Staff

 

Baber Johansen
Professor Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School; CMES Director
PhD Freie Universitat, Berlin

http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/people/director
bjohansen@hds.harvard.edu
(617) 496-0070
(Fall 2011) Th 2-5pm
38 Kirkland, Room 203
Harvard Divinity School
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/
See the CMES Director page.
Law and Religion in Classical and Modern Muslim World, Long-Term Changes in Islamic Classical and Postclassical Legal Doctrine, Modern Muslim Debates on State Models, The Status of Islamic Law in Modern Arab Legislation and Jurisprudence, Twentieth-Century Liberal Interpretations of Islam

Susan Kahn
Associate Director, Acting Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of the AM Program, CMES; Lecturer on Near Eastern Studies
PhD Harvard University, 1997
skahn@fas.harvard.edu
(617) 495-7596
38 Kirkland, 110
Susan Kahn received her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. Her book, Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel, was published in Fall 2000 by Duke University Press and won a National Jewish Book Award for the year 2000, as well as the 2001 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, awarded by the Society of Medical Anthropology for outstanding research in gender and health. Her research interests include medical anthropology, kinship studies, Israel studies and anthropology of the Middle East. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, she is currently working on a research project about the relationship between people and dogs in the Land of Israel from ancient times to the present. Susan was born and raised in Cambridge, Mass.

Paul Beran
Director, Outreach Center
pberan@fas.harvard.edu
38 Kirkland Street
Paul Beran is the director of the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. The center has been awarded National Resource Center status by the US Department of Education’s Title VI program and serves educators, students and the general public on topics related to the Middle East region. Paul teaches Introduction to the Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Territories (GOVT E 1960/W) and Introduction to Middle East Politics (GOVT E 1970/W) at the Harvard University Extension School, and, directs the Egypt Forum, a program of training for K-12 educators on Middle East region studies and Egypt. He received his MA in Political Science and PhD in International Public Policy from Northeastern University. Paul has worked, researched or taught in Turkey, Israel, the Occupied Territories, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Lebanon and has lived in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Cairo. He has served as an evaluator for the US DOS sponsored Teachers of Critical Languages Program and currently on the Joint Coordinating Council Group at the Center for Government and International Relations at Harvard University, the Global Education Advisory Council for the Elementary and Secondary Education Department of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Harvard Review Committee for Fulbright Program Proposals for the Middle East Region and is a board member of Virtual Activism.
Middle East Studies, Israel-Palestinian conflict, Egypt and political change, democratization, power, social change and transformation, graphic novels, film, literature from the Middle East, teacher leadership, business in the Middle East

Johanna Bodnyk
Web Editor & Communications Coordinator
jbodnyk@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-7809
38 Kirkland Street, Room 103
Prior to joining CMES Johanna spent three years as a project manager at Weymouth Design, a graphic and web design firm in Boston, where she managed successful web design projects for large and small clients. She also has writing and proofreading experience, and a B.A. in Literature from Bard College. Johanna enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, and hiking.

Elizabeth Flanagan
Program Coordinator & Visiting Researcher Administrator
elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-1036
38 Kirkland Street, Room 108
Before joining CMES Liz worked for over five years in the office of Harvard's Vice President for Administration, where she managed the Vice President's daily schedule, correspondence, special events and web news. She has an M.A. in Art History from Columbia University and B.A. in Fine Arts from Harvard College.

Michelle Monestime Cineus
Financial Associate
monestime@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-8701
Prior to joining the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Michelle spent three years at Harvard School of Public Health as an Administrative Assistant and Financial Associate. She has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Anna Mudd
Curriculum Coordinator
amudd@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-4078
Anna received her BA in Religion from Haverford College and graduated from Harvard Divinity School with a Master of Theological Studies degree and a concentration in Religious Studies and Education. Prior to coming to Harvard, she taught 5th – 8th grade social studies and comparative religion in Dorchester, MA and completed her student teaching in 8th grade social studies in Arlington, MA while at Harvard.

Sarah Stoll
Administrative Projects Coordinator (Academic Programs & Alumni Support)
sstoll@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-4055
38 Kirkland St, Rm 106
Sarah received her BA in Psychology, BA in Dance, and MA in Arts Administration. She worked in the non-profit arts sector with a programming and education focus with organizations such as the American Dance Festival (NC), Dance St. Louis, Citi Performing Arts Center (Boston), and Springstep (Medford, MA). Her experiences have included creating and implementing marketing plans, fundraising events, performance series, classes for youth and adults, community programs, master classes, school performances and workshops, and professional development programs for K-12 teachers.