Administration

AIMS is governed by four officers and a nine-member Board of Directors, each elected for three year terms. The Overseas Directors and US staff facilitate AIMS programs and administration.

AIMS by-laws and compliance documents are maintained at the US office and may be provided to members upon request.

Officers

President
James Miller

Executive Director, Moroccan-American Commission (Fulbright-Morocco);
Associate Professor Emeritus, Geography, Department of History & Geography, Clemson University

miller3james@gmail.com

Vice President
Yael Warshel

Assistant Professor of Telecommunications and Media Industries
Affiliate Faculty, Comparative and International Education, International Affairs, Middle Eastern Studies and African Studies
Pennsylvania State University

Treasurer
Jacob Mundy

Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies
Colgate University

jmundy@colgate.edu

Secretary
Gwyneth Talley

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
American University in Cairo

guj.talley@gmail.com

Board of Directors

2024

Mona Atia
George Washington University
(Institutional rep)

Elizabeth Bishop
Texas State University
(Individual rep)

Kevin Blankinship
Brigham Young University
(Institutional rep)

2025

Allen Fromherz
Georgia State University
(Institutional rep)

Kristin Hickman
University of Mississippi
(Individual rep)

Michael Toler
MIT/Aga Khan Documentation Center
(Institutional rep)

2026

Aomar Boum
University of California, Los Angeles
(Individual rep)

Adria Lawrence
Johns Hopkins University
(Institutional rep)

Paul Love
Al Akhawayn University
(Institutional rep)

Overseas Research Center Directors

CEMAT
Laryssa Chomiak

Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines a Tunis

25 Rue Fatma Ennachi
Menzah V, Tunis
Tunisia
Phone: 216.71.232.533

chomiak@aimsnorthafrica.org

CEMA
Robert Parks

Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines en Algerie
Universite d’Oran es-Senia

Bp 1524 St. Charles Oran
Oran Algeria
Phone: 213.41.51.91.69
Fax: 213.41.51.91.69

parks@aimsnorthafrica.org

TALIM
Jen Rasamimanana

Tangier American Legation
Institute for Moroccan Studies

8 zankat America
Tangier 90000
Morocco

Phone: 212 39 93 5317
Fax: 212-3-993-5960

director@legation.org

US Director

AIMS
Terry Ryan

American Institute for Maghrib Studies
University of Arizona
Center for Middle Eastern Studies

845 N. Park Ave., Rm 470
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-626-6498

aims@aimsnorthafrica.org