Modern Arabic literature and cultural studies; trauma and war novel; Arabic dictator novels; film and television studies; postcolonial and literary translation theory; second language acquisition (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language)

Medieval and Early Modern Literature; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; History of Medicine; European and Arabic Magic and Medicine

Contemporary Arabic Literature; Arab American literature; identity; diasporic Muslim and Arab communities

Middle Eastern politics, especially in the Levant, ethnic conflict, and civil war; international organizations, human rights, and democratization

Jewish Studies; American Religious History; Religion and Culture; Religion and Food; Religion and Ecology; Religion and Animals

Criminal violence in Mexico; ethnic politics and social movements in Mexico and Latin America; immigration to the U.S.; U.S.-Mexico border issues

Modern Turkey; Modern Germany; Middle East and North African Studies; Migration & Diaspora Studies; Transnational & Globalization Studies

Buddhism; East Asian Religions; Women and Religions; Lived Religions; Pilgrimage

Management of innovation and technology; managerial economics; economic development (with a focus on Africa and the Middle East); globalization and international political economy

Postcolonial literary categories; the French banlieue cultural field; contemporary film; North Africa/France transnational relationships