middle eastern literature; world literature; postcolonial studies, gender and sexuality
Ethnicity and nationalism, international security, international relations theory, and South Asia
Interactions of early South Asian Buddhism with popular religious practice, the origin of the Buddha image and the social, political, religious factors that led to its codification and spread
Democratization, Authoritarian Regimes and Transitions, Civil Society and Global Social Movements, Arabic Language and Culture, Islam and Politics, and the Labor Movement in the Middle East
Comparative politics, Central Asian regime change, political Islam, effects of information communication technology on state and society