 | ARA 381H, ARA 601C, ARA 611C, MES 342 |
 Kamran Ali CVProfessorGender · sexuality · health · political economy | No classes listed this year |
 Samy Ayoub Evaluations CVAssociate professorIslamic Law · Islamic Legal Theory · Islamic Ethics · Islam and Politics | MES 341, MES 342, MES 384 |
| MES 310D | |
 | ARA 381J, ARA 381L, ARA 611C, ARA 621K, ARA 621L |
 | HEB 346D, HEB 381J, HEB 601C, HEB 611C |
 Jason Brownlee CVProfessorcomparative politics · democracy · development · foreign intervention | No classes listed this year |
 Mounira M Charrad CVAssociate professorGender & Women’s Rights · Political Sociology · Social Theory · Colonialism | No classes listed this year |
 | MES 310C, MES 342 |
 Rasha Diab CVAssociate professorRhetorical theory · history and criticism · composition studies · political discourse | No classes listed this year |
Show all 36 people
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 30 | |
 Emily L Drumsta Evaluations CVAssistant professorArabic · Francophone literatures · Comparative Literature · Translation | ARA 601C, ARA 611C, MES 386 |
 David J EatonProfessorEvaluation of energy and water conservation programs · new methods for evaluating and preventing air pollution emissions · non-profit management and insurance | No classes listed this year |
 Karen Grumberg Evaluations CVProfessorComparative Literature · the Gothic · modern Hebrew literature · 19th- and 20th-century American literature | MES 342 |
 | ARA 381M, ARA 381N, ARA 531K, ARA 621K, ARA 621L |
 Jonathan Kaplan CVAssociate professorHebrew Bible (with specific interest in Song of Songs · Daniel · and Jonah) · Second Temple Judaism | No classes listed this year |
 Mikiya Koyagi CVAssociate professormodern Iranian history · modern Middle Eastern history · transnational history · borderlands history | MES 343 |
Sofian Merabet CVAssociate professor | No classes listed this year |
 | ARA 381H, ARA 381J, ARA 601C, ARA 611C |
 Avigail NoyAssistant professorArabic literature · Arabic literary theory · the Arabic linguistic tradition · Islamic civilization | No classes listed this year |
 Jeannette Okur Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionModern Turkish and Kurdish literature · film and cultural studies · teaching culture and literature in the foreign language classroom · comparative literature | MES 342, TUR 601C, TUR 611C |
 Na’ama Pat-El CVProfessorComparative Semitic Linguistics · Historical Linguistics · Syntax · Languages in Contact | MES 342 |
 Esther Raizen CVProfessor Emerita; MES & MELC GSCModern and classical Hebrew language · linguistics and literature · Teaching Hebrew as a foreign language · Jewish history and culture | HEB 346C |
 Sonia T Seeman CVAssociate professorMiddle Eastern music & expressive culture · Roma ("Gypsy") & minority communities · former Ottoman territories of Southeastern Europe,cosmopolitanism · nationalism | No classes listed this year |
 Nahid SiamdoustAssistant professorMiddle Eastern cultural production and politics · Iranian national and transnational culture and media · social media and disinformation · social movements | No classes listed this year |
 | MES 301K, MES 343 |
 Babak Tabarraee Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionModern Cultural History · Art · Cult · and Popular Cinema | PRS 322K, PRS 380C, PRS 381H, PRS 601C |
Thomas Levi Thompson EvaluationsCVAssociate professor | MES 097, MES 342 |
 Bruce WellsAssociate professorLaw · religion · and culture in ancient Israel and Mesopotamia · pentateuchal studies | No classes listed this year |
| Lecturers and instructors · 1 | |
Dena Afrasiabi CVLecturer | PRS 329, PRS 611C |
| Graduate and other instructors · 5 | |
Sezer Durak EvaluationsCV | MES 301C |
Megan Ekstrom EvaluationsCV | MES 343 |
 | MES 311C |
Doug Hartman EvaluationsCV | HEB 303K |
Michael Leff EvaluationsCV | MES 342 |
Who teaches each course
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| ARA 381H | Olla N Al-Shalchi, Mohammad A Mohammad |
| ARA 381J | Reema Barakat, Mohammad A Mohammad |
| ARA 381L | Reema Barakat |
| ARA 381M | Ghada Housen |
| ARA 381N | Ghada Housen |
| ARA 531K | Ghada Housen |
| ARA 601C | Olla N Al-Shalchi, Emily L Drumsta, Mohammad A Mohammad |
| ARA 611C | Olla N Al-Shalchi, Reema Barakat, Emily L Drumsta, Mohammad A Mohammad |
| ARA 621K | Reema Barakat, Ghada Housen |
| ARA 621L | Reema Barakat, Ghada Housen |
| HEB 303K | Doug Hartman |
| HEB 346C | Esther Raizen |
Show all 37 courses
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| HEB 346D | Avi Blitz |
| HEB 381J | Avi Blitz |
| HEB 601C | Avi Blitz |
| HEB 611C | Avi Blitz |
| MES 097 | Thomas Levi Thompson |
| MES 301C | Sezer Durak |
| MES 301K | Denise A Spellberg |
| MES 301L | Ahmad Agbaria |
| MES 310C | Heath Dewrell |
| MES 310D | Hina Azam |
| MES 311 | Ahmad Agbaria |
| MES 311C | Sari Fein |
| MES 341 | Ahmad Agbaria, Samy Ayoub |
| MES 342 | Olla N Al-Shalchi, Samy Ayoub, Heath Dewrell, Karen Grumberg, Jeannette Okur, Na’ama Pat-El, Thomas Levi Thompson, Michael Leff |
| MES 343 | Ahmad Agbaria, Mikiya Koyagi, Denise A Spellberg, Megan Ekstrom |
| MES 384 | Samy Ayoub |
| MES 386 | Emily L Drumsta |
| PRS 322K | Babak Tabarraee |
| PRS 329 | Dena Afrasiabi |
| PRS 380C | Babak Tabarraee |
| PRS 381H | Babak Tabarraee |
| PRS 601C | Babak Tabarraee |
| PRS 611C | Dena Afrasiabi |
| TUR 601C | Jeannette Okur |
| TUR 611C | Jeannette Okur |
Bachelor’s degrees1 program
Master’s degrees2 programs
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $58,300
| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
|---|---|---|
| Area StudiesMaster’s · Middle Eastern studies | $58,300 | — |
| Area StudiesBachelor’s · Middle Eastern studies | $39,900 | $57,000 |
Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.
About the department
Department of Middle Eastern Studies is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are ARA, HEB, MES, PRS and TUR.
SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504
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