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Ellen McLarney

Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204ERWIN Road Room 226, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2016 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Director of the Duke University Middle East Studies Center · 2019 - 2022 University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center · 2021 - 2022 University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Interim Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center · 2019 - 2021 University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies · 2017 - 2020 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies · 2017 - 2020 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies · 2014 - 2017 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2007 - 2016 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Students in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2016 - 2016 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor · 2009 - 2010 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Arabic · 2004 - 2007 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Director, Middle East and Islam in Global Contexts Focus Cluster, 2018-20
Director, Geopolitics and Culture Focus Cluster, 2021-23