Program Directors
Charles Wilkins
Associate Professor of History
Phone: 336.758.3090
Office: Tribble B-109
Email: wilkincl@wfu.edu
Nelly Van Doorn-Harder
Professor of Islamic Studies
Phone: 336.758.3945
Office: 216 Divinity and Religious Studies Building
Email: vandoopa@wfu.edu
Core Faculty
Rayed Khedher, Arabic, khedher@wfu.edu
Peter Knapczyk, Hindi-Urdu, knapczp@wfu.edu
Ahmad. Z.Obiedat, Arabic, obiedaaz@wfu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Lina Benabdullah, Politics & International Affairs, benabdl@wfu.edu
Thomas Brister, Politics & International Affairs, bristet@wfu.edu
Michaelle Browers, Politics & International Affairs, browerm@wfu.edu
Elizabeth Clendinning, Music, clendiea@wfu.edu
Neil DeVotta, Politics & International Affairs, devottn@wfu.edu
Steven Folmar, Anthropology, folmarsj@wfu.edu
Omaar Hena, English, henao@wfu.edu
Kenneth Hoglund, Religion, hoglund@wfu.edu
Eranda Jayawickreme, Psychology, jayawide@wfu.edu
Hank Kennedy, Politics & International Affairs, ckennedy@wfu.edu
Rémi Lanzoni, Italian Studies, lanzonr@wfu.edu
Anandra Mitra, Communication, ananda@wfu.edu
Monique O’Connell, History, oconneme@wfu.edu
Tanisha Ramachandran, Religion, ramacht@wfu.edu
Rais Rahman, History, rahmanmr@wfu.edu
Penny Sinanoglou, History, sinanopj@wfu.edu
Siddharth Srikanth, English, srikans@wfu.edu
Barry Trachtenburg, History, trachtbc@wfu.edu
Neal Walls, Divinity School, wallsnh@wfu.edu
Jarrod Whitaker, Religion, whitakjl@wfu.edu
Kimberly Wortmann, Religions, wortmakt@wfu.edu
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants
Rimjhim Kumari, Hindi-Urdu, kumar22@wfu.edu
Staff
Nathan Allen, Academic Coordinator, allejn16@wfu.edu