CASA Alumni

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Since its inception in 1967, CASA has graduated more than 1,900 fellows from its various institutions of higher education, government, business and non-government organizations. CASA is proud of all its fellows and the role they perform in promoting understanding of the Arab world.

Help sustain the CASA program for future generations of Middle East studies faculty, State Department leaders, NGO staff, and others who will help bridge the understanding of the rich culture and history of this region.

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Connect with CASA

Alumni Email List

If you are a CASA alumni and are not on our email list, please send your name, email, city, state, zip code and country to CASA@email.arizona.edu(link sends e-mail).

Alumni LinkedIn Group

If you would like to join the Alumni LinkedIn Group to connect with fellow alumni and stay up to date on CASA news, email CASA@email.arizona.edu(link sends e-mail) with the email that you used to set up your LinkedIn account so we can send you an invite.

Alumni Facebook Page

If you would like to join the CASA Alumni page please request to join the group on Facebook, and send us an email or Facebook message with your name, and what year you were a part of the program so we can approve your request.

Listing CASA on Resumes, CVs, Bios, etc.

We hope you will include your CASA participation on your bios, CVs, etc. to help bring exposure to CASA’s impressive alumni and the impact of the U.S. Department of Education grant funds we receive. These funds are re-evaluated by Congress each year. Some have asked how to list their CASA participation for grant applications and on CVs. Here are our suggestions:

  1. For CASA I: Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) I Fellowship sponsored by a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program project to Amman, Jordan 2024-2025 (adapt to reflect your program location and year)
  2. For CASA II or III: Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) III Fellowship sponsored by a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program project to Meknes, Morocco, Spring 2024 (adapt to reflect your program location and year)

Alumni Profiles

Hossam Abouzahr

  • 2011-2012 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Linguist

Joel Beinin

  • 1969 (Summer); 2004-2005 (CASA III)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus Stanford University

Laurie Brand

  • 1977 (Summer); 1978-1979 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Robert Grandford Wright Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies
  • Director, Middle East Studies Program at the University of Southern California

Katherine Dunn

  • 2009 (Summer)
  • Damascus
  • Protection Officer, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency)

Evelyn A. Early

  • 1969 (Summer); 1970-1971 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Policy and Development Consultant

Ben Gittleson

  • 2011-2012 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • International Assignment Editor, ABC News

Kay Heikkinen

  • 2003-2004 (CASA III)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Ibn Rushd Lecturer in Arabic, Retired
  • University of Chicago

Stephen Kalin

  • 2011-2012 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Journalist, Middle East Correspondent at Wall Street Journal

Alan Mikhail

  • 2003-2004 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Professor of History at Yale University

Max Shmookler

  • 2007-2008 (CASA I)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • PhD Candidate in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University

Denis Sullivan

  • 1984-1985 (CASA I); 2008-2009 (CASA III)
  • American University in Cairo (AUC)
  • Professor of Political Science and International Affairs & Co-Director, Middle East Center at Northeastern University
  • Director, Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies
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