Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Sami Baroudi
Professor of Political Science
Assistant Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

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

Jeffrey G. Karam
Assistant Professor of Political Science 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

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

Stephanie Raad (stephanie.raad@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Political Science, 2023, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon.
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.

Mr. Fadi Hachem (Fadi.hachem@lau.edu.lb), LLM in Public International Law and Human Rights, 2023, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sonia Nakad (sonia.nakad@lau.edu.lb), PhD Candidate in Political Science – Peace-building Studies, 2025, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany.