Staff

Nader Morkus

Director, Arabic Language Program
Academic Director, Arabic Flagship Program
Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-2400

Email:

nmorkus@iu.edu

Amy Sophiamehr

Program Manager

Phone:

(812) 856-6128

Email:

aljensen@iu.edu

Amy is a Middle Eastern Studies specialist with a concentration in the Arabic and Turkish languages. Throughout her six years of Arabic study she has lived in Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt. She is a primary contact person for the Arabic Flagship Program.

Michelle Olson

Flagship Student Success Specialist

Phone:

(812) 855-8134

Email:

miiolson@iu.edu

Iman Alramadan

Senior Lecturer, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Director of Cultural and Co-Curricular Activities, Arabic Flagship Program

Phone:

(812) 856-9167

Email:

imaalram@iu.edu

Attia Youseif

Senior Lecturer, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Director of Flagship Tutoring and Conversation, Arabic Flagship Program

Email:

ayouseif@iu.edu

Brian Flaherty

Associate Director, Arabic & Chinese Flagship Programs

Email:

bdflaher@iu.edu

Alonso Saldivar

Finance & Assessment Coordinator

Email:

jasaldiv@iu.edu

Alonso Saldivar is the Arabic Flagship Finance & Assessment Coordinator as well as the Chinese Flagship Accounts Coordinator. He began working as a program assistant at Indiana University in 2007 for The Initiative for Minority Student Development summer program (IMSD) and has worked for the IU Chinese Flagship Program since 2011. Alonso has a Bachelor of General Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences and History from Indiana University.