Faculty and Fellows

Christie Marie Lauder

Assistant Dean AHSS, Program Director & Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

M.F.A., Louisiana State University

Saeed Ur Rehman

Program Director and Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Australian National University

Sahaab Badar Sheikh

Program Director and Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., University of California

Edward Moad

Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Marcia Hermansen

Professor and Lady Fatima Endowed Chair in Women and Divinity

Comparative Humanities

Aaron Mulvany

Associate Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Nahrain Al-Mousawi

Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of California

Najeeb Jan

Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Nauman Naqvi

Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Columbia University

Noman Baig

Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities and Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)

Peter Polak Springer

Associate Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Shama Dossa, (On leave.)

Associate Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Anum Naseer

Interim Faculty Director Graduate School Curation Program and Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design

Asad Ur Rehman

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Politics, Development, and Social Change in Contemporary South Asia

Ashkan Bahrani

Assistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Coline Ferrant

Faculty Director, Teaching and Learning (interim), Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Elham Golpushnezhad

Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

Ph.D., Griffith University

Gennaro Errichiello

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Loughborough University

Hamad Ejaz

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Georgia State University

Jovita Alvares

Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago

Muhammad Aatir Khan

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Oregon State University

Muhammad Faraz

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Muhammad Haris

Assistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Muneera Batool

Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

M.F.A., Arizona State University

Newal Osman

ssistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Cambridge

Rehan Malik

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Pardee RAND Graduate School

Rohama Malik

Assistant Professor

Communication and Design

Susanne Kathrin Beiweis

Assistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Vienna

Xiaoxi Zhang, (on leave)

Assistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Yasmeen Jamali

Assistant Professor

Social Development and Policy

Nighat Chaudhry

Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., Middlesex University

Abira Ashfaq

Associate Professor of Practice

Social Development and Policy

J.D., University School of Law, Boston

Afzal Ahmed Syed

Associate Professor of Practice

Comparative Humanities

Farhan Anwar

Associate Professor of Practice

Social Development and Policy

MURP., N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology

Haya Fatima Iqbal

Associate Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., New York University

Inamullah Nadeem

Associate Professor of Practice

Comparative Humanities

Mirza Muhammad Amir

Associate Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., Beaconhouse National University (BNU)

Syeda Mehwish Zara Zaidi

Associate Professor of Practice

Communication and Design and Playground

M.S., University Malaysia Sarawak

Tazeen Hussain

Associate Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., University of Leicester

Abdul Rafay Mahmood

Assistant Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., SOAS University of London

Arsalan Pareyal

Faculty Director, Center for South Asian Music (CSAM) and Assistant Professor of Practice

Comparative Humanities

MA., University of Newfoundland

Hasan Habib

Assistant Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M,A., Hyper Island

Maleeha Habib

Assistant Professor of Practice

Social Development and Policy

M.A., Harvard University

Mariya Azher

Assistant Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.S., Columbia University

Zuha Siddiqui

Assistant Professor of Practice

Communication and Design

M.A., New York University

Mohammad Moeini Feizabadi

Senior Lecturer

Social Development & Policy

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Ahsen Ali

Lecturer

Communication and Design

M.A., New York Film Academy

Basharat Issa

Faculty Director, Academic Centers and Library Lecturer

Comparative Humanities

MSc., London School of Economics and Political Science

Manahil Huda

Dean's Fellow & Lecturer

Communication & Design

Tajreen Midhat

Lecturer

Social Development and Policy

M.A., University of London

Damian K. Lahey

Global Fellow

Communication and Design

M.F.A., Regent University

Dr. Alexander Kreger

Global Fellow

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Texas

Gabriel M. Soares

Global Fellow

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., USP

Patrick Murphy

Global Fellow

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Peter Lagerqvist

Global Fellow

Comparative Humanities

M.Phil., Columbia University

Syed Mehdi Zaidi

Global Fellow Candidate,

Comparative Humanities

M.A., Stanford University

Vasfi Onur Özen

Global Fellow

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of Kansas

Naila Pervaiz

Visiting Assistant Professor

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., Quaid-i-Azam University

John Caldwell

Visiting Scholar

Comparative Humanities

Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Mahreen Zuberi

Visiting Scholar of Practice

Communication and Design

MPhil., Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture

Sarah Zaidi

Visiting Associate Professor of Practice

Social Development and Policy

Ph.D., Chan School of Public Health

Jawziya Farhat Zaman

Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice,

Communication and Design

JD., University at Buffalo Law School

Hamza Bin Sajjad

Dean’s Fellow

Comparative Humanities

M.A., Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge

Iqra Kakar

Dean's Fellow

Social Development and Policy

Muhammad Ashar Khan

Dean's Fellow

Social Development and Policy

M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science

Rajaa Moini

Dean's Fellow

Communication and Design

Sumbul Usman

Dean’s Fellow

Comparative Humanities

M.Phil., University of Karachi

Syeda Mehr Mustafa

Dean’s Fellow

Comparative Humanities

M.A., George Washington University

Uswa Ali Memon

Dean’s Fellow

Social Development and Policy

M.S., Michigan State University

Zoha Batool Khan

Dean's Fellow

Communication and Design

Yousuf Kerai

Affiliated Associate Professor of Practice

Comparative Humanities

M.A.T., Bennington College

Daniyal Ahmed

Affiliated Assistant Professor of Practice

Comparative Humanities

M.A., Universität Heidelberg

Muhammad Zulqurnain

Affiliated Lecturer

Social Development and Policy

M.A., University of York

Ahsan Mashhood

Affiliated Dean's Fellow

Social Development and Policy

MSc., University of Oxford

Nimra Farooq

Affiliated Dean’s Fellow

Comparative Humanities

M.A., University of California