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SOME OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS...

Job placements of some recent graduates

Recent dissertation titles

INCOMING GRADUATE STUDENTS 2007-08
WELCOME TO NELC!

Ulil Abshar Abdalla, Arabic & Islamic Studies (Boston University, MA)
Ahmad Mohammad Al-Jallad, Semitic Philology (University of South Florida, FL)
Adam Grant Anderson, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies (Ludwig-Maximilians University,
      Munich, Germany)
John Charles Beckman, Hebrew Bible (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MA)
Debra Leah Caplan, Yiddish (Hampshire College, MA)
Momina Cheema, (A.M.), Indo-Muslim Culture (Duke University, NC)
Paul Kang-Kul Cho, Hebrew Bible (Yale University Divinity School, CT)
Samuel Hodgkin, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies (Harvard University, MA)
Sadaf Jaffer, Indo-Muslim Culture (Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.)
Philip Andrew Johnston, Archaeology of the Levant (Wheaton College, IL)
Marietta Rose Juillard, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies (College of Charleston, SC)
Suheil Ismail Laher, Arabic & Islamic Studies (Boston University, MA)
Aliasger Najam Madraswala, (A.M.), Indo-Muslim Culture (Al JameaTus Saifiyah Arabic             Academy, Karachi, Pakistan)
Sameer Meralli,
(A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies (London Business School, UK)
Avigail Sarit Noy, Arabic & Islamic Studies (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Jesse John Rainbow, Hebrew Bible (Westminster Theological Seminary, PA)
Iraj Sheidaee, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies (American University in Cairo, Egypt)

Bradley John Spencer, Semitic Philology (California State University, Fullerton, CA
)
Adam Strich, Hebrew Bible (Harvard University, MA)


RETURNING GRADUATE STUDENTS

Taha bin Hasan Abdul-Basser, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Adam Aja, Archaeology
Sinan Antoon, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Blain Auer, Indo-Muslim Culture
Elitzur Bar-Asher, Semitic Philology
Catherine L. Beckerleg, Hebrew Bible
Gabriella Berzin, Jewish Studies
Eric Beverley, Indo-Muslim Culture
Rachel Billings, Hebrew Bible
Anne Browder, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Nicola Carpentieri, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Cory Crawford, Hebrew Bible
Brian Doak, Hebrew Bible
Jessica Fechtor, Yiddish
Eve Feinstein, Hebrew Bible
Aryay Finkelstein, Jewish Studies
David Flatto, Jewish Studies
Susan Francia, Turkish Studies
Janling Fu, Hebrew Bible
Supriya Gandhi, Indo-Muslim Culture
Recep Goktas, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Dominic Green, (A.M.), Jewish Studies

Rebecca Hancock, Hebrew Bible
Jennifer Heilbronner, Jewish Studies
Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi
, Indo-Muslim Culture
Kelly Johnson, Yiddish
James Jumper, Hebrew Bible
Jonathan Kaplan, Hebrew Bible
Hilary Kapfer, Hebrew Bible
David Karjala, Semitic Philology
Eitan Kensky, Jewish Studies
Alexander Key, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Babak Rod Khadem, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Yaron Klein, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Jonathan Kline, Hebrew Bible
Shana Komitee, Jewish Studies
Jared Kurtzer, Jewish Studies
O-jin Kwon, Hebrew Bible
Ely Levine, Archaelogy
Dominic Longo, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Gianni Marchesi, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Eugene Paul McGarry, Hebrew Bible
Elias Muhanna, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Erez Naaman, Arabic & Islamic Studies
David E. Nancekivell
, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Shady Nasser
, Arabic & Islamic Studies
John Noble, Hebrew Bible
Sara Omar, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Meital Orr, Yiddish

James Osborne
, Archaeology

Xiaoli Ouyang, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Seong Hyun Park, Archaeology
Song (Suzie) Park
, Hebrew Bible
Na'ama Pat-El, Semitic Philology
Audrey Pitts, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Eric Prins, Archaeology
Deena Ragavan, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Asher Ragen, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Hussein Rashid, Indo-Muslim Culture
Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Jewish Studies

Alexander Ryabogin, Armenian Studies
Ariel Moriah Sheetrit, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Daniel Sheffield, Iranian & Persian Studies
Benjamin Smith, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Keith Stone, Hebrew Bible
Naseem Surhio, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Licsi Aniko Szatmari, Iranian & Persian Studies
Kynthia Taylor
, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Christine Thomas
, Hebrew Bible
Richard Thompson, Hebrew Bible
Ester-Basya (Asya) Vaisman, Yiddish
Gregory White, Jewish Studies
Mary Windham, Hebrew Bible
Hikmet Yaman, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Zhan Zhang, Iranian & Persian Studies

Divinity School Doctoral Candidates in Hebrew Bible (Th.D.)
Shai Held
Jonathan Lipnick
Mark Nussberger
Tom Wetzel
John Whitley

UNDERGRADUATE CONCENTRATORS


Christopher Black
Thomas Capps

Colin Donnelly
Waheed Gardezi
Reyzl Geselowitz

Samuel Hodgkin
Kevin Jones
Susan Lee
Alexander Leventhal
Samuel Lissner
Anna McCallie
Simon Williams
Carolyn Wright


JOINT CONCENTRATORS

Layla Amjadi, Government and NELC
Tristan Brown, NELC and East Asian Studies
Killian Clarke, Social Studies and NELC
Richard Cozzens, Music and NELC
Shaundra Crittenden, Sociology and NELC
Graham Eckert, Social Studies and NELC
Asher Fredman, Government and NELC
Jaime Guarnaccia, Sociology and NELC
Kyle Haddad-Fonda, History and NELC
Rebekah Junkermeier, NELC and Religion
Nomnso Kalu, Government and NELC
Elizabeth Kurtz, Sociology and NELC
Yekaterina Levina, NELC and Philosophy
Sereen Massoud, Social Studies and NELC
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, African and African American Studies and NELC
Neil Sawhney, Social Studies and NELC
Matthew Schrimpf, History and NELC
Deena Shakir, Social Studies and NELC

NELC DEGREE RECIPIENTS 2006-07...CONGRATULATIONS!

Neil Aggarwal , A.M., Indo-Muslim Culture
Elitzur Bar-Asher, A.M. (continuing), Semitic Philology
Joel Baden, Ph.D., Hebrew Bible
Sara Bersche, A.M., Arabic & Islamic Studies
Eric Beverley, Ph.D., Indo-Muslim Culture
Kathleen Birney, Ph.D., Archaeology
Jessica Bloom, A.B., NELC
Nicholas Boylston, A.B., NELC & Sanskrit and Indian Studies

Alexander Britell, A.B., NELC
Alexander Edelman, A.B., NELC
Nimet Eren, A.B., NELC
Philip Ernst, A.B., Statistics & NELC
Dominic Green, A.M., Jewish Studies
May Habib, A.B., Economics & NELC
James Jumper, A.M. (continuing), Hebrew Bible
Chimnomnso Kalu, A.B., Government & NELC
Walter Kim, Ph.D., Hebrew Bible
Alireza Korangy Isfahani, Ph.D., Iranian & Persian Studies
Karen Lavery, Ph.D., Hebrew Bible
Rabia Mir, A.B., Social Studies & NELC
Rachel Neis, Ph.D., Jewish Studies
Michael Press, Ph.D., Archaeology
Joseph Saleh, A.M., Arabic & Islamic Studies
Rami Sarafa, A.B., Government & NELC
Scobie Smith, Ph.D., Assyriology
Jonathan Smolin, Ph.D., Arabic & Islamic Studies
Nathan Spannaus, A.M., Arabic & Islamic Studies
Daniel Stolz, A.B., History & NELC
Adam Strich, A.B./A.M., Philosophy & NELC
Silvia Suteu, A.B., Government & NELC
Leroy Terrelonge, A.B., NELC
Yuhan Vevaina, Ph.D., Iranian & Persian Studies