Faculty Directory

Our faculty come from respected universities across the country. They inspire and equip our students, through education in the liberal arts, to be servant leaders in society at large and for the resurgence and renewal in southeast Michigan.

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Imran Aijaz, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

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Teaching Areas: Middle East Studies, Philosophy

Research Areas: Islamic Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Camron Michael Amin, Ph.D.

Professor of Middle East and Iranian Diaspora Studies

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Teaching Areas: Arab American Studies, History, Middle East Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Iran / Iranian Studies, Women and Gender Studies

Hani Bawardi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History

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Teaching Areas: Arab American Studies, History, Middle East Studies

Research Areas: Arab American Studies, Immigrants / Immigration

Rifaat Dika, Ph.D.

Lecturer IV of Arabic Studies

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Teaching Areas: Arabic, Middle East Studies

Wessam Elmeligi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Arab American Studies

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Teaching Areas: Middle East Studies, Arab American Studies, Arabic

Research Areas: Arab Cinema, Classical and Modern Arabic Art and Literature, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Immigration Narratives, Literary Psychoanalysis, Narratology, SWANA Cultures, The Graphic Novel, Visual Media