Kathryn Johnson, Ph.D., received her doctorate from Harvard University and teaches courses on Islam and the history of the modern Middle East at UNC Charlotte. She also serves as a consultant to the U.S. government on the Middle East.
Shimon Gibson, Ph.D., is a British-born archaeologist who has been working in the Holy Land for the past 40 years. He was appointed in 2017 as Professor of Practice in the History Department.
William E. B. Sherman (B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Stanford University) is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies. He joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in fall of 2017. His research approaches the history and literature of Muslim societies, with a particular focus on premodern South and Central Asia.
