Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Professor

almasrih@denison.edu

740-587-6493

Jason Busic

Associate Professor

Director of Middle East & North African Studies

busicj@denison.edu

740-587-6464

Fadhel Kaboub

Associate Professor

kaboubf@denison.edu

740-587-6315

Isis Nusair

Professor

nusairi@denison.edu

740-587-8537

David Reher

Visiting Assistant Professor

reherd@denison.edu

Hoda Yousef

Associate Professor

The William T. Utter/Clyde E. Williams, Jr. Professorship

yousefh@denison.edu

740-587-8035

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Academic Program Coordinator, Modern Languages

barringerl@denison.edu

740-587-6643

Emeriti Faculty

Andrew Z. Katz

Professor Emeritus

katz@denison.edu

Spotlights

Hanada Al-Masri, Mohamed El-Sayed, Hannah Bennet

Building Public Speaking Skills

Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.

Where We Go

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

A Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Turkey gives Madina Khudaynazar ’19 an opportunity to revisit her own family’s roots.

Denison students with an Arab-American family

How We Learn

Learning by listening

An Arabic class connects students with a local Arab-American community, providing opportunities to learn language and culture outside the classroom.

What's Happening

Lectures & Discussions

The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek

Professor Raef Zriek, a human rights scholar, will be presenting on “The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question” on April 6, 2023

Film Screenings

Third Annual Middle East Film Festival

Denison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February.

Awards & Honors

2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou Rashed

Sara Abou Rashed: International Studies, English major and Middle East and North African Studies minor was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist.

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A milestone moment for Denison

Denison seniors exercise career-building muscles at boot camp

Denison helps Ohio schools navigate the AI revolution

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Jason Busic

Fadhel Kaboub

Isis Nusair

David Reher

Hoda Yousef

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Emeriti Faculty

Andrew Z. Katz

Spotlights

Building Public Speaking Skills

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

Learning by listening

What's Happening

The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek

Third Annual Middle East Film Festival

2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou Rashed