Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Associate Professor

Chair, Department of Modern Languages

Faculty

Fellows Hall - 301S

almasrih@denison.edu

740-587-6493

Jason Busic

Associate Professor

Director of Middle East & North African Studies

Associate Chair, Department of Modern Languages

Coordinator of Spanish

Faculty

Fellows Hall - 301N

busicj@denison.edu

740-587-6464

Fadhel Kaboub

Associate Professor

Faculty

Higley Hall - 204

kaboubf@denison.edu

740-587-6315

Andrew Z. Katz

Professor

Chair of Politics & Public Affairs

Director of the Lugar Program in Politics & Public Service

Faculty

Knapp Hall - 305A

katz@denison.edu

740-587-6405

Isis Nusair

Professor

Faculty

Knapp Hall - 210D

nusairi@denison.edu

740-587-8537

Hosna Sheikholeslami

Assistant Professor

Faculty

Knapp Hall - 103B

sheikholeslamih@denison.edu

740-587-8553

Hoda Yousef

Associate Professor

Faculty

Fellows Hall - 425

yousefh@denison.edu

740-587-8035

Spotlights

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21

Adam Cromwell ’21 looks at the role soccer plays in national identity.

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.

Where We Go

Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East

Keylee Jones '16 is continuing her study of Arabic after graduation, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship.

What's Happening

Lectures & Discussions

Denison ranked #1 in student-teacher interaction

‘The climb is the fun part’

$11 million gift fuels Denison career launch initiatives

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Jason Busic

Fadhel Kaboub

Andrew Z. Katz

Isis Nusair

Hosna Sheikholeslami

Hoda Yousef

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Spotlights

Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21

Building Public Speaking Skills

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

Learning by listening

Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East

What's Happening

The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek

Third Annual Middle East Film Festival

2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou Rashed