\n\t ![\"Susanna](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/susannadrake-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n
- \n
- \n Susanna Drake<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor of Religious Studies\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- sdrake@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6544<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Hac\u0131](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2026\/03\/IMG_7968-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpeg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Hac\u0131 Osman G\u00fcnd\u00fcz (Ozzy)<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature\n <\/li>\n\t
- Arabic literary history, Ottoman-era Arabic literature, Islamic intellectual history, classical Arabic philology and language pedagogy<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- hgunduz@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"James](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/jameslaine-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n James W. Laine<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- laine@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6789<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Andrew](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/andrewlatham-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Andrew Latham<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor of Political Science\n <\/li>\n\t
- International relations; regional conflict and security; foreign policy; political thought<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- latham@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6549<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/davidmoore-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n David Chioni Moore<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor, International Studies and English\n <\/li>\n\t
- Literary interactions in the Black Atlantic world, notably Africa, the Caribbean, and African America; post-colonial and\/as the post-Soviet; comparative literature; cultural theory; globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- mooredc@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6242<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Ahoo](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2026\/03\/Najafian-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Ahoo Najafian (program co-director)<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor of Religious Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Persianate Islam, gender, poetry, modernity<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- anajafia@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6186<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"J.](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/andyoverman-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n J. Andrew Overman<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Harry M. Drake Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and Fine Arts\n <\/li>\n\t
- Archaeology, Ancient Middle East, Ancient Religions<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- overman@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6375<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Khaldoun](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/khaldounsamman-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Khaldoun Samman<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor of Sociology\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on world historical-comparative and urban sociology, globalization, sociology of religion, and modes of identities in the Middle East<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- samman@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6845<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Beth](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/bethseveryhoven-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Beth Severy-Hoven<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor and Chair of Classics\n <\/li>\n\t
- Roman History, Gender & Sexuality in Ancient Italy, Roman Archaeology<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- severy@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6721<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Jo\u00eblle](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2018\/01\/joellevitiello-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Jo\u00eblle Vitiello<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor, French and Francophone Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on 20th-21st-century French and francophone literature and culture; Haitian literature and culture; French and Francophone Cinema; Postcolonial identities; Immigration; Violence in France and the francophone world.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- vitiello@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6412<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Serdar](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/04\/Yalcin_Serdar600-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Serdar Yal\u00e7in (program co-director)<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor Ancient and Medieval Art History\n <\/li>\n\t
- His research interests include art and identity, gender and representation, artistic interconnections in the ancient world, and western antiquarianism and the formation of the European and American antiquities collections.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- syalcin@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
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