BLOOMINGTON, Ill. –Visiting Assistant Professor Saloua Zerhouni has joined the faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University this fall as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Zerhouni comes to Illinois Wesleyan from Mohammed V University Souissi, in Rabat, Morocco, where she is an assistant professor of political science at the School of Juridical, Economic and Social Science.
“It is an honor to be able to work with the students and faculty of Illinois Wesleyan,” said Zerhouni, who is teaching two courses at IWU this semester: Women, Gender and Politics in North Africa, and The History of the Arab World. “I look forward to open and engaging discussions with my students, and hope my time here will work to build bridges in understanding.”
Zerhouni earned a doctorate from The University of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco, in 2002 in political science. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah in Fez, Morocco. She was an associate researcher for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, Germany, and a visiting researcher at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., before taking her position with Mohammed V University Souissi.