2022 Capstone Presentations

Join the second-year Middle East Studies M.A. students as they present their capstone research projects. This event will be held in-person at the Elliott School of International Affairs (1957 E ST NW, Washington, D.C. 20052) in Room 505.
10:00am – 11:00am
Edward Pechet: “The Wealth of Arab Nations.”
Adviser: Donald Losman
11:00am – 12:00pm
Thomas Cagle and Kimberly Dodt: “Out of the Oil and Into the Sun: Saudi Arabia, Economic Power, Religious Legitimacy, and how Saudi Vision 2030 Might Change Them All.”
Adviser: Emma Soubrier
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Emma Cahoon and Rachel Shafer: “Life Satisfaction Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan.”
Adviser: Fatima Haddji
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Christopher Aboukhaled: “The Issue of the Lebanese Identity: The Inability of the Lebanese People to Unite in the Face of Catastrophe and Instability.”
Adviser: Firas Maksad
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Shannon Brophy and Jillian McKissic: “Looking East: Likelihood of Iranian Proxy Strategy Employed in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan.”
Adviser: Sina Azodi