Advisory Committee

Cemil Aydin
Professor, History

Margaret Bentley (ex-officio)
Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Public Health

Banu Gokariksel
Professor, Geography

Ji-Yeon Jo (ex-officio)
Director, Carolina Asia Center
Associate Professor, Asian Studies

Arne Kalleberg (ex-officio)
Chair, Curriculum in Global Studies
Professor, Sociology

Charles Kurzman
Co-Director, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies
Professor, Sociology

Michael Penny (ex-officio)
Associate Director of Student Engagement, Kenan-Flagler Business School

Morgan Pitelka (ex-officio)
Chair, Asian Studies
Professor, Asian Studies

Yaron Shemer
Associate Professor, Asian Studies

Afroz Taj
Associate Professor, Asian Studies

Ruth von Bernuth (ex-officio)
Director, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
Professor, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Heather Ward (ex-officio)
Associate Dean, Study Abroad and Exchanges

Claudia Yaghoobi
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies

Nadia Yaqub
Professor, Asian Studies

Rustin Zarkar
Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian