• (Re)Focusing of Arab and Islamic Studies

• Political conflicts / Human rights

• Peace-building

• Education in the Arab and Islamic World

• Environmental issues / Globalization

• Oil / resources / economy

• Post/Coloniality / Post/Modernity

• Questions of identity / Cultural pluralism

• Women / gender and Islam

• Authorship / literature

• Representation / media

• Arab arts and cinema

• Historical Islam / contemporary Islam

• Legal systems: religious and secular

• Religious diversity in the Arab World

Departments:

Modern Languages and Literatures

Political Sciences

English

Sociology

Other Academic Entities:

Academic Affairs

College of Arts and Sciences

Office of Mission Effectiveness

International Studies

Multicultural Affairs

Concentration in Writing and Rhetoric English