Akram Fouad Khater is a professor of history at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...

. He specializes in the history of the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

 and Arab relations and studies. Khater received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

in 1993. He is currently developing an undergraduate and masters program on teaching high school world history.

Awards

He received the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award for 1998–1999 and the NCSU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 1999–2000.

External links

• http://www.unc.edu/faculty/
• http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.cgi?path=244011057184597
• http://www.amazon.com/Sources-History-Modern-Middle-East/dp/0395980674 Link also confirms BIO of Professor from inside dust jacket.