SSA Board

  • President-Elect (2026-2027): Akram Khater

    Professor of History, North Carolina State University

  • President (2026-27): Beverly Tsacoyianis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Memphis

  • Past President (2026-27): Reem Bailony

    Associate Professor, Agnes Scott College

  • Treasurer: Graham Pitts

    Croft Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of Mississippi

  • Prize Committee Chair (2026-27): Michael Provence

    Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of California, San Diego

  • Member at Large (2026-27): Basileus Zeno

    Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trent University

  • Bulletin Editor: Joel Veldkamp

    PhD in history, Graduate Institute, Geneva. International Communications Officer, Christian Solidarity International.

  • Graduate Student Representative (2026-27): Nerouz Satik

    Ph.D. student, University of Sussex

  • Webmaster (2025-Present): Joshua Donovan

    History and Social Sciences Teacher, Phillips Academy Andover

  • Lebanon Liaison

    Seeking nominations

  • Syria Liaison

    Seeking nominations

  • 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