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).