Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the Arabic Department.

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Associate Professor

almasrih@denison.edu

740-587-6493

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Academic Program Coordinator, Modern Languages

barringerl@denison.edu

740-587-6643

Spotlights

A cultural immersion from the comfort of home

Bridget Koerwitz ’21 squeezed four semesters of Arabic language instruction into eight short weeks.

Hanada Al-Masri, Mohamed El-Sayed, Hannah Bennet

Building Public Speaking Skills

Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.

Denison students with an Arab-American family

How We Learn

Learning by listening

An Arabic class connects students with a local Arab-American community, providing opportunities to learn language and culture outside the classroom.

Where We Go

Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East

Keylee Jones '16 is continuing her study of Arabic after graduation, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship.

What's Happening

Students

Katherine Truitt '20 named Fulbright finalist

Individually designed major and German minor Katherine Truitt '20 has been named a Fulbright ETA finalist for Germany.

University News

Jordanian Ambassador shares insight to the Middle East

Denison University hosted Jordanian Ambassador Dina Kawar.

University News

Denison Launches Middle East and North African Program

In the fall of 2018, Denison University is commencing a new academic program, the Middle East & North African Studies (MENA) concentration.

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