Executive Committee

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Sherene Seikaly

Chair, Area Global Initiative
Director, Center for Middle East Studies
Associate Professor, History Department
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Paul Amar

Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies
Professor, Department of Global Studies
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Shiva Balaghi

Ex-officio
Academic Coordinator, Area Global Initiative
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Mhoze Chikowero

Director, Africa Initiative
Associate Professor, History Department
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Juan Cobo Betancourt

Director, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program and Center for Latin American and Iberian Research
Associate Professor, History
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Sabine Frühstück

Director, East Asia Center
Distinguished Professor and Koichi Takashima Chair, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies

Fellows

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Erika Arenas

Burdick Global Scholars Fellow
Associate Professor, Sociology
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Juan Cobo Betancourt

Burdick Global Scholars Fellow
Associate Professor, History
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Natalie Cobo

Burdick Global Scholars Fellow
Research Affiliate, Max Planck Institute
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Emiko Saldivar

Burdick Global Scholars Fellow
Continuing Lecturer, Anthropology