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Khayrallah Center Team Members

Dr. Akram Khater, Director
Akram is a professor of history at North Carolina State University. He has published extensively on Lebanese migration to the United States. He is also the Khayrallah Chair in Lebanese Diaspora Studies, a University Faculty Scholar, and the editor of the Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies.

Contact: akhater@ncsu.edu

Akram Khater

Diana Lopez Molina, Business Service Coordinator
Diana is the primary contact for the center’s administrative, financial, and human resources operations. Before joining the Khayrallah Center she worked in Facilities HR at NC State. She obtained a BS in Psychology from NCCU. 

Contact: dlopezm@ncsu.edu

Lindsey Waldenberg, Director of Research
Lindsey manages the center’s research projects, programs, and grant initiatives. She is also the managing editor for the center’s journal, Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies. She obtained her MA in Public History from Texas State University and her dual BA in History & Art History from Washington University in St. Louis.

Contact: ldwalden@ncsu.edu

Katelyn Cuomo, Curatorial Specialist
Katelyn oversees the Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora. She obtained her MA in Library and Information Science from UNC Greensboro and her BA in History at NC State.

Contact: krcuomo@ncsu.edu