SSA Board
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President-Elect (2026-2027): Akram Khater
Professor of History, North Carolina State University
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President (2026-27): Beverly Tsacoyianis
Associate Professor of History, University of Memphis
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Past President (2026-27): Reem Bailony
Associate Professor, Agnes Scott College
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Treasurer: Graham Pitts
Croft Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of Mississippi
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Prize Committee Chair (2026-27): Michael Provence
Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of California, San Diego
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Member at Large (2026-27): Basileus Zeno
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trent University
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Bulletin Editor: Joel Veldkamp
PhD in history, Graduate Institute, Geneva. International Communications Officer, Christian Solidarity International.
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Graduate Student Representative (2026-27): Nerouz Satik
Ph.D. student, University of Sussex
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Webmaster (2025-Present): Joshua Donovan
History and Social Sciences Teacher, Phillips Academy Andover
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Lebanon Liaison
Seeking nominations
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Syria Liaison
Seeking nominations
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Book Reviews Editor: David Motzafi-Haller
Historian
Presidents
Reem Bailony, 2024-2025
Edith Szanto, 2022-2024
Elyse Semerdjian, 2019-2021
Andrea Stanton, 2018-2019
Hilary Kalmbach, 2016-2018
Keith Watenpaugh, 2013-2016
Joshua Landis, 2011-2013
Fred Lawson, 2010-2011
Graduate Student Rep
Yasemin Mobayed
Mohammed Kadalah
Dayna Rajha
Graham Pitts
Kawa Morad
Benjamin Smuin
Past Board Members
Members at Large
Rana Mikati
Michael Provence
Reem Bailony
Heghnar Watenpaugh
Stephennie Mulder
Ted Falk
Stacy Fahrenthold
Melanie Schultz Tanielian
Max Weiss
Benjamin White
Prize Committee Chair
Dawn Chatty
Paul Cobb
Malissa Taylor
Charles Wilkins
Thomas Pierret
Andrea Stanton
Treasurer (formerly Sec/Treas)
Faedah Totah
Fred Lawson
Geoffrey Schad
Stacy Fahrenthold
Zayde Antrim
Webmaster
Andrea Stanton
Dara Conduit
Hilary Kalmbach
Bulletin Editor
Edith Szanto
Andrea Stanton
Steve Tamari
Book Review Editor
Sherwan Hindreen Ali
Jessica Radin
Benjamin Smuin
Beverly Tsacoyianis
Andrea Stanton