middle eastern literature; world literature; postcolonial studies, gender and sexuality
Ethnicity and nationalism, international security, international relations theory, and South Asia
Islamic Thought; Qur'anic Studies; Shi'ite and Sufi Traditions; Women and Gender
Interactions of early South Asian Buddhism with popular religious practice, the origin of the Buddha image and the social, political, religious factors that led to its codification and spread
Film and Media: global media and television studies, Middle East and Arab media studies, visual culture studies, urban studies, critical theory, media history and theory, religion and media, cultural studies
Democratization, Authoritarian Regimes and Transitions, Civil Society and Global Social Movements, Arabic Language and Culture, Islam and Politics, and the Labor Movement in the Middle East
MENA studies; comparative literature; discourse analysis; film&media
Political Economy of Development, Violence and Terrorism and US Foreign Policy, Syria, Authoritarian Rule
Islamic history, Middle East, Women's Studies, Global history
Medical anthropology, aging and end-of-life care, pain management, reproductive health, Islam, technology, gender, Middle East and North Africa, the United States
Nationalism, sectarianism, transnational Islamic humanitarianism, activism and civil society, the Middle East
Russian foreign policy, especially toward the Middle East; Transnational revolutionary movements
Islam, globalization, development, international relations
Comparative politics, Central Asian regime change, political Islam, effects of information communication technology on state and society
Religion and Politics; Islamic Law and Ethics; Sunni and Shiite Theologies; Biomedical Ethics; Human Rights; Democracy and Pluralism; Spirituality and Mysticism
Ottoman History; Middle East; Early Modern Political Thought; Translation and Transmission of Knowledge