Faculty

Middle Eastern Studies faculty hold appointments in several different departments. Contact information is listed with each professor. Click on a propfessor's name to be taken to their profile page.

Name Phone (216) Email Research Interests
Stephen C. Cory
Department of History
Associate Professor
216.687.6883 Email.gif Early Modern Islamic World; Islamic Religion; Modern Middle East; Medieval Europe
Ahmad Hamo
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant College Lecturer
216.523.7316 Email.gif Arabic Language and Culture, Arabic Continuing Education
Abed el-Rahman Tayyara
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor
216.687.5138 Email.gif History of Islam and the Middle East, Islamic Historiography, Classical Arabic Literature, the Transmission of Knowledge from Greek Culture to the Islam, Semitic Languages, and Byzantine History.
Neda A. Zawahri
Department of Political Science
Associate Professor
216.687.4544 Email.gif Conflict and Cooperation between Adversaries, International Institutions, Environmental Security, the Political Economy of Developing Nations, Middle East Politics, and South Asian Politics with focus on India and Pakistan.

 

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Middle Eastern Studies Program
2121 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Campus Location
1860 East 22nd Street
Rhodes Tower

Contact
Dr. Abed el-Rahman Tayyara
Phone: 216.687.5138
a.tayyara@csuohio.edu