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Faculty and Staff
Program Coordinator
Majd Al-Mallah
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Modern Languages and Literatures
Area of Interest: Arabic language and literature
(616) 331-3634
B-2-218 Mackinac Hall
almallam@gvsu.edu
Faculty
Gamal Gasim
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Area and Global Studies
Political Science Department
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics
(616) 331-8106
111 Lake Ontario Hall
gasimg@gvsu.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Majd Al-Mallah
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Modern Languages and Literatures
Area of Interest: Arabic language and literature
(616) 331-3634
B-2-218 Mackinac Hall
almallam@gvsu.edu
Abdullah F. Alrebh
Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Sociology
(616) 331-3794
2161 AuSable Hall
alrebhab@gvsu.edu
David Alvarez
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas
English Department
Areas of Interest: Contemporary cross-Mediterranean migrations in literature, photography, and film, Contemporary South African literature in English, Colonialism and Postcoloniality in Gibraltar
(616) 331-3581
272 Lake Huron Hall
alvarezd@gvsu.edu
Ashley Bisutti
Visiting Faculty Member
ABD, Indiana University
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Areas of Interest: Arabic language and literature and Pedagogy
(616) 331-8953
MAK B-2-220
bissutia@gvsu.edu
Sigrid Danielson
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Department of Art and Design
(616) 331-2574
1118 Calder Fine Arts Center
danielsi@gvsu.edu
Danielle M. DeMuth
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Toledo
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(616) 331-8114
218 Lake Ontario Hall
demuthd@gvsu.edu
Coeli Fitzpatrick
Professor
Ph.D., Binghamton University-State University of New York
Frederik Meijer Honors College
Areas of Interest: Philosophy, Middle East Studies
(616) 331-3748
125 Frederik Meijer Honors College
fitzpaco@gvsu.edu
James Goode
Professor (Retired)
Ph.D., Indiana University
History Department
Areas of Interest: US Foreign Relations, Middle East, 20th-century US
goodej@gvsu.edu
Sheldon Kopperl
Professor (Retired)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Liberal Studies Department
kopperls@gvsu.edu
Chad Lingwood
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Toronto
History Department
Areas of Interest: Middle East History, History of Iran
(616) 331-8697
D-1-122 Mackinac Hall
lingwoch@gvsu.edu
Muaz Redzic
Part-time Faculty
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Foundation
Area and Global Studies
(616) 331-8110
110 Lake Ontario Hall
redzicm@gvsu.edu
Mark Schaub
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Chief International Officer
Padnos International Center
(616) 331-3898
130 Lake Ontario Hall
schaubm@gvsu.edu
Mark Schwartz
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Anthropology Department
Areas of Interest: Anthropology, Archaeology of the Near East
(616) 331-8518
220 Lake Michigan Hall
schwamar@gvsu.edu