Faculty
Abdel Razzaq Takriti
Founding Director of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies
Inaugural holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Arab History
Associate Professor, Department of History
artakriti@uh.edu
Hosam Aboul-Ela
Inaugural holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Burhan and Misako Ajouz Professorship in Arab Studies at the University of Houston
Professor, Department of English
haboul-ela@uh.edu
Cihan Yüksel
Acting Director (AY 2022-23), Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies
Associate Professor of Ottoman History
Department of History
ecyuksel@uh.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Hadeel Assali
hassali@central.uh.edu
Hayan Charara
Poet, children’s book author, essayist, and editor
Assistant Professor, The Honors College
hcharara@uh.edu
David McNally
Cullen Distinguished Professor of History & Business
Department of History
djmcnally@uh.edu
Emran El-Badawi
Program Director and Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
eelbadaw@uh.edu
Dina Alsowayel
Associate Director of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
dalsoway@central.uh.edu
Senior Fellows
Ussama Makdisi
Professor of History and Chancellor's Chair
University of California, Berkeley
makdisi@berkeley.edu