Ranen Omer-Sherman, assistant professor of English and Jewish Studies, teaches courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict, as represented in literature. He served for three years in the Israeli army in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including some time in Lebanon. Omer-Sherman is fluent in Hebrew.
Office: (305) 284-4072
Email: rosherman@miami.edu

Ira M. Sheskin, Ph.D., associate professor of geography and regional studies, specializes in the geopolitics of the Middle Eastern region.
Office: (305) 284-6693
Home: (954) 435-7070
E-mail: isheskin@miami.edu

Haim Shaked, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Middle East Studies Institute and the incumbent of the Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies, Graduate School of International Studies. Since 1995, Shaked has been involved in the establishment of the first private university in Israel, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliyya.
Office: (305) 284-6882
E-mail: hshaked@miami.edu