{"id":1509,"date":"2024-12-27T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/?page_id=1509"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:36:44","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/app.e2ma.net\/app2\/audience\/signup\/46978\/27934.630922526\/\">HERE<\/a> to subscribe to the Middle East Studies Department Newsletter!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/12\/Tommy-Trojan-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/12\/Tommy-Trojan-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/12\/Tommy-Trojan.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          We hope to hear from you!\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS905US905&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIGCAEQRRg5MgYIAhBFGEAyEwgDEC4YrwEYxwEYkQIYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYkQIYgAQYigUyEggFEC4YQxjHARjRAxiABBiKBTIKCAYQABixAxiABDIMCAcQABhDGIAEGIoF0gEIMTAzMWowajeoAgCwAgA&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;sa=X&amp;geocode=KcV1w4bjx8KAMTBt4c_dp5_r&amp;daddr=3501+Trousdale+Pkwy,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3501 Trousdale Parkway, Taper Hall (THH) 256<\/a><\/div>\n<div>University of Southern California<\/div>\n<div>Los Angeles, CA 90089<\/div>\n<div>Hours of Operation: 8:30 am &#8211; 4:00 pm<\/div>\n<div>Email: mdes@usc.edu<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please email us to set up a Zoom meeting!<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div>Department Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/ramzi-rouighi\/\">Ramzi Rouighi<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Director of Persian Program <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/peyman-nojoumian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peyman Nojoumian<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Director of Arabic Program <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/suzanne-wali\/\">Suzanne Wali<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Academic Program Specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/staff\/\">Emma Watson\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To request D-clearance for a course, please follow the instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/languages\/d-clearance\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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