You may contact the executive board at melaexec@mela.us
President, 2025-2026
Dale J. Correa, PhD, MS/LIS
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian and History Coordinator for University of Texas Libraries
University of Texas at Austin
2515 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712
president@mela.us
Past President, 2025-2026
Guy Burak
Librarian for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies
New York University, Bobst Library
70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, USA
past.president@mela.us
Past President, 2025-2026
Heather Hughes
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
past.president@mela.us
Vice President-Program Chair, 2025-2026
Ryan Zohar
Middle East Studies Liaison & Reference Librarian
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets NW
Washington, DC 20057
vice-president@mela.us
Secretary-Treasurer, 2023-2026
William Kopycki
Field Director
Library of Congress, Nairobi Overseas Office
Nairobi, Kenya
secretary@mela.us
From the United States:
William Kopycki
Unit 8900 Box 067
DPO, AE
09831-0067
From outside the United States:
William Kopycki
Library of Congress
U.S. Embassy
United Nations Avenue
Gigiri, Nairobi,
KENYA
MELA Notes Editor, 2026-2029
Farshad Sonboldel, Ph.D.
World History and Cultures Librarian
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive #0175-C
La Jolla, CA 92093
melanoteseditor@mela.us
Webmaster, 2026-2029
Justin Parrott
Associate Librarian for Humanities, Middle East Studies, and Collections Management
New York University Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
webmaster@mela.us
MELA Listserv Manager, 2026-2029
Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg
Librarian for Islamic Art & Architecture
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Fine Arts Library
1805 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
listowner@mela.us
Member-at-Large, 2026-2029
Neda Zeraatkar
Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian
Emory Libraries, Woodruff Library
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
membersatlarge@mela.us
Member-at-Large, 2023-2026
Marlis J. Saleh, PhD.
Bibliographer for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
membersatlarge@mela.us
Member-at-Large, 2024-2027
Amal Morsy
Librarian
Asian And Middle Eastern Division/Middle East and South Asia Section
Acquisition and Bibliographic Access Directorate
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4223
membersatlarge@mela.us