CONTACTS
GENERAL CONTACTS:
PEDAGOGY WORKING GROUP // [email protected] BASSAM HADDAD // PEP Co-Founder: [email protected] MELISSA BEJJANI // Logistical Support: [email protected] MICHAEL ERNST // Online Support: [email protected] FELLOW CONTACTS: Claudie Fioroni (Department of Anthropology and Sociology of Development, Geneva): Ethnography of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company Ethan Jerome Morton (University of Arkansas): Palestinian Labor in the Settlement Industrial Zone of Mishor Adumim and Agricultural Labor on Settlements in the Jordan Valley Salim Abu Thaher (Birzeit): Urban Socioeconomic Segregation in Palestine with Ramallah as a Case Study Boian Boianov (UC-Santa Cruz): Politics of Water in Oman Lana Salman (UC-Berkeley): Municipalities and Land Commodification in Tunisia China Sajadian (CUNY): Reconfiguration of Rural Property Relations and Migration Patterns in Lebanon Mohammed Rafi Arefin (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Politics of Sanitary Infrastructures in Cairo Artemis Kubala (Independent Scholar, Palestine): Case Study of Stone Quarries in West Bank Economy |
EDUCATOR CONTACTS:
Sayres Rudy (Independent Scholar): Marx and Capital Max Ajl (Cornell University): Marx and Capital Adam Hanieh (SOAS): Class Formation James Boyce (UMass, Amherst): Political Economy of the Environment Sandra Halperin (University of London, Royal Holloway): State Formation William Robinson (UC, Santa Barbara): Imperialism Karen Pfeifer (Smith): Labor George DeMartino (University of Denver): Critique of Neoclassical Economics Dale Tomich (SUNY, Binghamton): World Systems Theory Andrew Zimmerman (GW): Rural/Agrarian Politics and Economies |
PEP PEDAGOGY WORKING GROUP:
PEP STEERING COMMITTEE:
ASI ADMIN TEAM:
MELISSA BEJJANI: ASI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Melissa Bejjani works with the Arab Studies Institute. She is a PhD candidate of Political Science at George Mason University.
Melissa Bejjani works with the Arab Studies Institute. She is a PhD candidate of Political Science at George Mason University.
MICHAEL ERNST: ASI / POLITICAL ECONOMY PROJECT COORDINATOR
Michael Ernst received his BA from Bard College in 2014, where he studied the discourse of universal human rights with a concentration in Arabic and Middle Eastern studies. He is currently a fellow at the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad at AUC in Cairo, Egypt. Michael is the ASI / Political Economy Project Coordinator and a co-editor of the Foreign Policy media roundup on Jadaliyya.
JOHN WARNER: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
John Warner is the Research and Development Manager at the Arab Studies Institute. He received his MPhil in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center and his MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. He has taught anthropology and Middle East studies at several different institutions, including Queensborough Community College, Hunter College, and New York University. He is currently a co-editor of Jadaliyya’s Arabian Peninsula page and formerly a co-editor of the Findings section of the scholarly journal Anthropology Now. He has also worked as an assistant director and field producer for Quilting Point, a documentary film collective.
John Warner is the Research and Development Manager at the Arab Studies Institute. He received his MPhil in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center and his MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. He has taught anthropology and Middle East studies at several different institutions, including Queensborough Community College, Hunter College, and New York University. He is currently a co-editor of Jadaliyya’s Arabian Peninsula page and formerly a co-editor of the Findings section of the scholarly journal Anthropology Now. He has also worked as an assistant director and field producer for Quilting Point, a documentary film collective.
TAREQ RADI: STATUS RAPPORTEUR & CINEMATOGRAPHER
Tareq Radi is a Palestinian-American organizer based in Washington, DC. He is currently the Public Affairs Coordinator at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Tareq is a host for the audio journal Status, where he hosts a regular segment entitled Reclaiming Academic Freedom. Before that, he graduated with a B.S in Finance from George Mason University (GMU), where he was a founding member and chairman of GMU’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA).
Tareq Radi is a Palestinian-American organizer based in Washington, DC. He is currently the Public Affairs Coordinator at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Tareq is a host for the audio journal Status, where he hosts a regular segment entitled Reclaiming Academic Freedom. Before that, he graduated with a B.S in Finance from George Mason University (GMU), where he was a founding member and chairman of GMU’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA).