Instructors

Bassel Al Musfi, Technical Instructor in Arabic Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bm111@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Damascus (2003)

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi, Adjunct Instructor 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

Najwa Belkziz, Lecturer 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...

Emily Cole, Adjunct Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ec124@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Oxford; MA and PhD University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests: Ancient Middle East; Archaeology; Social History; Museum Studies; Egyptian Linguistics; Translation ...

Rachel Jamison, Instructor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rj46@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Minnesota; JD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Argumentation, International Law, Women & the Law, Gender & Law, Humanitarian Law

Joshua Mussa, Associate Instructor of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jmm33@nyu.edu
Education: BA Haverford College

Research Interests: critical pedagogy

Claire Lenore Whitenack, Writing Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: clw8@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Virginia; MFA University of Oregon, MPhil University of Cambridge; PhD Cornell Univ...

Research Interests: History of Medicine; Medieval Literature; Composition Studies

Jack B. Du, Assistant Instructor of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jackbdu@nyu.edu
Education: BA New York University Shanghai

Research Interests: robot art, photography