Kristen Brustad, Chair
WMB 6.102, 306 Inner Campus Drive F9400, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-3881
Graduate Placement
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Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
| Name | Grad Year | Degree | Supervisor | Rank | Placement |
| Kevin Burnham | 2013 | Ph.D., ABD | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Lecturer of Arabic | Appalachian State University |
| Joanna Caravita | 2013 | Ph.D., ABD | Esther Raizen | Lecturer of Modern Hebrew | Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges |
| Nastaran Kherad | 2013 | Ph.D. | M.R. Ghanoonparvar | Asst. Professor of Persian | Qatar Academy |
| Summer Loomis | 2013 | Ph.D., ABD | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Asst. Professor of Arabic | George Washington Univ. |
| Alexander Magidow | 2013 | Ph.D., ABD | Kristen Brustad | Asst. Professor of Arabic | Univ. of Rhode Island |
| Drew Paul | 2013 | Ph.D., ABD | Tarek El-Ariss | Asst. Professor of Arabic | Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Greg Ebner | 2012 | Ph.D. | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Academy Professor, Deputy Dept. Head | West Point, USMA |
| Martin Isleem | 2012 | Ph.D. | Kristen Brustad | Asst. Professor of Arabic | Bucknell University |
| Andrey Bredstein | 2012 | Ph.D. | Karen Grumberg | Instructor of Yiddish | Emory University |
| Benjamin Koerber | 2012 | Ph.D. | Tarek El-Ariss | Asst. Professor of Arabic | Rutgers University |
| Cory Jorgensen | 2012 | Ph.D. | Samer Ali | Asst. Professor of Arabic | George Washington Univ. |
| Michael Fares | 2012 | MA | Samer Ali | Instructional Asst. Professor of Arabic | Univ. of Houston |
| Kaley Keener | 2012 | MA | Samer Ali | Arabic Teaching Fellow | Franklin & Marshall College |
| John Weinert | 2012 | MA | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Lecturer of Arabic | Univ. of New Haven |
| Kristine Anderson | 2012 | MA | Kristen Brustad | Administrative Associate | Hindi-Urdu Flagship, UT Austin |
| Blake Atwood | 2011 | Ph.D. | M.R. Ghanoonparvar | Asst. Professor of Persian | UT Austin |
| Zeina Halabi | 2011 | Ph.D. | Tarek El-Ariss | Asst. Professor of Arabic Literature | Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Shon Hopkin | 2011 | Ph.D. | Esther Raizen, Michael Harney | Asst. Professor of Ancient Scripture | Brigham Young Univ. |
| Peter Glanville | 2011 | Ph.D. | Kristen Brustad | Asst. Professor of Arabic | Univ. of Maryland |
| Farkondeh Shayesteh | 2011 | Ph.D. | M.R. Ghanoonparvar | Senior Lector of Persian | Yale University |
| Anita Husen | 2011 | MA | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Visiting Arabic Instructor | Georgia State Univ. |
| Ahmad Aminpour | 2010 | MA | M.R. Ghanoonparvar | Doctoral Student | UT Austin, Middle Eastern Studies |
| Britten Milliman | 2010 | MA | Mahmoud Al-Batal | Secondary Teacher | Rutgers Preparatory School |
| John Baskerville | 2009 | Ph.D. | Kristen Brustad | Academy Prof. of Arabic | West Point, USMA |
| Steven Robertson | 2009 | MA | Kristen Brustad | U.S. Government |
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
| Name | Grad Year | Degree | Supervisor | Position | Placement |
| Beeta Baghoolizadeh | 2012 | MA | Kamran Aghaie | Doctoral Student | UPenn, Dept. of History |
| Lauren Baker | 2012 | MA | David Eaton | Middle East Research & Development | Alhambra US Chamber of Commerce |
| Jennifer Davey | 2012 | MA | Denise Spellberg | Doctoral Student | University of Texas, Comparative Literature |
| Eric Eyges | 2012 | MA/MPaff | Kamran Aghaie | Emerging Markets Research Analyst | Ergo |
| Rebecca Hopkins | 2012 | MA/MPAff | Mahmoud Al-Batal & Jeremi Suri | Researcher & Analyst | Courage Services |
| Amy Schweiss | 2012 | MA | Faegheh Shirazi | Library Assistant, Middle East Library Program | UT Austin, Tarlton Law Library |
| Luke Steidl | 2012 | MA | Yoav Di-Capua | Sections Department Clerk | State Bar of Texas |
| Jessica Tibbets | 2012 | MA/MGPS | Kamran Aghaie & Robert Hutchings | Academic Adviser | Embassy of the United Arab Emirates |
| Stephen Bush | 2011 | MA | Yoav Di-Capua | Student Services Manager | CIEE Study Abroad |
| James Casey | 2011 | MA | Yoav Di-Capua | Doctoral Student | Princeton University, History |
| Mary Huizar | 2011 | MA | Ami Pedahzur & Zoltan Barany | ||
| Anthony Joyce | 2011 | MA | Yoav Di-Capua | Intern | American Historical Assoc. |
| Jeffrey Moe | 2011 | MA | Yoav Di-Capua | Master's Student | UT Austin, School of Social Work |
| Joanna Schenke | 2011 | MA/MPAff | Clement Henry, Varun Rai | Department of State | |
| Kelly Stedem | 2011 | MA | Clement Henry | 1) Program Officer, 2) Translator | 1) Hayya Bina, 2) UMAM Documentation & Research |
| Leah Caldwell | 2010 | MA | Karin Wilkins | Freelance Journalist | |
| Lauren Grifka | 2010 | MA | Ami Pedahzur | Accountant | Zivetz, Schwartz & Saltsman |
| Alyssa Miller | 2010 | MA | Tarek El-Ariss | Doctoral Student, Cultural Anthropology | Duke University |
| Tatiana Poltoratskaia | 2010 | MA | Ami Pedahzur | Peace Corps | |
| Behrang Vessali | 2010 | MA | Kamran Aghaie | Nurse | Glendale Medical Center |
| Jonathon Walz | 2010 | MA | David Eaton | Nonproliferation Programs | Department of State |
| Nathan Abercrombie | 2009 | MA | Christopher Jablonowski, Kamran Aghaie | Research Associate | Janus Capital Group |
| Alexandra Blasé | 2009 | MA | Harold Liebowitz | Banker | Citibank |
| Kristy Blumeyer-Martinez | 2009 | MA | Hina Azam | Law Student | UC Davis Law School |
| Matthew Boris | 2009 | MA | Kamran Aghaie | All-Source Analyst | BAE Systems |
| Christopher Dunn | 2009 | MA | Ami Pedahzur | Linguist | |
| Mahyar Entezari | 2009 | MA | M.R. Ghanoonparvar | Doctoral Student | UT Austin, MES |
