Faculty
The MEI draws together faculty from a wide range of departments. Explore the list of faculty below or use the drop down menus to search for faculty with by department or research interest.
For students in the Dual degree program, a list of AKU’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations faculty can be found here.
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department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (barnard college)
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
hmatar@barnard.edu
Moinian Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Cultures
mlkeegan@barnard.edu
Department of Anthropology
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
mm1124@columbia.edu
Director of Middle East Institute; Professor of Anthropology
bmm23@columbia.edu
Adjunct Assistant Professor
rak12@columbia.edu
Director of Museum Anthropology; Lecturer in Discipline
bb2305@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
nhb2115@columbia.edu
Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science; Professor of Anthropology
la310@columbia.edu
Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University; Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies; Chair of the Governing Board of the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities
ne2008@columbia.edu
department of anthropology (barnard college)
Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of Anthropology
bl190@columbia.edu
Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University; Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies; Chair of the Governing Board of the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities
ne2008@columbia.edu
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Assistant Professor
mzj2104@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor
ye2195@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
hb2541@columbia.edu
Professor & Dean Emerita
aa3217@columbia.edu
department of Architecture (Barnard college)
Assistant Professor
rghoche@barnard.edu
School of the Arts
Department of Art History & Archaeology
Adjunct Professor
zc2162@columbia.edu
Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam
as4501@columbia.edu
Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art History & Archaeology
zb2101@columbia.edu
Business School
Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business, Marketing Division
kj7@gsb.columbia.edu
department of education (barnard college)
Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
Associate Research Scholar
mm1754@columbia.edu
Associate Research Scholar
ma419@columbia.edu
Director of Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies; Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopaedia Iranica
ed2746@columbia.edu
department of english (barnard college)
Term Assistant Professor
aakbaris@barnard.edu
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
hmatar@barnard.edu
Department of French
French Department Chair; Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies; Professor of French and History
es2593@columbia.edu
French Department Chair; Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of French and Comparative Literature
mld2027@columbia.edu
Professor of French and Philosophy; Director of Institute of African Studies
sd2456@columbia.edu
GLOBAL CENTERS
Senior Advisor
kt242@columbia.edu
Department of History
Richard W. Bulliet Assistant Professor of Islamic History
ak4847@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
ats2171@columbia.edu
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies
rik2101@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
me2335@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
ptc2121@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor
zc2162@columbia.edu
Institute for religion, culture and public life
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
ma3876@columbia.edu
Italian Department
School of Journalism
Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor
srk29@columbia.edu
Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Gevork M. Avedissian Associate Professor of Armenian History and Civilization
av3096@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor
sb4033@columbia.edu
William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
tm2421@columbia.edu
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
mm1124@columbia.edu
Associate Professor
mk3586@columbia.edu
Ransford Professor of Hebrew and Visual Studies, Comparative Literature & Middle East Studies
gh2472@columbia.edu
Leitner Professor of African Studies
md2573@columbia.edu
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
hd14@columbia.edu
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies
rik2101@columbia.edu
Director of Middle East Institute; Professor of Anthropology
bmm23@columbia.edu
Department of Music
Assistant Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
amc25@columbia.edu
Department of Philosophy
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy
ab41@columbia.edu
Professor of French and Philosophy; Director of Institute of African Studies
sd2456@columbia.edu
Department of Political Science
James P. Shenton Associate Professor of the Core Curriculum
nti2002@columbia.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
cdf3@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor of Political Science and of International and Public Affairs
dmc2200@columbia.edu
School of Public Health
Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
wme1@columbia.edu
Department of Religion
Assistant Professor
as6148@columbia.edu
Professor of Religion
ke2131@columbia.edu
Carl and Bernice Witten Assistant Professor of Jewish & Israel Studies
ccb2002@columbia.edu
department of religion (barnard college)
Professor of Religion; Chair of Religion Department
nhaider@barnard.edu
School of International and Public Affairs
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
njw9@columbia.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
lgp5@columbia.edu
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar
smm1@columbia.edu
James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations
la8@columbia.edu
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs
ha26@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor of Political Science and of International and Public Affairs
dmc2200@columbia.edu
School of Social Work
Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work
ne5@columbia.edu