B.A. College of William and Mary
M.A. Georgetown University
Ph.D. Columbia University

Rebecca Joubin teaches elementary, intermediate, and advanced Arabic courses, with special interest in gender studies, Iraqi culture in exile, contemporary Syrian culture and art, and Middle Eastern film. Publications include "Two Grandmothers from Baghdad" (2004), and various articles in both Arabic and English on orientalism, film, and women's issues in the Middle East. Currently completing manuscript on contemporary Syrian television drama. At Davidson since Fall 2009.

To contact:

Davidson College
Arab Studies
Box 6989
Davidson NC  28035-6989
Phone: 704-894-2041
Fax: 704-894-2005
email: rejoubin@davidson.edu