The Middle East
Faculty
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Associate Professor
Nau 235
Office Hours: ON LEAVE
![Nair photo](https://history.virginia.edu/sites/history.virginia.edu/files/styles/people_crop__700x700_/public/Nair-IMG_3723.jpg?itok=WFXmA5D3)
Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Affiliate Faculty, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
234 Nau Hall
Office Hours: On Leave: 2024-25
![Bishara](https://history.virginia.edu/sites/history.virginia.edu/files/styles/people_crop__700x700_/public/Bishara.jpg?itok=_3F5uf6l)
Associate Professor, Indian Ocean History, Rouhollah Ramazani Associate Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
Nau 253
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Associate Professor
Nau 356
Office Hours: T, 2:00-4:00PM
![Sessions](https://history.virginia.edu/sites/history.virginia.edu/files/styles/people_crop__700x700_/public/Sessions.png?itok=ZcNcLKBb)
Associate Professor of History, Affiliated Faculty, Department of French
Nau 354
Office Hours: TR, 11:00AM-1:00PM; Students should schedule meetings at https://calendly.com/profsessions
![photo of Kristina Richardson taken by Jeneene Chatowsky](https://history.virginia.edu/sites/history.virginia.edu/files/styles/people_crop__700x700_/public/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-28%20at%2010.12.25%20AM.png?itok=RKd4tPA_)
John L. Nau III Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy, Professor of History and Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Nau 295
![Loeffler](https://history.virginia.edu/sites/history.virginia.edu/files/styles/people_crop__700x700_/public/loeffler.jpg?itok=GX-2y5Fc)
Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
Nau 236
Office Hours: On Leave