SFS-Qatar Faculty 2008-2009
The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar curriculum is taught by faculty from Georgetown University's main campus and others recruited directly by the School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
Please refer to the Office of the Academic Affairs Staff Contact Information for Staff directory.
Current Faculty
- Rogaia Abusharaf
- Akintunde Akinade
- Abdullah Al-Arian
- Abbas Al-Tonsi
- Alexis Antoniades
- Kai-Henrik Barth
- Roger Bensky
- Marlene Canlas
- John T. Crist
- Nada Eissa
- Amira El Zein
- Sharif Elmusa
- Mark Farha
- Steven Chase Gummer
- Erik Helin
- Brendan Hill
- Herbert Howe
- Mehran Kamrava
- Maha Khatib
- Jeremy Koons
- Patrick Laude
- Christopher Scott McClure
- Patrick Meadows
- Aaron David Miller
- Younus Mirza
- Jocelyn Mitchell
- Yehia Mohamed
- Lisa Nanney
- Anne Nebel
- Amy Nestor
- Victoria Pedrick
- Patricia Reynaud
- Ganesh Seshan
- Joseph Sitterson
- Amira Sonbol
- Daniel C. Stoll
- Judith Tucker
- James Walsh
- Karine Walther
- Gary Wasserman
- Daniel Westbrook
- Karl Widerquist
- Robert G. Wirsing
- Nicola Zaniboni
- Mohamed Zayani
- Elizabeth Zelensky
Rogaia Abusharaf
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Anthropology, culture and politics, anthropology of gender, human rights, migration and diaspora issues
Room Number: LAS A131 Office Phone: +974-457-8383
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Akintunde Akinade
Title: Visiting Professor
Expertise: Christian-Muslim relations, comparative religion, African religions
Room Number: LAS A134 Office Phone: +974-457-8286
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Abdullah Al-Arian
Title: Teaching Assistant
Expertise: Modern Middle East History; Islamic Civilization; US Diplomatic History
Room Number: LAS A153 J Office Phone: +974-457-8385
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Abbas Al-Tonsi
Title: Senior Lecturer
Expertise: Arabic
Room Number: LAS A108 Office Phone: +974-457-8252
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Alexis Antoniades
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: International trade, monetary policy
Room Number: LAS A132B Office Phone: +974-457-8288
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Kai-Henrik Barth
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: Technology and security, nuclear proliferation, history of science
Room Number: LAS A132 Office Phone: +974-457-8242
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Roger Bensky
Title: Professor of French
Expertise: French theater, performing arts, public speaking
Room Number: LAS A163 Office Phone: +974-457-8382
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Marlene Canlas
Title: Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise: International Health and Development
Room Number: LAS A154 Office Phone: +974-457--8393
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John T. Crist
Title: Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise: Conflict resolution, social movements
Room Number: LAS A154A Office Phone: +974-457-8303
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Nada Eissa
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Public Policy & Economics, tax policy, education policy
Room Number: LAS A 162 Office Phone: +974-457-8372
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Amira El Zein
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Arabic literature
Room Number: LAS A130 Office Phone: +974-457-8294
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Sharif Elmusa
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Government
Room Number: LAS A121 Office Phone: +974-457-8375
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Mark Farha
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: Middle Eastern politics
Room Number: LAS A129 Office Phone: +974-457-8244
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Steven Chase Gummer
Title: Teaching Assistant
Expertise: History, Imperial Germany (1871-1918) and the late Ottoman Empire
Room Number: LAS A153 L Office Phone: +974-457-8386
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Erik Helin
Title: Adjunct Instructor
Expertise: Spanish
Room Number: LAS CMU-Q 2191 Office Phone: +974-457-454-8633
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Brendan Hill
Title: Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Expertise: European history
Room Number: LAS A019C Office Phone: +974-457-8317
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Herbert Howe
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: African Studies, Sub-Saharan Africa, especially security affairs, military sociology
Room Number: LAS A132A Office Phone: +974-457-8376
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Mehran Kamrava
Title: Interim Dean, School of Foreign Service in Qatar; Director of Center for International and Regional Studies
Expertise: Comparative politics, political development, Middle Eastern politics
Room Number: LAS A120 Office Phone: +974-457-8268
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Maha Khatib
Title: Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise: Sociology and Anthropology
Room Number: LAS A154B Office Phone: +974-457-8392
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Jeremy Koons
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Philosophy
Room Number: LAS A133 Office Phone: +974-457-8256
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Patrick Laude
Title: Professor
Expertise: Poetry, comparative mysticism, French and Francophone literature
Room Number: LAS A153 Office Phone: +974-457-8247
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Christopher Scott McClure
Title: Teaching Assistant
Expertise: Political Theory
Room Number: LAS A153 E Office Phone: +974-457-8387
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Patrick Meadows
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: French
Room Number: LAS A110 Office Phone: +974-457-8236
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Aaron David Miller
Title: Adjunct Professor
Expertise: U.S.-Middle East relations; Arab-Israeli negotiations; Arab world and Palestinian politics; Israeli politics
Room Number: LAS Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Office Phone: +974-457-202-691-4040
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Younus Mirza
Title: Teaching Assistant
Expertise: Arabic, Tafsir, Hadith, Islamic Law, and Islamic Movements
Room Number: LAS A153 H Office Phone: +974-457-8388
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Jocelyn Mitchell
Title: Teaching Assistant
Expertise: Comparative and American Politics
Room Number: LAS A153 G Office Phone: +974-457-8389
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Yehia Mohamed
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: Arabic
Room Number: LAS A105B Office Phone: +974-457-8257
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Lisa Nanney
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: English
Room Number: LAS A105C Office Phone: +974-457-8285
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Anne Nebel
Title: Interim Director of Academic Services
Expertise: Language testing, writing assessment, writing pedagogies, critical discourse analysis
Room Number: LAS A128C Office Phone: +974-457-8407
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Amy Nestor
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: American and African American Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Literary Theory
Room Number: LAS A105C Office Phone: +974-457-8297
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Victoria Pedrick
Title: Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Classics
Expertise: Homeric epics, Greek tragedy
Room Number: LAS A123 Office Phone: +974-457-8282
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Patricia Reynaud
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: French sociology of Culture, Alter-globalization, French and Francophone cinema
Room Number: LAS A116 Office Phone: +974-457-8374
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Ganesh Seshan
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: International economics, development economics
Room Number: LAS A109 Office Phone: +974-457-8233
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Joseph Sitterson
Title: Professor of English
Expertise: British Romantic literature, pyschoanalytic and literary theory, biblical interpretation
Room Number: LAS A112 Office Phone: +974-457-8306
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Amira Sonbol
Title: Professor of Islamic History, Law, and Society
Expertise: Islamic history
Room Number: LAS A154 Office Phone: +974-457-8293
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Daniel C. Stoll
Title: Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise: United Nations, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East political systems
Room Number: LAS A154C Office Phone: +974-457-8205
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Judith Tucker
Title: Professor of History
Expertise: Women and Gender in the Arab World, Islamic Law
Room Number: LAS A101 I Office Phone: +974-457-8377
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James Walsh
Title: Associate Professor of Theology
Expertise: Theology, Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures), Ancient Near East
Room Number: LAS A105A Office Phone: +974-457-8379
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Karine Walther
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: U.S. History, Diplomatic History, International History
Room Number: LAS A161B Office Phone: +974-457-8378
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Gary Wasserman
Title: Visiting Professor
Expertise: American Government
Room Number: LAS A107 Office Phone: +974-457-8239
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Daniel Westbrook
Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Expertise: Economic statistics, econometrics, international trade
Room Number: LAS A127 Office Phone: +974-457-8232
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Karl Widerquist
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: Political Philosophy, Political Theory, and Economics
Room Number: LAS A114 Office Phone: +974-457-8384
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Robert G. Wirsing
Title: Visiting Professor
Expertise: Ethnicity, South Asian politics, diplomacy of natural resources
Room Number: LAS A128 Office Phone: +974-457-8307
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Nicola Zaniboni
Title: Visiting Instructor
Expertise: International Economics, Monetary Economics
Room Number: LAS A110B Office Phone: +974-457-8373
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Mohamed Zayani
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: Literature, cultural studies, critical theory, media studies, Al Jazeera
Room Number: LAS A135 Office Phone: +974-457-8314
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Elizabeth Zelensky
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Expertise: Russian history
Room Number: LAS A113 Office Phone: +974-457-8292
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Quick Links
Events Calendar
Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Nov 10, 6pm-7:30pm: Monthly Dialogue: John Crist
- Nov 17, 5pm: Faculty Film - The Last Wave
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series
SFS-Qatar News
- SFS Dean Discusses Changing Face of International Relations
More than 300 people gathered at the Four Seasons on Monday evening to listen to Georgetown professor Carol Lancaster discuss the “new world order” in international relations, and how this will impact the balance of wealth and power in the coming years. (October 14, 2009) - Georgetown Welcomes the Class of 2013
On Thursday, August 20, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) officially welcomed the Class of 2013 into the university during its New Student Convocation ceremony. (August 25, 2009) - Summer Camp Makes Global Knowledge Local
This July, teenagers from Qatar's 16 local schools participated in Planet Georgetown, an internationally-themed summer camp. (August 01, 2009)
