Graduate Students

Name Field Concentration Dissertation Proposal Advisor
Sabahat Adil Islamic History and Civilization El Shamsy, Ahmed
Mehmetcan Akpinar Islamic Thought Islamic Thought Abū Bakr and His Image in the Second/Eighth Century Kadi, Wadad
Laith Al-Saud Islamic History and Civilization Woods, John
Toygun Altintas Ottoman and Turkish Studies Shissler, Holly
Lyall Armstrong Islamic Thought The Qussas of the Umayyad Caliphate: Religious and Political Discourse in Early Islam Kadi, Wadad
Ercument Asil Islamic History and Civilization Popular Science and Religious Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1860-1918 Shissler, Holly
Muhammet Atcil Islamic History and Civilization State and Government in the Mid-Sixteenth Century Ottoman Empire: The Grand Vizierates of Rustem Pasha (1544-1561) Fleischer, Cornell
Natasha Ayers Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt Cultural Change in Upper Egypt from the Late Middle Kingdom through Early Dynasty 18: A New Analysis of the Ceramic Material Moeller, Nadine
Kamal Badreshany Near Eastern Art and Archaeology The Social and Economic Impact of Urbanization in the Lebanon: Changes in Settlement Patterns and Craft Production from the Proto-Urban (Chacolithic/EB1) Period to the First Urban Period (EB II-III) Schloen, David
Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer Egyptology The Exploitation of Avian Resources in Ancient Egypt: A Socio-Economic Study Johnson, Janet
Kathryn Bandy Egyptology Town and District: Local and Regional Administration in the Second Intermediate Period Ritner, Robert
Harry Bastermajian Islamic History and Civilization Modern Middle East History The Armenian News Press of Istanbul under Sultan Abdulhamid II: 1878-1907 Shissler, Holly
Theodore Beers Persian Language and Literature Lewis, Frank
Justin Benavidez Islamic Thought El Shamsy, Ahmed
Drayton Benner Northwest Semitic Philology The Sounds of the Psalter Pardee, Dennis
Kevin Blankinship Arabic Language and Literature Qutbuddin, Tahera
Brad Bowman Islamic History and Civilization Early Islamic History The Status of Christian Monasteries in the Early Islamic Period Donner, Fred
Samuel Boyd Near Eastern Judaica Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Contact Linguistics and Textual Reuse in the Hebrew Bible: A Socio-linguistic Approach to the Comparative Method in the Hebrew Bible Pardee, Dennis
Andrea Brown Ottoman and Turkish Studies Karateke, Hakan
Mary Buck Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Pardee, Dennis
Solange Bumbaugh Egyptology Meroitic Worship of Isis As Seen Through the Graffiti of the Dodecashoenus Johnson, Janet
Andrew Burlingame Northwest Semitic Philology Pardee, Dennis
Aaron Butts Comparative Semitics Language Maintenance, Lexical Borrowing, and Grammatical Replication: The Case of Greek and Syriac Hasselbach, Rebecca
David Calabro Near Eastern Judaica Near Eastern Judaica Doing Things with Hands: The Ritual Use of Hand Gestures in Northwest Semitic Literature and Iconography Pardee, Dennis
Joshua Cannon Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Anatolia Schloen, David
Megan Clark Persian Language and Literature Turkish Publics, Minority Privates: an ethnographic investigation of Kurdish and Romani minority language rights advocacy in Turkey Shissler, Holly
Yasar Cora Islamic History and Civilization Ottoman History 18-20th centuries Shissler, Holly
Cameron Cross Persian Language and Literature Modern Persian Literature and Cinema Lewis, Frank
Joseph Cross Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Pardee, Dennis
Ferenc Peter Csirkes Islamic History and Civilization Chaghatay Oration, Ottoman Eloquence, Qizilbash Rhetoric: Turkish Literature in Safavid Persia Lewis, Frank
Joseph Daniels Comparative Semitics Writings within the Landscape: A Comparative Analysis of Epigraphic South Arabian Graffiti and Rock Art from the Dhamar Plains Valley (Yemen) and Qaryat al-Faw (Saudia Arabia) Gragg, Gene
Garrett Davidson Islamic Thought The Evolution of Hadith Transmission and the Construction of Religious Authority in Post-Classical Sunni Scholarship El Shamsy, Ahmed
Derek Davison Islamic History and Civilization Woods, John
Andrew DeRouin Islamic History and Civilization Woods, John
Andrew Dix Cuneiform Studies More Fifth-Century Babylonian Entrepreneurs: The Kasr Archive and the Tattannu Dossier Farber, Walter
Suleyman Dost Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred
Madeleine Elfenbein Ottoman and Turkish Studies Shissler, Holly
Virginia Emery Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt The Palace in Ancient Egypt: Toward a Definition of Form and Function Moeller, Nadine
Ekin Enacar Islamic History and Civilization Ottoman History 19th and 20th centuries Shissler, Holly
Michael Fisher Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia In the Balikh of An Eye: The Development of Social Complexity in the LC 1 Period at Tell Zeidan Gibson, McGuire
Paul Gauthier Cuneiform Studies Assyriology (Akkadian) Farber, Walter
Annie Greene Islamic History and Civilization Bashkin, Orit
Kathryn Grossman Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Re-Centering the Ninevite 5 Economy: Archaeological Investigations at Tell Hamoukar, Syria Stein, Gil
Cihangir Gundogdu Islamic History and Civilization Modernity, Medicine and Madness in the Late Ottoman Empire (1857-1914) Shissler, Holly
Brendan Hainline Egyptology Muhs, Brian
Shiraz Hajiani Islamic History and Civilization Medieval Islamic History The Great Resurrection -- Reconstructing Alamut Woods, John
Humphrey Hardy Northwest Semitic Philology Diachronic Development in Biblical Hebrew Particles: A Case Study in Grammaticalization Pardee, Dennis
Samuel Harris Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Stein, Gil
Ahmed Hashim Islamic Thought Al-Khatīb al-Baghdādī (d. 463/1071) and the Articulation of Sunnī Hadīth Disciplines Kadi, Wadad
Soloman Hassan Islamic Thought Modern Shi'ite Thought (Iran and Iraq) Kadi, Wadad
Brittany Hayden Egyptology Determining Value in a Multicultural Society: Price Formation and Fluctuation in Ptolemaic Egypt Ritner, Robert
Edmund Hayes Islamic Thought Early Shi'ism Doctrine and community: The ghayba in context. 260-460 H/ 874-1067 CE Lewis, Franklin
Gregory Hebda Cuneiform Studies Seri, Andrea
Anthony Heffron Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred
Pascal Held Islamic Thought Fleischer, Cornell
Kaveh Hemmat Islamic History and Civilization Iranian History Through the Eyes of Others: Trade Diasporas and Early Modern Geographical Knowledge Woods, John
Jessica Henderson Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt Moeller, Nadine
Samuel Hodgkin Persian Language and Literature Lewis, Frank
Laura Holzweg Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology Whitcomb, Donald / Lewis, Franklin
Nicole Howlett Egyptology Ritner, Robert
Charles Huff Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Pardee, Dennis
Nazli Ipek Huner Ottoman and Turkish Studies Karateke, Hakan
Michael Jennings Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology Palermo: Archaeology of an Islamic City Whitcomb, Donald/Donner, Fred
Robert Matthew Jennings Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Schloen, David
Eric Jobe Near Eastern Judaica Innovation in Post-Biblical Hebrew Poetry: A Stylistic Analysis of Qumran, Hekhalot, and Payyetanic Poetry Golb, Norman
Katie Johnson Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology The Role of the Bektashis in the Ottomanization of Southern Albania Whitcomb, Donald/Fleischer, Cornell
Michael Johnson Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Stein, Gil
Rahaf Kalaaji Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred
Mustafa Kaya Islamic History and Civilization Pre-Modern Turkey Fleischer, Cornell
Hani Khafipour Islamic History and Civilization Iranian History - Safavid Dynasty Funding State Religion: The Dissemination of Shi'i Education through Safavid Pious Endowment Woods, John
Young Bok Kim Northwest Semitic Philology Pardee, Dennis
Bryan Kraemer Egyptology Abydos as a Place of Ritual Performance and Religious Imagination in Greco-Roman Egypt Johnson, Janet
Anthony Lauricella Islamic Archaeology Whitcomb, Donald
Emin Lelic Islamic History and Civilization Shissler, Holly
Kate Lockhart Egyptology Johnson, Janet
Megaera Lorenz Egyptology The Role of Male Royal Offspring in Pharaonic Egypt Dorman, Peter
Joshua Mabra Islamic History and Civilization Early Islamic History Donner, Fred
Elise MacArthur Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt Moeller, Nadine
Daniel Mahoney Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Tribal Tribulations: The Emergence of Social Complexity in the Central Yemeni Highlands (1500-1000 BC) Gibson, McGuire
Hannah Marcuson Cuneiform Studies Hittitology Goedegebuure, Petra
Christopher Markiewicz Islamic History and Civilization Statesmen and Scholars in the Creation of Empire: Concepts of Ottoman Rulership (1453-1520) Fleischer, Cornell
Nathan Mastnjak Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Pardee, Dennis
Matthew McAffee Northwest Semitic Philology A Lexical and Literary Analysis of Life and Mortality in Ugaritic Pardee, Dennis
Rana Mikati Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology Beirut and the Imām: Historical Archaeology of An Early Islamic Town Donner, Fred/Whitcomb, Donald
Tytus Mikolajczak Cuneiform Studies Stolper, Matthew
Nathaniel Miller Arabic Language and Literature Qutbuddin, Tahera
Kathleen Mineck Cuneiform Studies Hittitology The Hittite Color System and the Use of Colored Materials in Ritual Context Hoffner, Harry
Jessica Mutter Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred
Austin O'Malley Islamic History and Civilization Woods, John
Charles Otte III Northwest Semitic Philology Pardee, Dennis
Tate Paulette Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Magazines, Models, and Artificial Societies: The Archaeology of Grain Storage in Third-Millennium Northern Mesopotamia Gibson, McGuire
Susan Penacho Egyptology Interactions along Egypt's Southern Frontier: A GIS Analysis of the Natural and Built Environments of the Nubian Fortresses Moeller, Nadine
Monica Phillips Cuneiform Studies Farber, Walter
William Pickut Northwest Semitic Philology Literary Genres in Poetic Texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls Golb, Norman
Laurie Pierce Persian Language and Literature Lewis, Frank
Stephanie Reed Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia The "Gift Ceremony" as a Rhetorical Device in the Apadana Processional Sculptures at Persepolis Gibson, McGuire
Matthew Richey Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Pardee, Dennis
Julio Rivera Islamic History and Civilization Modern Middle Eastern History Bashkin, Orit
Claire Roosien Islamic History and Civilization Lewis, Franklin
Amin Sadr Persian Language and Literature Persian Literature, Comparative Mysticism Awakening to God: A Synoptic Analysis of the Sufi Path of Rumi's Masnavi Lewis, Franklin
Feryal Salem Islamic Thought 'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak Between Hadith, Jihad, and Zuhd: An Expression of Early Sunni Identity in the Formative Period line over second a in Allah, first a in Mubarak, in Hadith, in Jihad, and i in Sunni; dot under H in Hadith Donner, Fred
Foy Scalf Egyptology Passports to Eternity: Formulaic Demotic Funerary Texts Ritner, Robert
Stephanie Selover Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Excavating War: The Archaeology of Warfare in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Anantolia And the Effects of War on the Rise of Complex Societies Stein, Gil
Ahmet Tunç Sen Islamic History and Civilization Ottoman History 15-17th centuries Fleischer, Cornell
Mariam Sheibani Islamic Thought El Shamsy, Ahmed
Randy Shonkwiler Egyptology Protective Wings: The Hovering Falcon/Vulture and Winged Sun-Disc Motifs in Egyptian Temple Decoration and Other Contexts Dorman, Peter
Carl Shook Islamic History and Civilization Bashkin, Orit
Oren Siegel Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt Moeller, Nadine
Min Won Song Northwest Semitic Philology Pardee, Dennis
Eudora Struble Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Syria-Palestine From Rock to Stone: Creators and Creation of Stone Objects in the Syro-Hittite Iron Age Schloen, David
Esra Tasdelen Ottoman and Turkish Studies Late 19th and early 20th centuries Nationalism in Serial Fiction: The Cases of Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu and Jurjī Zaydān Shissler, Holly
Robert Tate Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology The Seljuk Caravanserais of Anatolia: A GIScience and Landscape Archaeology Study Whitcomb, Donald
Benjamin Thomas Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Divinity, Prophecy, and the Remembrance of Things Past: Prophetic Historical Writing in the Books of Kings and the Theory of the Deuteronomistic History Pardee, Dennis
Amir Toft Islamic Thought Islamic Law El Shamsy, Ahmed
Oya Topcuoglu Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Chasing After the Assyrians: A Study of Old Assyrian Glyptic and an Attempt to Define the True Old Assyrian Style Schloen, David
Tanya Treptow Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Islamic Archaeology Archaeology and the Construction of Islamic Heritage in Egypt Whitcomb, Donald/Donner, Fred
Lise Truex Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Private Houses and Palace Administration: Household Economies and Sociopolitical Development in late 3rd Millennium BC Tell Asmar Gibson, McGuire
Vincent van Exel Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Syria-Palestine Schloen, David
Jacqueline Vayntrub Northwest Semitic Philology Proverbs and the Limits of Poetry Pardee, Dennis
Jeremy Vecchi Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred
Monique Vincent Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Syria-Palestine Households, Communities, and Dimensions of Social Identity in the Early Iron Age at Tall al-‘Umayri Schloen, David
Janelle Wade Egyptology Moeller, Nadine
Lindsey Weglarz Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Egypt Moeller, Nadine
Andrew Wilent Cuneiform Studies Seri, Andrea
Jonathan Winnerman Egyptology Egypt Ritner, Robert
Alexandra Witsell Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Mesopotamia Archaeological Perspectives on Temple and Neighborhood in Third Millennium BC Khafājah, Iraq Gibson, McGuire
Liran Yadgar Islamic History and Civilization Medieval Islamic History Lewis, Frank
G. Yazicioglu Near Eastern Art and Archaeology Anatolia People of Kanes in the 21st - 17th c. BC: Communal and Individual Dimensions of Identity in a Cosmopolitan Center in Anatolia Yener, Aslihan
Seunghee Yie Cuneiform Studies Persepolis Treasury Tablets: Rediscovering the Archival History of the 5th Century BC Persepolis Stolper, Matthew
Edward Zychowicz-Coghill Islamic History and Civilization Donner, Fred