Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Leila Dagher
Founding Director of the Center for Policy Action
Associate Professor of Economics and Policy

Joseph Helou
Assistant Professor of Political Sciences and International Affairs

Latifa Reda
Lecturer in Political Science and International Affairs

Marwan Rowayheb
Associate Professor of Political Science/International Affairs

Imad Salamey
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Chairperson, Department of Political and International Studies

Sami Baroudi
Adjunct Professor of Political Science

Jeffrey G. Karam
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Chantal Chaoul
Senior Academic Assistant, Beirut and Byblos
Department of Political and International Studies

Mr. Ziad Abdel Samad (ziad.abdelsamad@lau.edu.lb), MS in Civil Engineering, 1986, Friendship University, Moscow.
Rita Naoum Mouawad (rita.naoum@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Political Science, 2024, University of Houston, Texas, United States.
Ramzi Abou Ismail (ramzi.abouismail@lau.edu.lb), Ph.D. in Political Psychology, 2024, University of Kent, United Kingdom.
Nayla Tabbara (nayla.tabbara01@lau.edu.lb), Ph.D. in Science of Religions, 2007, USJ (Beirut) and EPHE Sorbonne, Paris.
Chadi Abou Daher (chadi.aboudaher@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Political Science , 2012, Islamic University of Lebanon.
Ghina Harb (ghina.harb@lau.edu.lb), Masters in International Affairs, 2013, LAU.
Joseph Cari (joseph.cari@lau.edu.lb), Juris Doctor, University of Notre dame Law School.

Christina Abi Haidar (christina.abihaidar@lau.edu.lb), Masters in International Law, 2017, NDU.

Sonia Nakad (sonia.nakad@lau.edu.lb), PhD Candidate in Political Science – Peace-building Studies, 2025, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany.
Chadi Abou Daher (chadi.aboudaher@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Political Science , 2012, Islamic University of Lebanon.