Program Deans and Directors

Dr. Guillaume Durand, Assistant Dean and Professor
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Doctorat, University of Provence
MA, University of Provence (Aix-Marseille) 

Dr. Guillaume Durand has been a professor of archaeology and art history at IAU since 2002, Assistant Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2014, and leads a January Term Traveling Seminar on Mediterranean Civilizations. Prof. Durand completed a Masters of Art History and Archaeology on Byzantine Studies and a Ph.D. in Romanian History at the Université de Provence. In 2014 he completed a three-year post-doctorate program funded by the European Union and under the aegis of the Romanian Academy (Bucharest) and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He has published two books and several articles in French academic reviews (Cahier des Etudes Romanes, Turcica) and in Romania (Historical Yearbook, Annals of the Spiru Haret University). Professor Durand participates regularly in international conferences in France and throughout Europe and maintains active involvement and oversight of local, regional, and national archaeological excavations. He speaks French, English, Romanian, and Greek.

 Centre d'Etudes Françaises (French Studies Center)

Dr. Muriel Cros, Dean of French Studies
Assistant Dean and Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chair of French Department
Director of French Honors Program and Summer French Teachers Workshop
Doctorat, University of Provence, Aix-Marseille I
Masters in Literature, University of Provence, Aix-Marseille I 

Dr. Muriel Cros is a linguist, a teacher, and a poet. She joined IAU in 1996 as a professor of French Language and Literature. In 2012, she became Chair of the IAU French Department and Director of the IAU French Honors Program and Summer French Teachers Workshop, and in 2014 she became the Assistant Dean of the IAU School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2022, she was promoted to Dean of French Studies. During her many years of teaching experience within IAU and in prestigious French and American institutions of higher education, including Harvard and Vanderbilt University, Dr. Cros created many multidisciplinary courses and programs such as “Crossing Spaces in the Intercultural Contexts”, “Dialogue between French and Francophone Literature” and “France as seen through its Movies”. She earned a Master's in Literature, Aix-Marseille I University (1981), a Ph.D. in Linguistics in Aix-Marseille I University (1986) dealing with the relations between Poetic Patterns and the Acquisition of Language by Children, and a second one at the University of Montpellier III (1994). She was only the second linguist in France hired by the French Government for a national public health research program evaluating Discourses of Prevention towards young people. Dr. Cros’ research and publications have focused on Discourse Analysis (conceptualization of the language used in Public Health) and now on Plurilinguism and Multiliteracies (Creative Approaches and Language Learning). Dr. Cros is also an accomplished poet and visual artist. Her sculptural work explores themes relating to words and space and has been published and exhibited internationally. She is fluent in French and English and speaks some German.

 The School of Art

Dr. Yumna Masarwa, Dean, School of Art
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs

Aboubakr Jamaï, Dean and Professor, Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs
M.B.A., Oxford University
M.P.A., Harvard University
B.A., Higher Institute of Commerce and Management

Anthony Triolo, Director and Professor, Center for Wine and Gastronomy
M.S., Université Paul Valéry III
B.A., American University of Paris

Anthony Triolo has been a professor since 2005 and the IAU Wine Studies Coordinator since 2022. He is now the Director of the Center for Wine and Gastronomy, and teaches International Relations, Environmental Politics, and Eco-gastronomy. His scholarly interests center on the relationship between international security and the global environmental crisis with a particular focus on sustainable agriculture. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and has several years’ experience managing sustainable/organic vineyards and making wine in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA of California. He received a Bachelor’s degree (Summa Cum Laude) in International Affairs from the American University of Paris, a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Université Paul Valéry III, Montpellier in conjunction with the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France. He holds a WSET 3 Wines Certification and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development and Diplomacy at Euclid University. He speaks English and French.