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Members of the MESA Committee on Academic Freedom

Laurie Brand (chair)
University of Southern California
Dept. of International Relations
Los Angeles CA 90089
213 740–3651; fax 213 742–0281
brand@usc.edu

Virginia H. Aksan
(ex-officio)
MESA President
McMaster University
Department of History
1280 Main St W
Hamilton ON L8S 4LB
Canada
fax 905-777-0158
vaksan@mcmaster.ca

Amy W. Newhall (ex officio)
Executive Director, MESA
1219 N Santa Rita Ave
The University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721
520 621–5851; fax 520 626–9095
newhall@u.arizona.edu

Joe Stork (consultant)
Human Rights Watch, Middle East
1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington DC 20009
202 612-4321; fax 202 612-4333
storkj@hrw.org

Covering the Middle East and North Africa

Nathan Brown (chair)
George Washington University
Dept. of Political Science
Old Main 414E
Washington DC 20052
202 939-2277; fax 703 796-6649
nbrown@gwu.edu

Magnus Bernhardsson
Department of History
Williams College
Williamstown MA 01267
413-597-2223
Magnus.T.Bernhardsson@Williams.edu

Mansour Bonakdarian
University of Toronto, Mississauga
Historical Studies
Mississauga ON Canada
mbonakd@yahoo.com

Donna Lee Bowen
Brigham Young University
Dept. of Political Science
734 Kimball Tower
Provo UT 84602
801 422-3409; fax 801 422-0580
donna_bowen@byu.edu

Charles Butterworth
3140 Tydings Hall
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742
301 405-4110; fax 301 314-9690
cebworth@gvpt.umd.edu

Mona El-Ghobashy
Barnard College
Dept. of Political Science
3009 Broadway
New York NY 10027-6598
212 854-3779; fax 212 854-3024
melghoba@barnard.edu

Khaled Fahmy
Dept of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
New York University
50 Washington Square South,
New York NY 10012
212 998-8896; fax 212 995-4689
khaled.fahmy@nyu.edu

Gwenn Okruhlik
Trinity Univesity
Dept of Political Science, Visiting Scholar
San Antonio TX
479-790-8633
okruhlik@msn.com

Marcie Patton
Fairfield University
Dept. of Politics
1073 N Benson Rd
Fairfield CT 06824
203 254–4000 X 2649; fax 203 254–4074
mpatton309@sbcglobal.net

Donald Quataert
Binghamton University, SUNY
Dept of History
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
dquataer@binghamton.edu

Shira Robinson
George Washington University
Dept of History
Phillips Hall 335
Washington DC 20052
202-994-2457
snrobins@gwu.edu

Geoffrey D. Schad
Albright College
Dept of History
13th & Bern Streets
Reading PA 19612-5234
610 929-6733; fax 610 921-7683
geoffrey.schad@villanova.edu

 

Covering North America

Beshara Doumani (chair)
University of California, Berkeley
Dept. of History
3229 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley CA 94720
510 643–3147; fax 510 643–5323
bdoumani@berkeley.edu

Lori Allen
University of Cambridge
Faculty of Asian & Middle East Studies
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA UK
+44-1223-335129;  fax +44-1223-335110
laa29@cam.ac.uk

Juan Cole
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dept. of History
1029 Tisch
Ann Arbor MI 48109
734 764–6305; fax 734 647–4881
jrcole@umich.edu

Mary Ann Fay
Morgan State University
Dept. of History
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore MD 21251
443 885-1784
fay_mary_ann2@msn.com

Robert O. Freedman
Johns Hopkins University
Dept of Political Science
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218-2680
rofreedman@comcast.net

Jens Hanssen
University of Toronto
Near East Civilizations
4 Bancroft Ave
Toronto ON M5S 1C1 Canada
416-978-3143; 416-978-3305 fax
jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca

Steven Heydemann
US Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW
Washington DC 20036
202 429-4715
sheydemann@usip.org

Mark LeVine
University of California, Irvine
Dept of History
200 Krieger Hall
Irvine CA 92697
949 824-8304; fax 949 824-2865
mlevine@uci.edu

Zachary Lockman
New York University
Dept of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies
50 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
212 998-8884; fax 212 995-4689
zachary.lockman@nyu.edu

Peter Mandaville
George Mason University
Public and International Affairs
Fairfax VA 22030-4444
703-993-1054; fax 703-993-1399
pmandavi@gmu.edu