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College of Arts and Sciences Department of International Studies

International Studies

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Dr. Pia-Kristina Anderson

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
Anthropological History, Archaeology, Culture Contact, Cultural Geography, Formation of Identity
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Jayasree Anitha Menon

Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Brien Ashdown

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Saint Louis University, United States
Research areas
Cultural Influences on Adolescent Social Development and Identity; Parenting and Caregiving in Cultural Context; Cultural and Contextual Influences on Sexual Satisfaction; Cultural and Contextual Influences on Infidelity Behaviors
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Dr. Mark Aveyard

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Florida State University, United States
Research areas
psychology of religion
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Dr. Sammy Badran

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Kansas,
Research areas
The impact of constitutional reforms, parliamentary elections, and repression on protest levels in Morocco. Contentious politics within the Middle East and North Africa.
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Christopher Bryan

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Giacomo Chiozza

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Duke University, United States
Research areas
International Security, Public International Law, US Foreign Policy, Statistical Modeling
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Dr. Arianne Conty

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Research areas
Continental Philosophy; Philosophy of Technology; Environmental Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion
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Khym De Barros

Terminal degree
PhD, Indiana University, United States
Research areas
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Ms. Kristina Katsos

Instructor
Terminal degree
MS, Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, United States
Research areas
The impact of hydrocarbons in International Affairs, especially in conflict resolution.
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Alisher Khaliyarov

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Jeffrey King

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Missouri, United States
Research areas
The intersection between political economy and foreign policy; the intersection between foreign aid and human rights; human rights
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Dr. Jeniece Lusk

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
My current research agenda includes several areas of study such as the intersection of Consumer Behavior and Sustainability, Race and Migration, and Gender/Queer issues and public opinions. In addition, I have also conducted research in the following areas: Survey Research Methodology, Quantitative...
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Dr. Angela Maitner

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Research areas
Cultural Psychology, Social Identity, Status, Stereotyping and Prejudice
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Dr. Kurt Mertel

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Northwestern University, United States
Research areas
Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy (esp. Critical Social Theory). 20th Century and Contemporary Continental Philosophy (esp. Existentialism, Hermeneutics, and Phenomenology),
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Joel Miller

Visiting Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, UCLA,
Research areas
informality & urbanization-from-below, Global South cities, infrastructures, vernacular architecture, interaction of people and their built environment, monuments & memory
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James Onley

Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Juana Park

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Alberta (Canada),
Research areas
Psycholinguistics, figurative language comprehension, embodied cognition, complex word processing
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Dr. Vernon Pedersen

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Georgetown University, United States
Research areas
American and International Communism, maritime studies, labor history and the Spanish Civil War
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Dr. Matteo Salvadore

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Temple University, United States
Research areas
Early Modern African-European Relations, African Diaspora in Europe, Slave Trade, Missionaries in Africa, Race and Racism
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Dr. Stephanie Nicole Shady

Terminal degree
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Research areas
Religion, national identity, migration, comparative political behavior, European and U.S. politics
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Dr. Bethany Shockley

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Texas A&M University, United States
Research areas
Public opinion, political behavior, women in politics, Arab Gulf politics
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Tatiana Tairi

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Salma Thani

Terminal degree
PhD, Monash University, Australia
Research areas
Political, economic and social changes in the Gulf States; Cultural diplomacy in the Gulf States; Sport diplomacy; history of the UAE; the intersection of sport, tourism and aviation in the Gulf States. Globalization and Gender Studies
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Dr. Sundara Vadlamudi

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Research areas
Maritime History, History of South Asia, Indian Ocean Trade, Merchant Networks, Maritime Labor
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Dr. Yuting Wang

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Notre Dame, United States
Research areas
Muslim minorities in North America and China; Chinese diaspora; Sino-UAE Relations; Public Health Policy in the UAE
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Dr. Marco Zuccato

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, The University of Melbourne,
Research areas
Introduction of Arabic Science to the Latin World in the Tenth Century; The Arabic conquest of southern Europe, Treatment of kidney disease in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Scientific Demarcation Criteria.
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