Zeina Schlenoff

Teaching Faculty III, Director of the Middle East Center, Director of the MLL Language House
Zeina Schlenoff

Contact Information

Office Location
Diffenbaugh 342
Email
zschlenoff@fsu.edu
Phone
850-644-3012
Program
Arabic
Middle East Center
Office Hours

Wednesday 11:30-12:30

Dr. Schlenoff is an Teaching Professor of Arabic. She holds a Ph.D from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and specializes in 20th century French and Francophone Literature, especially women writers from the Arab World. She is the Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program and Center, the founding Director of FSU Arabic Language House, and the Coordinator and Advisor for Arabic in the department.

Research Interests

Social Media in the Arab World

Middle-Eastern Women Writers

Women in Islam

Arab Cinema

People and Cultures of the Middle East

Courses Taught

Beginning Arabic I

Beginning Arabic II

Intermediate Arabic

Formal Spoken Arabic

Arabic Translation

Media Arabic

Levantine Arabic

Survey of the Middle East

Modern Middle East Cinema

Women and Islam

Conversation in Standard Arabic

Beginning and Intermediate Arabic Conversation

Selected Publications

  • Book: “Le bonheur chez la femme colettienne,” Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York, 1997

Grants

  • US Department of Education, Title VI A
  • Saudi Aramco Services, Outreach Enhancement

Awards

  • University Teaching Awards, 2005 and 2011