Faculty

Manal Mohamed Al Marzooqi, Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: manal.almarzooqi@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Arabic Literature) College of Arabic and Islamic Studies; MA (Arabic Linguistics and Syntax) Col...

Research Interests: Arabic Language, Classical Arabic, Linguistics, Syntax, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics.

Shaikha Rashid Al Mazrou, Assistant Arts Professor of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shaikha.almazrou@nyu.edu
Education: MA Chelsea University of the Arts London

Research Interests: Sculpture, Installation, Mixed Media, Materiality

Noura Al Obeidli, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Media Studies Affiliation: Visiting
Email: noura.alobeidli@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Westminster; MA Zayed University; BA Zayed University

Research Interests: Feminism, Patriarchy, Media Studies, News Sociology, Gender Politics, Women Empowerment, Anthropolog...

Muhamed Osman Al-Khalil, Professor of Practice of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhamed.alkhalil@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Damascus (1993); MA Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1998); PhD University of A...

Research Interests: Arabic language computing, Arabic corpora, literary biography, literary archives, language policy, a...

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi, Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ghazi@nyu.edu
Education: BA SUNY-Purchase College; MA New York University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Kuwaiti pearl-diving music; Global jazz; Music and sea trade in Indian Ocean; Aesthetics; Philosophy

Saqer Almarri, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: saqer.almarri@nyu.edu
Education: BBA American University in Dubai; MA American University of Sharjah; PhD Binghamton University State...

Research Interests: Premodern Arabic literature, translation studies, intersex studies, gender and Islam, coloniality of...

Nawaf Dawood Alsulaim, Adjunct Lecturer of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Nda2030@nyu.edu
Education: LLB United Arab Emirates

Research Interests: International Commercial Arbitration

Awam Amkpa, Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis; Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: aa67@nyu.edu
Education: BA Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife); MA Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria); PhD Bristol University

Research Interests: modernisms in film and theater, postcolonial film and theater, Black Atlantic films and theater, vis...

Samuel Mark Anderson, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sma326@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Washington; MA New York University; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: visual ethnography; aesthetics; politics; performance; media; postcolonial theory; violence; war; hu...

Michael Ang, Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: michael.ang@nyu.edu
Education: MPS New York University ITP; BASc Computer Engineering University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Interactive Art; Physical Computing; Installations; Public Performance

Aikaterini Arfara, Assistant Professor of Theater, Performance Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aa7716@nyu.edu
Education: BA Athens University; MA Athens University; PhD Paris I – Panthéon/Sorbonne University

Research Interests: public works; socially engaged art; installation; post-documentary theaters

Laure Salma Assaf, Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, Anthropology and Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: laure.assaf@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Paris Nanterre University

Research Interests: Arabian Peninsula; United Arab Emirates, Youth, Migration, Hierarchies, Social change, Anthropology

Mitchell Atkinson III, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ma7648@nyu.edu
Education: BA Birkbeck College, University of London; MA Lancaster University; PhD Polish Academy of Sciences

Research Interests: Social Theory; Phenomenology; Power; Alterity

Sun Hee Bae, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shb398@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Harvard University

Marzia Balzani, Program Head, Anthropology; Research Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mb4412@nyu.edu
Education: BA King’s College, London University; MSt (Master of Studies), DPhil University of Oxford

Research Interests: ritual and kingship in northern India, diasporic Islam in the UK and Pakistan

Domna Banakou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: domna.banakou@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Ionian University; MSc University College London; PhD Universitat de Barcelona

Research Interests: immersive virtual reality; embodiment; body ownership illusions; empathy; prosocial behavior; mental...

Jinan Bastaki, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: j.bastaki@nyu.edu
Education: LLB London School of Economics and Political Science; LLM University of California - Berkeley; PhD U...

Research Interests: Public International Law; Forced Displacement; International Refugee Law; Citizenship; Borders

Wendy Bednarz, Associate Arts Professor of Arts and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wb41@nyu.edu
Education: BA Stephens College MFA Film, New York University;

Research Interests: filmmaking, photography, documentary

Najwa Belkziz, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: najwa.belkziz@nyu.edu
Education: BA Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane; MA Columbia University; PhD University of Melbourne

Research Interests: Historical Memory; Transitional Justice; Media; Refugees; Migration; Conflict; Peace Education; Kins...

Muhammad Umair Bilal, Lecturer of Filmmaking Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: umair.bilal@nyu.edu
Education: MA Documentary Film Direction, University of Theater and Film Arts Budapest

Research Interests: Documentary Film, Visual Anthropology, Cinematography

Camilla Boisen, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Planning and Student Success; Senior Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cb3861@nyu.edu
Education: BA History, University of Copenhagen; MA History, University of Copenhagen; MsEcon Political Theor...

Research Interests: Intellectual history of empire and Political Theory

Martin Bowen-Silva, Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: martin.bowen@nyu.edu
Education: BA Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; MA École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; PhD Éc...

Research Interests: Atlantic World; Latin America; Communication and Politics; Emotions; Global Political History

Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music; Global Network Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gwyneth.bravo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MA, University of California, Los Angeles (Historical Musicology); Fulbright Scholar Musicologi...

Research Interests: Musicology; music and politics; nationalism; exile; German aesthetic theory; 20th-century German and...

Satnam Singh Choongh, Clinical Professor of Legal Writing and Research Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ssc10097@nyu.edu
Education: LLB (Warwick); DPhil (Oxon); Barrister-at-Law

Research Interests: Planning and Environmental Law; Legal Writing and Research

Warren Churchill, Senior Lecturer of Music; Coordinator of Musical Performance Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: warren.churchill@nyu.edu
Education: BM Crane School of Music, SUNY; MA, EdM, EdD Teachers College, Columbia University

Research Interests: childhood development, disability studies, music therapy, exceptionalities, inclusion, music philoso...

Kevin Coffey, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kevin.coffey@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of Virginia; PhD, University of Michigan

Research Interests: philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

Manuel F Contreras, Visiting Lecturer of Film and New Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: mfc9983@nyu.edu
Education: BA National University of Colombia; MA Docnomads; PhD Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Research Interests: Visual representation in film, visual studies, documentary film history, film distribution and marke...

Scandar Copti, Associate Arts Professor of Film Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sac18@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Filmmaking, fiction, documentary

John Coughlin, Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: jjc17@nyu.edu
Education: BA Niagara University; MA Columbia University; ThM Princeton Seminary; JD Harvard University Law Sch...

Research Interests: comparative religion, theology, canon law, sharia law, Talmudic law, Hindu law, comparative law, jur...

Nadine Debbas Achkar, Visiting Professor of Practice of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nd1617@nyu.edu
Education: BA Georgetown University; JD Columbia University School of Law

Research Interests: International Arbitration; Gender and Law

Duygu Demir, Research Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: duygudemir@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia College, Columbia University; PhD MIT

Research Interests: Art History, Modernisms, Contemporary Art

Rashmi Devi Sawhney, Associate Arts Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rashmi.s@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fergusson College, Pune; MA University of Limerick, Ireland; PhD University of Limerick, Ireland

Research Interests: Cinema studies, visual arts, curatorial practice, indigenous film and media production, South Asia, ...

Vikram Divecha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vd2277@nyu.edu
Education: MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University

Tishani Doshi, Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: Visiting
Email: tvd2@nyu.edu
Education: BA Queens University; MA Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests: contemporary poetry & dance

Andrew J. Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Music; Global Network Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aje2000@nyu.edu
Education: BMus New York University; MA, PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: anthropology of music; anthropology of sound; African popular music; sound and space; ethnicity and ...

Omima El Araby, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: oe7@nyu.edu
Education: BA Arabic Language and Literature, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; MA Teaching Foreign Languages...

Research Interests: Arabic language and literature

Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Program Head of Legal Studies; Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pavlos.eleftheriadis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Athens; LLM, PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Jurisprudence, rights, European Union, justice, climate change

Aude Epstein, Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ae88@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sorbonne University ; MA Sciences Po Paris; PhD University of Nice Côte d'Azur

Research Interests: Environmental law and Justice ; Business Law; Animal Welfare; Constitutional Litigation

Chinasa Ezugha, Assistant Arts Professor of Live Art/Art as Social Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: chinasa.ezugha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fine Art Aberystwyth University; MA Goldsmiths University of London

Research Interests: Voice, Identity and Culture, Glossolalia

Salha Reema Fadda, Adjunct Lecturer of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: reema.fadda@nyu.edu
Education: MA Edinburgh University; MA School of Oriental and African Studies; DPhil Researcher University of O...

Research Interests: Art History; Art and Politics of the Arab world; Cultural Politics

Reindert Falkenburg, Professor Emeritus of Early Modern Art and Culture Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rlf9@nyu.edu

Research Interests: visual arts, tensions and crises in late medieval and Renaissance art

Laila Familiar, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: lailafamiliar@nyu.edu
Education: MA The American University in Cairo; PhD Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research Interests: Language Teachers Education, Instructional Coaching, Curricular Design, Corpus Linguistics, Arabic L...

Nelida Fuccaro, Professor of Middle Eastern History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nf58@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Durham(UK), Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Research Interests: history of the modern Middle East

Alexis Gambis, Assistant Arts Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: arg391@nyu.edu
Education: BA Bard College; PhD The Rockefeller University; MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Research Interests: Animal Perspectives, Docu-Fiction, History of Science, Magical Realism, Science New Wave

Mary Syretha Gatchell, Visiting Lecturer of Music Affiliation: Visiting
Email: msg2162@nyu.edu
Education: Bachelor of Music New York University; Master of Music New York University

Research Interests: Piano, voice, singer, oboe, composition, songwriting, Broadway, classical music, jazz, pop/rock, sou...

Terri Geis, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Professor of Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: terri.geis@nyu.edu
Education: BA St Andrews; MA Trinity College Dublin; PhD University of Essex

Research Interests: Surrealism; Art of the Americas; Women Modernists

Carol Genetti, Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cgenetti@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Oregon; MA University of Oregon; PhD University of Oregon

Research Interests: Himalayan linguistics, language documentation, linguistic typology, endangered languages

Carlos Guedes, Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cag204@nyu.edu
Education: BM Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts; MA, PhD New York University

Research Interests: analysis and preservation of music, automatic music generation, interactive music systems

Elizabeth Yoonjung Han, Adjunct Instructor of Music (Collaborative Pianist) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yjh1@nyu.edu
Education: BM Seoul National University, South Korea; MM Seoul National University; Graduate Diploma New Englan...

Research Interests: Music performance, collaboration with diverse artists and musicians

Nathalie Handal, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nh53@nyu.edu
Education: MPHIL University of London; MFA Bennington College

Research Interests: Global literature, poetry, flash, literary travel writing, translation, diasporic literatures, Medi...

Angelyn Hilgendorf, Director and Senior Lecturer, Academic Enrichment Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ah133@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Tennessee; MAT Duke University

Paulo Lemos Horta, Associate Professor Of Literature; Global Network Associate Professor of Literature Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: paulo.horta@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Toronto; MA, Queen’s University; MA, BA, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Research Interests: world literature

Dale Hudson, Associate Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmh2018@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Bucknell University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interests: postcolonial and transnational film and digital media; art, environmentalism, and globalization; fil...

Adeel Hussain, Associate Program Head of Legal Studies; Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: adeel.hussain@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Legal History, Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, Islamic Law, International Law, Jurisprudence

Nasser Isleem, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nasser.isleem@nyu.edu
Education: teaching Arabic language, use of songs, proverbs, and other cultural expressions

Sabyn Javeri, Senior Lecturer of Writing and Literature & Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sabyn.javeri@nyu.edu
Education: MSt Oxford University, PhD Leicester University

Research Interests: Postcolonial Feminism, South Asian Literature, Creative Writing

George Jose, Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gj29@nyu.edu
Education: Joint PhD, National University of Singapore (NUS) and King’s College London (KCL)

Research Interests: Urban Peripheries, Creative Cities

Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sk1392@nyu.edu
Education: BA Yale University; MA Columbia University, PhD University of the Peloponnese

Research Interests: global environmental governance, resource competition, energy, China’s belt and road initiative, EU ...

Sohail Karmani, Senior Lecturer, Arts and Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: msk15@nyu.edu
Education: EdD University of Exeter; MA University of West London

Research Interests: second language education, applied linguistics, photography

Amy Karoll, Visiting Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: abk9282@nyu.edu
Education: BS University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; MA University of Arkansas; PhD University of California, Los ...

Amos Ezra Katz, Senior Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: amos.katz@nyu.edu
Education: BA Vassar College; MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine; MFA New York University Tisch Sc...

Research Interests: Mass media, technology and pedaogy, AI, storytelling

Philip Kennedy, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pfk1@nyu.edu

Maya Kesrouany, Assistant Professor of Literature and Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mk5725@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA American University of Beirut; PhD Emory University

Research Interests: twentieth- and twenty-first century cultural production from the Middle East; translation theory; ae...

Munira Khayyat, Clinical Associate Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: munira.khayyat@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MPhil Cambridge University; PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: War, ecologies, resistance, Landscape, oil, theory from the south, ethnographic writing

Fiona Kidd, Associate Professor of History and Art and Art History; Global Network Associate Professor in the Study of the Ancient World Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fjk3@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Hons) University of Melbourne; PhD University of Sydney

Research Interests: identity, images and the built environment, craft production, pre-Islamic Central Asian visual art

Masha Kirasirova, Assistant Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: masha.kirasirova@nyu.edu
Education: BA Brown University; M.Phil., PhD New York University

Research Interests: Political and Cultural History of the Soviet Union, Colonialism/Anti-colonialism, Orientalism, Trans...

Suphan Kirmizialtin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: suphan@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Texas, Austin

Research Interests: Modern Middle East, Late Ottoman Empire, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities

Khulood Kittaneh, Program Head, Arabic; Senior Lecturer, Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk83@nyu.edu

Martin Klimke, Vice Provost; Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: klimke@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD University of Heidelberg

Research Interests: intersections of political and cultural, diplomatic, and transnational history, 20th century US-Euro...

Marwa Koheji, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: mk8874@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests: Arabian Peninsula; Bahrain, infrastructures, energy, cultural anthropology

Taneli Kukkonen, Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ktk4@nyu.edu
Education: MTh, MA, and DTh, University of Helsinki

Research Interests: classical Arabic philosophy, Aristotle, Plato

Salila Kulshreshtha, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Art and Art History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: salila.kulshreshtha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lady Shri Ram College; MA Jawaharlal Nehru University; MPhil Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD Jaw...

Research Interests: Art and archaeology of South Asia, Religion in the Indian Ocean world, Museums and Heritage studies

Jonathan Kwan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jonathan.kwan@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swarthmore College; PhD The Graduate Center, CUNY

Research Interests: Social and political philosophy, environmental philosophy, decolonial philosophy, philosophy of race...

Eduardo Lage Otero, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: eduardo.lageotero@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Santiago de Compostela; MA Washington University in St. Louis; PhD New York Univers...

Research Interests: Hispanic Studies; Multimedia Learning; Language Policy

Faustin Linyekula, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Theater, Artist in Residence Affiliation: Visiting
Email: faustin.l@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Dance and theater making/ Poetry/ Arts, culture and politics in Africa and its diasporas

Alvaro Luna, Visiting Assistant Professor, Literature & Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alvaro.luna@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Comparative Literature ; Literature of Migration and Diasporic Writing; Political Humanities ; Multi...

Abhishek Majumdar, Program Head, Theater; Associate Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: abhishek.majumdar@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Delhi University, MBA NIT Trichy, 2 Year Theater Program ( MFA equivalent) London International ...

Research Interests: Political philosophy, dramaturgy, performance making , experimental film, opera, playwriting, direct...

Matteo Marciano, Assistant Professor of Practice of Music Technology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: matteo.marciano@nyu.edu
Education: BA Business Administration Bachelor from L.U.M.S.A. University in Rome, MMB Master Degree in Music B...

Research Interests: sound recording, music production, sound mixing, and music cognition

Monica Marks, Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mlm27@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Oxford University

Research Interests: Contemporary Politics of the Middle East and North Africa; Religion & Politics; Secularism; Islamist...

Salwa Mikdadi, Professor of Practice of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sm5436@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA J. F. Kennedy University

Research Interests: history of modern and contemporary art in the Arab world

Merritt Moore, Distinguished Artist in Residence, Adjunct Professor of Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: merritt.moore@nyu.edu
Education: BA Harvard College, PhD University of Oxford

Research Interests: Robots, Quantum Physics, Dance

Henriette Mueller, Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: henriette.mueller@nyu.edu
Education: Dr., Humboldt University Berlin

Research Interests: Multilevel Governance / EU Governance; Gender and Politics; Women and Leadership; Political Leadersh...

Piia Mustamaki, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pjm9@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hunter College of CUNY; MA Bristol University; PhD Rutgers University

Research Interests: travel narratives; gender, cultural and performance studies; Global South urbanism; cities as perfor...

Ram Natarajan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vn327@nyu.edu
Education: BA Johns Hopkins University; MA New York University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Violence; non-violence; memory; trauma; law; literature; translation; Argentina; India

Sara Niroobakhsh, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sn2616@nyu.edu
Education: MFA, Art and Technology Studies, School of Art Institute of Chicago

Research Interests: Bio Art, Interactive Art, Performance Art, AR, VR

Bilal Orfali, Visiting Professor of Middle East and Arab Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bo29@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Yale University

Research Interests: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Literature, Philology

Susan Marie Ossman, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Visiting Professor of Movements and Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: smo7149@nyu.edu
Education: AB UC Berkeley, DEA U Paris VII, MA UC Berkeley, PhD UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Mobility, subjectivity; globalization; gender; art and scholarship

Gregory Pardlo, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pardlo@nyu.edu
Education: BA Rutgers University-Camden; MFA NYU; MFA Columbia University; MPhil CUNY Graduate Center

Research Interests: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, African American Literature, Literary Criticism

Sarah Paul, Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: skp5@nyu.edu
Education: BA Carleton College; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: philosophy of action, philosophy of mind

Sandra Peters, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Associate Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sp159@nyu.edu
Education: BFA ("Vordiplom") Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden; MFA ("Diplom“) Hochschule für Bildende Kün...

Research Interests: art in architecture, sculpture, installation, moving images, performance

Erin Pettigrew, History Program Head; Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erin.pettigrew@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hollins University; MA University of California Los Angeles; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: 19th and 20th century West Africa, histories of Islam, race, and healing

Nathalie Peutz, Associate Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology; Network Associate Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: npeutz@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: forced migration and displacement; mobility and immobility; conservation and development; identity a...

Maurice Pomerantz, Executive Director of the NYUAD Institute, Professor of Literature and Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mp147@nyu.edu
Education: BA, MA, and PhD University of Chicago

Research Interests: Arabic literature

Goffredo Puccetti, Associate Professor of Practice of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: goffredo.puccetti@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea cum Laude in Italian Literature and Art History from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'; Gr...

Research Interests: corporate identity, branding, visual communications

Gabriel Rabin, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gabriel.oak.rabin@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia University; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: philosophy of mind, metaphysics

Harshana Rambukwella, Visiting Professor, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Harshana.Rambukwella@nyu.edu
Education: BA Peradeniya, PhD The University of Hong Kong

Research Interests: Literature, History, Nationalism, South Asia, Sociolonguistics

Aya Mohamed Salaheldin Riad, Associate Program Head, Interactive Media; Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: aya.riad@nyu.edu
Education: BSc American University in Cairo (AUC), MArch Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)...

Research Interests: Interactive design and architecture, emotive AI, affective computing, parametric architecture, botto...

Philip Rodenbough, Adjunct Instructor, Scientific Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: philip.rodenbough@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MPhil., MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; BS, BA, University of Washington - Sea...

Research Interests: Scientific Writing

Nadine Roth, Assistant Teaching Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nadine.roth@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Regina; MA University of Calgary; PhD University of Toronto

Research Interests: pre- and post-war Europe

Robert Rowe, Music Program Head; Professor of Music Technology Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: rr6@nyu.edu
Education: BM, Wisconsin; MA, Iowa; PhD, MIT

Soha Sarkis, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sea301@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA American University of Beirut; PhD Georgetown University

Research Interests: French colonial empire, slavery, human trafficking, migrant crisis

Gunja SenGupta, Visiting Professor of History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: gs2490@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of Bombay (India); PhD, Tulane University

Research Interests: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds; US and the World with special reference to slavery and freedom; US...

Joanna Settle, Associate Dean, Arts and Creative Practices; Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: js10084@nyu.edu

John Sexton, President Emeritus of the University Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: js1@nyu.edu

Surabhi Sharma, Program Head, Film and New Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ss12622@nyu.edu
Education: BA St. Xaviers College, Mumbai; Film Direction at the Film and Television Institute of India

Research Interests: Music, Migration in Cities, Labour and Globalisation, Gender and Health,

Hanine Shehadeh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: hanine.shehadeh@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Amsterdam, MSc University of Amsterdam, MA Columbia University, PhD Columbia Univer...

Research Interests: Settler-colonialism; religion; nationalism; Arab World; digital colonialism

Tina Sherwell, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Arts Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ts4591@nyu.edu
Education: BA Goldsmiths College, University of London, PhD University of Kent at Canterbury

Research Interests: identity; landscape; Arab art; Palestinian art; visual culture

Aaron Sherwood, Associate Arts Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sherwood@nyu.edu
Education: Master's in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University (2014); BFA Jazz and Contemporary Mu...

Research Interests: Applied explorations of consciousness, cosmopoiesis, embodiment, entropy, and semiotics in multi-sen...

Michael Shiloh, Program Head, Interactive Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms10632@nyu.edu
Education: BS, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: participatory installations, machine art, conceptual furniture

Xiaobo Shui, Senior Language Lecturer of Chinese Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: xs7@nyu.edu
Education: MA East China Normal University

Research Interests: Chinese literature; teaching Chinese through film and other media; community-engaged learning; immer...

Charles Siebert, Professor of Practice of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cs4635@nyu.edu

Matthew Silverstein, Program Head, Philosophy; Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: matthew.silverstein@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Amherst College; BPhil, University of Oxford; PhD, University of Michigan

Research Interests: foundations of ethics, normative ethics, the philosophy of action, political philosophy, early moder...

Lee Gurdial Kaur Singh, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ls6195@nyu.edu
Education: AB Mount Holyoke College; MHA University of Iowa; PhD University of California, Riverside

Research Interests: Soviet history, cultural life in the Soviet Union; ballet history, critical dance studies, social hi...

Alia Soliman, Lecturer-Visual and Cultural Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: as14775@nyu.edu
Education: MA American University in Cairo, PhD University College London

Research Interests: Decolonization of curricula, ekphrasis, museum studies, visual literacy, comparative literature, vis...

Wole Soyinka, Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ws2402@nyu.edu
Education: BA English Literature, Leeds University; Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Comparative Theatre Formation Across Cultures

Justin Stearns, Program Head, Arab Crossroads Studies; Professor of Arab Crossroads; Global Network Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jks8@nyu.edu
Education: BA Dartmouth College; PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: intersection of law, science, and theology in the pre-modern Muslim Middle East

Gregor Stemmrich, Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gs148@nyu.edu
Education: Staatsexamen (degree for teaching art); PhD Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Postdoctoral lecture qualificat...

Research Interests: new technologies in contemporary art (film and video), media theory, history of exhibitions and art ...

Mark Swislocki, Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms6027@nyu.edu
Education: BA Reed College; MA, PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: History of China; Environmental History; Food Studies; Critical Animal Studies; Global History

Nimrah Syed, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: nimrah.syed@nyu.edu
Education: BDes PIFD; MDes OCAD University

Research Interests: Alternative futures, discursive and speculative design, design research, collective imagination, par...

Miguel Syjuco, Assistant Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email:
Education: BA Ateneo de Manila University; MFA Columbia University; PhD University of Adelaide

Research Interests: n politics, history, inequality, cultural identity, literature, and formal experimentation

Denise-Marie Teece, Assistant Professor of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmt230@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD New York University, Institute of Fine Arts

Research Interests: art and architecture in the Islamic world

Deepak Unnikrishnan, Assistant Arts Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: du258@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fairleigh Dickinson University; MA Fairleigh Dickinson University; MFA School of the Art Institut...

Daungyewa Utarasint, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: du9@nyu.edu
Education: BA Thammasat University; MA George Mason University; PhD The Australian National University

Research Interests: Political Violence, Voting Behavior, Gender and Violence, Southeast Asia Politics

Johannes Andreas Valentin, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Visiting Professor of Arts and Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jav4553@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swarthmore College; MA Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro; PhD Universidade Federal ...

Research Interests: Photography; Art History; Cultural Studies

Madeleine Wolf, Visiting Assistant Professor of French Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mdw364@nyu.edu
Education: BA Pomona College; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University

Research Interests: French literature, culture, and film; 19th-century French studies; sound studies; violence; gender a...

Marion Wrenn, Executive Director of Writing; Senior Lecturer of Writing and Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mw299@nyu.edu
Education: PhD New York University

Research Interests: journalism history, study of popular culture

David Wrisley, Professor of Digital Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: djw12@nyu.edu
Education: AB University of Chicago; MA/PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: late medieval court culture, multilingual corpora analysis, European and Mediterranean Middle Ages, ...

Mikhail Xifaras, Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mdx1@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Besançon (France)

Research Interests: Legal theory; History of Legal Thought; Theory of Property; Political philosophy; Global Law; Legal ...

Mahnaz Yousefzadeh, Affiliate Professor Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: my16@nyu.edu
Education: PhD State University of New York, Binghamton

Research Interests: Early Modern Mediterranean and Persianate worlds. Global art history. Aesthetics and Politics.

Alia Yunis, Visiting Associate Professor of Film and Heritage Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alia.yunis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Minnesota; MA American University; PhD University of Amsterdam

Research Interests: Middle East & the Gulf; Film & Television; Literature; Heritage; Memory & Identity; Heritage, Food& ...

Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History; Global Network Professor of Literature and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sz42@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of London; MA, Institute of United States and Latin American Studies, London; PhD, Un...

Research Interests: literature, photography, intellectual history

William Zimmerle, Senior Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Affiliated Faculty Member of the Arab Crossroads Studies Program and History Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wgz1@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Pennsylvania; MDiv Harvard University Divinity School; BA Fairleigh Dickinson Univ...

Research Interests: Arabian Aromatics; Ancient World; Heritage Law and Policy; Near Eastern and Arabian Archaeology; Ass...

Özlem Özhabeş, Visiting Lecturer Affiliation: Visiting
Email: zz10021@nyu.edu
Education: BA Istanbul University; MA Middlesex University

Research Interests: Theatre, acting, directing, voice work, translation