Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Professor of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics
Abbas Benmamoun is the vice provost for faculty advancement and professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies and linguistics. In his role at Duke as vice provost for faculty advancement, he provides leadership, guidance and oversight of university-wide strategies and programs to support faculty excellence. The office oversees faculty and leadership development programs and partners with Duke schools, departments and other academic programs to advance faculty careers and enhance faculty success at Duke.
Benmamoun earned his B.A. from the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, master’s degree from University College London, and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He served on the faculty and administration of the University of Illinois and the faculty of the University of Wisconsin and the University of London’s School of Oriental & African Studies. Benmamoun’s research focuses on the comparative syntax and morphology of natural language and heritage languages, particularly on issues of language maintenance and loss within immigrant communities. His publications include “The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects” (Oxford University Press), “Arabic Syntax” (Cambridge University Press) and “The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics” (Routledge).
Administrative Assistant: Jan Carico
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