CONTRIBUTOR:
Brannon Wheeler
AFFILIATION:
TITLE:
Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, and Professor
DEPARTMENT:
Department of History
INSTITUTION:
United States Naval Academy
BIOGRAPHY:
Brannon Wheeler is a Professor in the department of History at the United States Naval Academy. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and is the author of a number of books including Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Relics, and Territory in Islam (Chicago, 2006).