Outstanding College Faculty Award
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022
Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022
Organizational Award
American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, 2014
Fulbright Scholar
Fulbright Hayes, 2001
Presidential Award
Association of Global South Studies (formerly Association of Third World Studies), 1995
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
HIST 3041
Modern Israel
HIST 2111
United States to 1877
HIST 3111
History and Culture of Africa
HIST 5111
History and Culture of Africa: History & Culture of Africa
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
The Relations of the Middle Eastern Countries with Myanmar: The Challenge of Increasing Influence through Strategic and/or Economic Ties Amid the Persecution of the Muslim Rohinyas, 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Israel's Relations with Angola: From Portuguese Colony to the Present, 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
South Africa's Anti-Israel Obsession , 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Israel's Foreign Policy toward the Karabakh Conflict, 2023 Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
The Status and Limits to Aspirations of Minorities in the South Caucasus States, 2022 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Department Service
Research Committee
2008 - Present
Role: Committee Member
Search Committee for African-American Historian
2015 - 2016
Role: Committee Chair
College Service
Promotion and Tenure Committee
2013 - 2016
Role: Committee Member
Pamplin College Faculty Council
2013 - 2016
Role: Committee Member
Ad Hoc College Bylaws Committee
2012 - 2012
Role: Committee Member
University Service
Library Committee
2016 - 2018
Role: Committee Member
AAUP Chapter
2012 - 2014
Professional Service
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
2022 - Present
Role: Other
Contemporary Review of the Middle East
2020 - Present
Role: Editorial Review Board Member
Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board
2015 - Present
Role: Other
Oxford University Press Bibliographies Online for Islamic Studies
2008 - Present
