Board of Directors
Officers
Crystal Ennis
c.a.ennis [at] hum.leidenuniv.nl
President
University Lecturer
Political Economy of the Middle East
Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Laura Goffman
laura.frances.goffman@gmail.com
Vice President
Assistant Professor Department of History
University of Illinois
Fahed Al-Sumait
falsumait [at] auk.edu.kw
Immediate Past President
Associate Professor
Dept. of Communication and Media
American University of Kuwait
Gwenn Okruhlik
okruhlik [at] msn.com
AGAPS Founder
Initiatives & Advisory Liaison
Independent Scholar
Attiya Ahmad
ahmada [at] email.gwu.edu
Treasurer
Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
The George Washington University
Alex Boodrookas
alexboodrookas [at] gmail.com
Communication Liaison
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Metropolitan State University of Denver.
At Large Board Members
Fahad Bishara
bishara [at] virginia.edu
Collaboration with Gulf scholars
Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of Virginia
Michael Herb
herb [at] gsu.edu
Web Design & Programming
Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
Georgia State University
Dale Hudson
dale.hudson [at] nyu.edu
Gulf Film Fest
Associate Teaching Professor
Film and New Media Program
New York University Abu Dhabi
Jesse Moritz
jessie.moritz [at] anu.edu.au
Sponsored Panels
Lecturer
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
The Australian National University, Canberra
Kanwal Hameed
kanwal.hameed [at] history.ox.ac.uk
Awards Coordinator
College & Departmental Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary History
Trinity College, University of Oxford
Graduate Student Representatives (non-voting)
Nawra Al Lawati
N.al-lawati [at] liverpool.ac.uk
Building Graduate Student Networks
PhD Candidate
Department of Politics
University of Liverpool
Senior Advisory Council (non-voting)
Jill Crystal
jill.crystal [at] auburn.edu
Senior Advisor
Curtis O. Liles III Professor of Political Science
Auburn University
F. Gregory Gause, III
gregory.gause [at] tamu.edu
Senior Advisor
Professor of International Affairs John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair of International Relations
Bush School of Government
Texas A&M University
Gerd Nonneman
gn72 [at] georgetown.edu
Senior Advisor
Professor of International Relations & Gulf Studies
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Doha, Qatar
J.E. Peterson
mail [at] jepeterson.net
Senior Advisor
Historian and political analyst
Tucson, Arizona
Glenn Robinson
glennerobinson[at]berkeley.edu
Senior Fellow
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA
Hatoon Ajwad Al-Fassi
hatoon.alfassi[at]manchester.ac.uk
Senior Advisor
Historian of Arabia, Women, and Ancient History
Honorary Fellow of Arabic & ME Studies
University of Manchester
Miriam Lowi
mlowi[at]tcnj.edu
Senior Advisor
Professor of Comparative and Middle East Politics & International Studies
The College of New Jersey
Chair, Committee on Academic Freedom-MENA wing
Middle East Studies Association