Southern California Directory of Middle East Scholars
Southern California has a large concentration of Middle East experts, living or working within a 100-mile radius of UCLA from Santa Barbara to Riverside to San Diego. They are listed below with their institutions and particular area of expertise.
Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
| Last Name | First Name | Institution | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abyaneh | Parvin | CSU Pomona | Ethnic & Women's Studies |
| Afifi | Abdelmonem | UCLA | Public Health |
| Aivazian | Gia | UCLA | Library Science |
| Al-Qattan | Najwa | UCLA | History |
| Apter | Emily | UCLA | Comparative Literature |
| Aran | Berge | UCLA | Architecture & Urban Design |
| Aroni | Samuel | UCLA | Architecture & Urban |
| Astourian | Stephan | Independent | History |
| Banani | Amin | UCLA | Persian |
| Band | Arnold | UCLA | Comparative Literature |
| Barnes | Jack | Independent | History |
| Baron | Laurie | San Diego State University | Jewish Studies |
| Behdad | Ali | UCLA | Comparative Literature |
| Bierman | Irene | UCLA | Islamic Art & Architecture |
| Binder | Leonard | UCLA | Political Science |
| Bodrogligeti | Andras | UCLA | Turkic & Iranian |
| Bouraad-Nash | Marguerite | UC Santa Barbara | Political Science |
| Brand | Laurie | USC | International Relations |
| Brown | Robert | UCLA | Art History |
| Buccellati | Giorgio | UCLA | Ancient Near East |
| Burns | Robert | UCLA | History |
| Campo | Juan | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Campo | Magda | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Carter | Elizabeth | UCLA | Archaeology |
| Castel de Oro | Sylvian | CSU Pomona | Arabic |
| Chalala | Elie | Al Jadid Magazine | Journalism |
| Chammou | Eliezer | UCLA | Library Science |
| Cooperson | Michael | UCLA | Arabic |
| Crecelius | Daniel | CSU Los Angeles | History |
| Daneshvari | Abbas | CSU Los Angeles | Art History |
| Davidson | Herbert | UCLA | Hebrew, Jewish Studies |
| Dekmejian | Richard | USC | Political Science |
| Der-Martirosian | Claudia | UCLA | Socioloy, Public Policy |
| Downey | Susan | UCLA | Art History |
| El Guindi | Fadwa | En Nil Research | Anthropology, Film |
| Elias | Hana | Jermaq Productions | Film |
| Ellenson | David | UCLA | Jewish Studies |
| Englund | Robert | UCLA | Ancient Near East History |
| Ezer | Nancy | UCLA | Hebrew |
| Fishbein | Michael | UCLA | Arabic |
| Foran | John | UC Santa Barbara | Sociology |
| Friedland | Roger | UC Santa Barbara | Sociology |
| Friedlander | Jonathan | UCLA | Migration Studies, Photography & Media |
| Friedlander | Saul | UCLA | History |
| Gabriel | Teshome | UCLA | Film & Television |
| Galal | Osman | UCLA | Public Health |
| Gallagher | Nancy | UC Santa Barbara | History |
| Garr | W. Randall | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Geary | Patrick | UCLA | History |
| Gelvin | James | UCLA | History |
| Gheissari | Ali | UC San Diego | Sociology |
| Givoni | Baruch | UCLA | Architecture & Urban Design |
| Gluck | Sherna | CSU Long Beach | History |
| Green | Jerrold | Rand Corporation | International Relations |
| Grossman | Grace Cohen | Skirball Cultural Center | Jewish Art History |
| Gruenbaum | Ellen | CSU San Bernardino | Anthropology |
| Hadda | Janet | UCLA | Yiddish |
| Hagigi | Latifeh | UCLA | Persian |
| Hakak | Lev | UCLA | Hebrew |
| Hale | Sondra | UCLA | Anthropology/Women's Studies |
| Hale | Gerry | UCLA | Geography |
| Hanassab | Shideh | UCLA | Education |
| Harris | Brice | Occidental College | History |
| Harrison | Gail | UCLA | Public Health |
| Hecht | Richard | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Hermansen | Marcia | San Diego State University | Religious Studies, Sufism |
| Hirsch | David | UCLA | Middle East Bibliographer |
| Holdrege | Barbara | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Holt | Caroline | UCLA | Library Science |
| Hovannisian | Richard | UCLA | History |
| Humphreys | Stephen | UC Santa Barbara | History |
| Hussein | Amir | CSU Northridge | Religious Studies |
| Ibrahim | Mahmood | CSU Pomona | History |
| Jabra | Nancy | Loyola Marymount College | Sociology |
| Jaeckel | Ralph | UCLA | Turkish |
| Jairazbhoy | Nazir | UCLA | Ethnomusicology |
| Juergensmeyer | Mark | UC Santa Barbara | Sociology |
| Kayali | Hasan | UC San Diego | History |
| Keddie | Nikki | UCLA | History |
| Kenny | Dallas | Chapman University | Library Sciences |
| Khalessi | Yassin | Independent | Arabic |
| Khoury | Nuha | UC Santa Barbara | Art History & Architecture |
| Komaroff | Linda | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Islamic Art |
| Kreckic | Barisa | UCLA | History |
| Kuran | Timur | USC | Economics |
| Levine | Gene | UCLA | Sociology |
| Light | Ivan | UCLA | Sociology |
| Loprieno | Antonio | UCLA | Ancient Egypt |
| Mandel | Joan | Olive Branch Productions | Film |
| Marashlian | Levon | Glendale College | History |
| Marcus | Scott | UC Santa Barbara | Music |
| Marsot | Alain | CSU Long Beach | Political Science |
| Marsot | Afaf | UCLA | History |
| Morony | Michael | UCLA | History |
| Morris | Mary | World Affairs Council | Business, Politics |
| Myers | David | UCLA | History |
| Naficy | Majid | Independent | Persian |
| Nasr | Sey | ||
| Olson | Emilie | Whittier College | Anthropology |
| Ozler | Sule | UCLA | Economics |
| Oztopcu | Kurtulus | UCLA | Turkish |
| Panosian | Claire | UCLA | Medicine |
| Peroomian | Rubina | Independent | Armenian |
| Polz | Daniel | UCLA | Archaeology & History |
| Poonawala | Ismail | UCLA | Arabic, Islamics |
| Preziosi | Donald | UCLA | Art History |
| Racy | Ali Jihad | UCLA | Ethnomusicology |
| Rapp | Claudia | UCLA | History |
| Rastegar | Farshad | Relief International | Education |
| Reynolds | Dwight | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Ritter | Thomas | UCLA | Egyptology |
| Rorlich | Ayse-Azade | USC | History |
| Sabagh | Georges | UCLA | Sociology |
| Sabar | Yona | UCLA | Hebrew |
| Sanasarian | Eliz | USC | Political Science |
| Schmidt | Hanns Peter | UCLA | Indo-European Studies |
| Schroeter | Daniel | UC Irvine | History |
| Segert | Stanislav | UCLA | North Western semitics |
| Shapira | Nathan | UCLA | Design |
| Shaw | Stanford | UCLA | History |
| Shaw-Kural | Ezel | CSU Northridge | History |
| Soja | Edward | UCLA | Urban Planning |
| Solingen | Etel | UC Irvine | Politics |
| Spiegel | Steven | UCLA | Political Science |
| Sprecher | Devora | UC Santa Barbara | Germanic, Slavic, Semitic Studies |
| Thomas | Christine | UC Santa Barbara | Religious Studies |
| Tohidi | Nayereh | CSU Northridge | Women's Studies |
| Vatter | Sherry | CSU Long Beach | History |
| Waldinger | Roger | UCLA | Sociology |
| Wollen | Peter | UCLA | Film & Television |
| Wolpert | Stanley | UCLA | History |
| Yegul | Fikret | UC Santa Barbara | Art History & Architecture |
| Zeitler | Barbara | UCLA | Art History |
| Ziai | Hossein | UCLA | Persian |
