Located in Southeast Michigan, home to a thriving Arab American community, CAAS serves as a center for academic inquiry and creative expression for the investigation of the Arab American experience. In addition to offering a minor and a certificate in Arab American Studies, the center facilitates research, interdisciplinary education, public outreach, digital humanities projects, and cultural programs, as well as student mentorship and professional development. In this work, CAAS partners with local and global policy makers, centers of community engagement and scholarship, and academic and social justice organizations.
Current CAAS Projects
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CAAS Staff
Associated CAAS Faculty
Ivy Forsythe-Brown
Associate Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for Ethnic and Religious Studies; Director, African and African American Studies program
Sally Howell
Associate Professor of History; Director of the Center for Arab American Studies
Ara Sanjian
Associate Professor of History; Director of Armenian Research Center
