Fairleigh Dickinson University
College at Florham 1 of 2
Elise Salem
English, Communication, and Philosophy
Office: Mansion, W-24, extension 8736 email: elise@fdu.edu

Elise Salem

Professor of English and Assistant Dean of Academic Planning, Becton College

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP and PRESENTATIONS

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 2004.
Constructing Lebanon: A Century of Literary Narratives . University Press of Florida, 2003
Plenary Speaker at University of North Carolina-Ashville, "Teaching Islam in the Undergraduate Curriculum," 2005. “The Rahbani Nation: Popular Culture and Identity Formation in Contemporary Lebanon,” 2004. "Theme Park Solidere: Beirut's New Meeting Places and Dividing Lines," 2003

COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT

"Senior Seminar: The Fate of the Novel." "Eighteenth Century Literature: Enlightenment, Revolution, and Intrigue." "Humanities Seminar: Love and War." "Nobel Literature" taught at the American University of Beirut [AUB], Spring 2003. Students linked with Dr. Walter Cummins's "Nobel Literature" course at FDU.
"Arab Women Writers: Feminism, Islam and the West." Fall 2003. Seminar included Dr. Mohja Kahf as a global virtual faculty member.

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERESTS

Co-Chair, Internationalization Strategic Planning Team, 2004- Co-Director and Convener, American Council on Education’s Internationalization Collaborative, 2003-2004

Email address: elise@fdu.edu

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