
Faculty
Program Director

Seth Cantey
Associate Professor of Politics
Huntley 302
540-458-8019
canteys@wlu.edu
Faculty

Jumana Al-Ahmad
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic
CGL 219
540-458-4819
jalahmad@wlu.edu

Kameliya N. Atanasova
Assistant Professor of Religion
Tucker 207
540-458-8797
atanasovak@wlu.edu

Aliaa Bassiouny
Lawrence Term Associate Professor of Finance
Huntley 121B
540-458-8719
abassiouny@wlu.edu

Niels-Hugo Blunch
Professor of Economics
On-leave 2022-23
Huntley 113
540-458-8619
blunchn@wlu.edu

Alexandra Brown
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor in Bible
Tucker 206
540-458-8789
browna@wlu.edu
Early Christian Writings and Culture from the New Testament to Late Antiquity, Bible and Film, Pilgrimage, Mysticism, Gender and Religion, Early Irish Religion, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion

Anthony (Antoine) Edwards
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Ruscio Center for Global Learning 238
540-458-8396
edwardsa@wlu.edu

Stuart Gray
Associate Professor of Politics
On-leave 2022-23
Huntley 315
540-458-5879
grays@wlu.edu

Melissa R. Kerin
Associate Professor of Art History
Wilson Hall 3015
540-458-8858
kerinm@wlu.edu

Theodore Van Loan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History
Wilson Hall 3017
540-458-8863
tvanloan@wlu.edu
Islamic Art

Timothy Lubin
Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law
Tucker 204
540-458-8146
lubint@wlu.edu
History of religion and law of South and Southeast Asia, working on texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese, and Old Tamil; National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 2020-2021 (h)

Shikha Silwal
Associate Professor of Economics
Holekamp 213
540-458-8256
silwals@wlu.edu

Pooja Thakur-Wernz
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Huntley 126
540-458-8932
pthakur-wernz@wlu.edu
Teaching Assistant

Ahmed Abdelaati
Arabic Teaching Assistant
CGL 119
540-458-4765
aabdelaati@wlu.edu
Library Support

Dick Grefe
Associate Professor and Senior Reference Librarian
Leyburn M32
540-458-8648
grefed@wlu.edu
MESA Library Liaison