Board Members

Amy W. Newhall

Former MESA Executive Director
Retired Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Mahmoud Azaz

Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Anne Betteridge

Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
President of the American Institute of Iranian Studies, 2020-2022

Hassan Hijazi

Senior Director, Middle East and North African Affairs, UA Global

Sharon Megdal

Director, Water Resources Research Center
Endowed Professor, C W/Modene Neely (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Specialist, Environmental Science (Continuing)
Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible) Agricultural-Resource Economics, Environmental Science, School of Geography and Development, Public Administration and Policy, Public Health, James E Rogers College of Law, Judaic Studies
Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible) Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP, Planning,
Distinguished Outreach Professor (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Member of the Graduate Faculty (Non-Tenure Eligible)

Gabriel Sandoval

Graduate Student Representative, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies