Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
, which included responses from 1,582 international relations faculty members.
Mohssen Esseesy
Associate Professor of Arabic and International Affairs
Coordinator, Arabic Program
Office: Phillips 342, 801 22nd Street, N.W.
Phone: (202) 994-6179
Fax: (202) 994-2154
E-mail: esseesym@gwu.edu
Web: http://www.gwu.edu/~arabic
Education:
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Expertise:
Historical linguistics and language change; Arabic-language testing; curriculum development and teacher training
Background:
Professor Esseesy received his Ph.D. with Distinction in Arabic from Georgetown University. Prior to joining the George Washington University in 2004, Professor Esseesy held faculty positions at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Georgetown University; and the University of Florida.
Professor Esseesy's recent scholarly activities include completion and publication of several articles ("Grammaticalization", "Reanalysis", "Apposition", "Semantic Extension" and "Semantic Bleaching") in the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics published by Brill Academic Publishers. He has presented several academic papers on manifestation of grammaticalization and auxiliation in Arabic at annual meetings of the Middle East Studies Association. He also served as a member of the Board of Reviewers of the Standards for Learning Arabic K-16 publication and as an elected member of the Executive Board of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic from 2003-2005.