Staff

Dwight Reynolds, Ph.D.

Acting Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Arabic Language & Literature in the Department of Religious Studies, UCSB 

Email: dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu 

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, Ph.D.

Vice-Director of the Center for Middle East and Assistant Professor of Global Studies, UCSB

Email: vhtroyansky@ucsb.edu 

Shiva Balaghi, Ph.D.

Dr. Shiva Balaghi is Academic Coordinator of the Area Global Initiative, CMES, EAC, and LAIS at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

Email: sbalaghi@ucsb.edu

Richard Nedjat-Haiem

A third year Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature, Richard is an Editorial Intern at CMES.

Email: richard_nedjat-haiem@ucsb.edu 

Leila Katibah

A fourth year undergraduate student majoring in Middle East Studies and Sociology, Leila is a Digital Programming Assistant at CMES.

Email: leilakatibah@umail.ucsb.edu