Meet the Faculty
David Simonowitz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Middle East Studies
Division: International Studies and Languages Division
Office: Pendleton Learning Center (PLC) 104
Phone: (310) 506-4218
E-mail: david.simonowitz@pepperdine.edu
- Ph.D., Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
- M.A., Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
- B.A., Spanish Literature, University of California, San Diego, 1987, Magna Cum Laude
Courses:
- Visual Culture of Modern Middle East
- History of Islamic Art and Architecture
- Arabic 151, 152, 251
- History of the Modern Middle East
- History of the Middle East and Islam, 500-1500
Key Awards/Affiliations:
- American Academy of Religion (AAR)
- Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Academic Interests:
- Architecture, Urbanism and Spatial Theory
- Diaspora Communities
- Gender Studies
- History and Religious Traditions of the Middle East and the Islamic World
- Textual Studies
- Visual Culture and Rhetoric
- Writing Systems