Suad Joseph College of Letters and Science Anthropology and Women's Studies Recipient 2003-2004

A member of the UCD faculty since 1976, Professor Suad Joseph specializes in issues of family, gender, religious, and ethnic conflict. In her letter of nomination, Professor Carol Smith, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, cites Professor Joseph's "lifetime of service dedicated to increasing understanding, exchange, and scholarly cooperation between the US and the Middle East". She is the founder of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies; founder and chair of the joint American University in Beirut - American University in Cairo - Lebanese American University - University of California Collaborative Initiative; founder and chair of the Arab Families Working Group, which is committed to linking researchers and policy makers to assist Arab families and youth in issues of war, violence, and migration; and she is the General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. She has been lauded as "…an indefatigable institution builder and enabler of other people's work, as well as her own…".