STUDENTS :

Undergraduate Students Pursuing a Minor in Middle Eastern Studies

Aaron Adelson
John Akleh
Jonathan Alter
Christine Bald
Joseph Barber-Buxbaum
Alix Beckman
Melissa Bourdon
Julia Chazkel
Jeremiah Deibler
Stephen Dockery
Jessica Greenberg
Max Singer
Catherine Johnson
Laila Kabbaj
Zachary Kineke
Matthew Pierce
Salvatore Sciandra
Sarah Xie
Samantha Wilson

Doctoral Candidates Currently Studying the Middle East

Abolghasem Bayyenat (Political Science)
Lisa Bhungalia (Geography)
Karen Culcasi (Geography)
Kilic Kanat (Political Science)
Mike Makara (Political Science)
Sarah Marusek (Social Science)
Nabeel Mere (Social Science)
Joshua Moses (History)
Laura Nash (Political Science)
Reecia Orzeck (Geography)

Titles of Sample Middle East Related Honors Thesis

Allen, Andrea. “A Nation Apart? Kurdish Identity and the Challenge of Autonomy” (2001).

Chodak, Adam. “Exploring Turkey's Role in World Affairs” (2003).

Dickson, Sarah. “Understanding al-Qaeda: History, Ideology and Infrastructure” (2006).

Freitag, Heather. “Hamas: From "Terrorist" Organization to Governing Party: The Implications of Hamas's 2006 Electoral Victory” (2007)

Titles of Sample Ph.D. Dissertations Completed or Presently in Progress

Cuhadar, Cerag Esra. “Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy in Pre-Negotiation: A Comparative Assessment of Track Two Initiatives on Water and Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Social Science, 2004).

Culcasi, Karen. “Cartographic Constructions of the Middle East and Egypt: Internal and External Representations of a Region and a Nation (Geography, in progress).

Orzeck, Reecia. “Legitimacy and Violence: Palestine and the International, 1920-1949” (Geography, in progress).

Ozkececi-Taner, Binnur. “The Role of Ideas in Coalition Government Foreign Policymaking: Turkey as an Example, 1991-2002 (Political Science, 2004).

Paules, Marian. “U.S. Relations with Iran: American Identity, Foreign Policy, and the Politics of Representation” (Political Science, 2003).