Established in 1981, the Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) is a national nonprofit organization working to increase public knowledge about the peoples, places, and cultures of the Middle East, including the Arab world, Israel, Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan.
MEOC is a national network of educators dedicated to disseminating apolitical and nonpartisan information, resources and activities furthering understanding about the Middle East.
MEOC’s target audience is non-specialists at the K-12 and college levels, although its services are also relevant to broader community needs. MEOC has members around the country and its services include a semi-annual newsletter, member list serve, annual book award and a website.
MEOC is an affiliated organization of the Middle East Studies Association. See the MEOC bylaws here.
MEOC OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2009-2010
PRESIDENT (2008-10, Past President 2010-12)
Jean Campbell
Associate Director, Middle East Studies Center
Portland State University
P.O Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
(503) 725-8566, fax (503) 725-5320
campbej@pdx.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT (2009-10)/PRESIDENT (2010-12)
Barbara Petzen
Education Director, Middle East Policy Council
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 512
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-6767, cell (571) 246-3494
bpetzen@mepc.org
PAST PRESIDENT (2008-10)
Zeina Seikaly
Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1020
(202) 687-6176 , fax (202) 687-7001
seikalyz@georgetown.edu
BOARD MEMBER (2008-10)
Lisa Adeli
Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Arizona
845 N. Park Ave., Rm. 470
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-7904, fax (520) 621-9257
adeli@email.arizona.edu
TRAVEL AWARDS CHAIR/BOARD MEMBER (2009-11)
Manoucher Khosrowshahi
Government Professor, Tyler Junior College
P.O. Box 9020, Tyler, TX 75711
(903) 510-2279, fax (903) 510-2708
mkho@tjc.edu
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR/LISTSERV MONITOR/BOARD MEMBER (2007-09)
Melinda McClimans
Assistant Director, Middle East Studies Center
Ohio State University
321 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43202
(614) 292-6506
wightman.16@osu.edu
NEWSLETTER EDITOR/BOARD MEMBER (2008-10)
Greta Scharnweber
Associate Director, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
New York University
50 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-8872
greta.scharnweber@nyu.edu
BOARD MEMBER (2009-11)
Joan Brodsky Schur
Social Studies Coordinator,
Village Community School
272 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10014
jschur@vcsnyc.org
BOOK AWARDS CO-CHAIR/BOARD MEMBER (2007-09)
Alta Schwartz
Outreach Director, Middle East Institute
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4089 Atlanta, GA 30302-4089
(404) 413-6146 (w), (404) 452-8031 (cell)
schwale@gmail.com
SECRETARY (ex officio)
Joe Stanik
Social Studies Instructor, New Era Academy High School
2700 Seamon Avenue Baltimore, MD 21225
(443) 984-2415, fax (410) 355-1130
jtstanik@att.net
NRC WEBSITE PROJECT (ex officio)
Jonathan Friedlander
friedlander.jonathan@gmail.com
TREASURER (ex officio)
John Parcels
Executive Director, SERMEISS
203 Bruce Drive
Statesboro, GA 30458
parcels@georgiasouthern.edu
BOOK AWARDS CO-CHAIR (ex officio)
Chris Rose
Assistant Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station F9400 Austin, TX 78712-0527
(512) 471-3582, fax (512) 471-7834
csrose@austin.utexas.edu
Lists:
Board: meoc-board@utlists.utexas.edu
Listserve: meoc@utlists.utexas.edu
