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Director

Steven L. Spiegel, Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for Middle East Development

Staff

Mani A. Jad, Assistant Director, Center for Middle East Development

Neda Afsharian, Research Assistant, Center for Middle East Development

Michelle Chaldu, Center Administrator, Center for Middle East Development

Salome Mohajer, Special Projects Assistant, Center for Middle East Development

Yael Warshel, Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle East Development

David Weinberg, Visiting Middle East Specialist, Center for Middle East Development

Faculty Advisory Committee

Joel Aberbach, Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for American Politics

Asli Bali, Acting Professor of Law

Stuart Gabriel, Professor, Arden Realty Chair- Anderson School

Michael Intriligator, Professor of Economics, Political Science and Public Policy

Barham Jalali, Professor, Electrical Engineering

Randal Johnson, Distinguished Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Michael F. Lofchie, Professor and Chair, International Development Studies IDP

David Rapoport, UCLA Political Science and Editor of "Terrorism and Political Violence"

Arieh Saposnik, Director, UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies; Gilbert Foundation Chair; Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Elwin Svenson, Executive Director International Programs, Anderson Business School

 

 

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