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SOME OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS...

Job placements of some recent graduates

Recent dissertation titles

INCOMING GRADUATE STUDENTS 2009-10
WELCOME TO NELC!

Faris Casewit, Arabic & Islamic Studies, (George Washington University)
Offer Dynes, Jewish Studies, (Tel Aviv University)
Gregory Halaby, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies, (UC/Berkeley)
Maria Lindquist, Hebrew Bible, (University of Chicago)
Yonatan Miller, Jewish Studies
Arjun Nair
, Arabic & Islamic Studies, (Harvard Divinity School)
Cian Power, Hebrew Bible, (Oxford University)
Matthew Rasure, Hebrew Bible, (Hebrew University)
Joshua Walton, Archaeology, (Hebrew University)

RETURNING GRADUATE STUDENTS

Shoaib Ahmed, Indo-Muslim Culture
Adam Aja, Archaeology
Ali Asgar Alibhai, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Ahmad Mohammad Al-Jallad, Semitic Philology
Adam Grant Anderson, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Blain Auer, Indo-Muslim Culture
Elitzur Bar-Asher, Semitic Philology
Bryan Averbuch, Iranian & Persian Studies
Catherine L. Beckerleg, Hebrew Bible
John Charles Beckman, Hebrew Bible
Gabriella Berzin, Jewish Studies
Rachel Billings, Hebrew Bible
Anne Browder, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Debra Leah Caplan, Yiddish
Nicola Carpentieri, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Paul Kang-Kul Cho, Hebrew Bible
Cory Crawford, Hebrew Bible
Brian Doak, Hebrew Bible
Jessica Fechtor, Yiddish
Eve Feinstein, Hebrew Bible
Aryay Finkelstein, Jewish Studies
David Flatto, Jewish Studies
Janling Fu, Hebrew Bible
Supriya Gandhi, Indo-Muslim Culture
Recep Goktas, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Rebecca Hancock, Hebrew Bible
Jennifer Heilbronner, Jewish Studies
Nebil Hussen, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies

Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi, Indo-Muslim Culture
Sadaf Jaffer, Indo-Muslim Culture
Kelly Johnson, Yiddish
Philip Andrew Johnston, Archaeology
James Jumper, Hebrew Bible
Mihaly Kalman, Jewish Studies
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
O-jin Kwon, Hebrew Bible
Suheil Ismail Laher, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Dominic Longo, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Daniel Majchrowicz, Indo-Muslim Culture
Gianni Marchesi, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Evan Mayse, Jewish Studies
Elias Muhanna, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Erez Naaman, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Shady Nasser, Arabic & Islamic Studies
John Noble, Hebrew Bible
Avigail Noy, Arabic & Islamic Studies

Sara Omar, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Meital Orr, Yiddish

James Osborne
, Archaeology

David Owen, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Seong Hyun Park, Archaeology
Song (Suzie) Park
, Hebrew Bible
Audrey Pitts, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Eric Prins, Archaeology
Deena Ragavan, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Jesse John Rainbow, Hebrew Bible
Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Jewish Studies

Daniel Sheffield, Iranian & Persian Studies
Benjamin Smith, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Bradley John Spencer, Semitic Philology

Keith Stone, Hebrew Bible
Adam Strich, Hebrew Bible
Naseem Surhio, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Kynthia Taylor, Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Christine Thomas
, Hebrew Bible
Richard Thompson, Hebrew Bible
Pei-Chen Tsung, (A.M.), Arabic & Islamic Studies
Nada Unus, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Ester-Basya (Asya) Vaisman, Yiddish
Mary Ruth Windham, Hebrew Bible
Sara Yudkoff, Yiddish
Zhan Zhang, Iranian & Persian Studies

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

UNDERGRADUATE CONCENTRATORS


Elias Berger
Anna Boch
Colin Donovan
Reyzl Geselowitz
Benjamin Lerner
Yair Rosenberg

Ansley Rubinstein
Kristin Smith
Jana Suleiman

JOINT CONCENTRATORS

Tristan Brown, NELC and East Asian Studies
Shaundra Crittenden, Sociology and NELC
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, African and African American Studies and NELC
Nicolas Roth, Sanskrit and Indian Studies and NELC


NELC DEGREE CANDIDATES 2008-09...CONGRATULATIONS!

Killian Clarke, A.B., Social Studies and NELC
Waheed Gardezi, A.B., NELC
Kyle Haddad-Fonda, A.B., History and NELC
Kevin Jones, A.B., NELC
Yehuda Kurtzer, Ph.D., Jewish Studies
Jacob Olidort, A.M., Arabic & Islamic Studies

Xiaoli Ouyang, Ph.D., Akkadian & Sumerian Studies
Simon Williams, A.B., NELC
Carolyn Wright, A.B., NELC

2009 Harvard College Seniors with Secondary Field in NELC

Omar Abdelsamad, Economics with Islamic Studies
Benjamin Beller, Government with Jewish Studies
Catherine Bevilacqua, Social Studies with Islamic Studies
Eric Paternot, Government with Islamic Studies
Willaim Skinner, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology with Islamic Studies
Jonathan Weinberg, Government with Islamic Studies