People

Faculty

Kevin B. Anderson
Kevin Anderson
  • Professor
  • Social and Political Theory Sociology of the Modern Middle East and Iran
kanderson@soc.ucsb.edu
  • 805-893-3118
  • Social Sciences and Media Studies Bldg 3131
http://www.kevin-anderson.com
Juan Campo
Juan Campo
  • Associate Professor
jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu
  • FAX: 805-893-2059
  • HSSB 3054
Adrienne Edgar
  • Associate Professor

Russian and Soviet History, Modern Central Asia, Nations and Nationalism, Women and Gender

edgar@history.ucsb.edu
  • HSSB 4212
Fariba Enteshari
  • Lecturer
Aazam Feiz
Aazam Feiz
  • Lecturer
afeiz@religion.ucsb.edu
  • HSSB 3065
John Foran
John Foran
  • Professor of Sociology
foran@soc.ucsb.edu
  • Social Sciences and Media Studies Bldg 3417
Nancy Gallagher
  • Professor
gallagher@history.ucsb.edu
  • 805- 893-3467
  • HSSB 3257
John W.I. Lee
John W.I. Lee
  • Professor

I currently chair the UCSB Ancient Mediterranean Studies Ph.D. Emphasis, and am co-organizer of the Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. Visit the AMS web site to learn more.

jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
  • HSSB 4210
Scott Marcus
Scott Marcus
  • Professor

North Indian and Middle Eastern musics and performance practices, Arab music theory (maqam), North Indian folk music; tuning and temperament.

smarcus@music.ucsb.edu
  • Music Building 1137
Bahram Osqueezadah
Bahram Osqueezadeh
  • Professor
b.zadeh@gmail.com
Dwight Reynolds
Dwight Reynolds
  • Professor
dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu
  • 805-893-7143
  • HSSB 3056
Adam Sabra
Adam Sabra
  • Professor

My teaching and research focus on the Middle East, especially Egypt, in the medieval and early modern periods. I am particularly interested in the social and cultural history of Cairo. Having previously studied the poor of medieval Cairo, I am currently working on aristocratic families in the period 1500 – 1800. Other areas of interest include legal history and Islamic mysticism.

asabra@history.ucsb.edu
  • HSSB 3260
https://ucsb.academia.edu/AdamSabra
Laila Shereen Sakr
  • Assistant Professor
ssakr@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu
  • 2020 Social Sciences & Media Studies (SSMS)
http://vjumamel.com
Sherene Seikaly
Sherene Seikaly
  • Associate Professor
sseikaly@history.ucsb.edu
  • HSSB 4223

Graduate Students

Unita Ahdifard
  • Graduate Student
Naz Keynejad
  • Graduate Student
Mohammadreza Mirzaei
  • Graduate Student
Ashkon Molaei
  • Graduate Student
Mesadet Maria Sozmen
  • Graduate Student
Leila Zonouzi
  • Graduate Student

Visiting Scholars

Sarp Kurgan
  • Visiting Scholar

Academic Personnel

Shiva Balaghi
  • Academic coordinator of the Area Global Initiative
  • East Asia Center
  • Center for Middle East Studies
  • and Latin America and Iberian Studies
Farshad Sonboldel
  • Middle East Studies Librarian and Area Studies Collection Strategist

Iranian Studies Internship Alumni

 

2020-2021

  • Carley Weiler
  • Charlie Chapman
  • Christine Wang
  • Gigi Jackson
  • Kimi Nasiri
  • Madeleine Simmons
  • Maya Dao
  • Myah Mashhadialireza
  • Olivia Olds
  • Pablo Ruiz Tobaruela
  • Sydney Nguyen
  • Yilin Cao
  • Michael Zargari
  • Romtin Toranji
  • Jonathan Lebo
  • Yasi Asgari
  • Ryan Barani
  • Tania Abbaszadeh
  • Melina Gharibian
  • Ella Luchtel
  • Alma Javidi
  • Sintia Paryav
  • Ida Kazerani 
 

 

2019-2020

  • Alya Ruiz
  • Alyssa Afram
  • Arya Hadidi-tamjed
  • Teresa Imaya Bengtsson
  • Marion Pochard

 

2018-2019

  • Shirin Assadian
  • Taylor Jackson
  • Veronica Blevins
  • Katherine Reall
  • Miles Markstein
  • Jess Leeds
  • Rose Kennedy
  • Arad Rahimi
  • Elora Cohen
  • Taryna Hollinger
  • Lori Moses
  • Elena Torabi
  • Jessica Tucker
  • Sabrina Bigverdi
  • Martin Gilbert

2017-2018

  • Andrew Delvasto
  • Elena Torabi
  • Jasmeen Chauhan
  • Jasmine Khamenian
  • Kate Ghodoosian
  • Kirsten Bejarano
  • Kyle Bates
  • Maya Garabedian
  • Miles Daniel Markstein
  • Rachel A. Gregory
  • Veronica Blevins

2016-2017

  • Amell, Ashley
  • Assadi, Sahand Mir
  • Bates, Kyle
  • Boudames, Tanios
  • Freedman, Evyn
  • Ganjali, Arian
  • Govargiz, Damoun
  • Hubert, Zhang
  • Johnson, Brittney
  • Kahsu, Rosalyn
  • Marty, Aysha
  • Mazdisnian, Neda
  • Napier, Jordyn
  • Nurafkan, Bashir
  • Woods, Mariah

2015-2016

  • Ganjali, Aria
  • Arzani, Ariana
  • Mahoney, Kaitlin
  • Hoang, Maria
  • Aoun, Michelle
  • Khashayar, Mozaffari
  • Mehrdad, Natasha
  • Enayat, Shirin

2014-2015

  • Samira Seraji
  • Van Noy, Nicole
  • Borhani, Ramin
  • Seyf, Sadaf
  • Baker, Sonia
  • Preea, Zareena