Bryan T. Edwards is dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane, where he oversees 34 departments and programs in fields from the social sciences, humanities, and fine and performing arts. Prior to moving to Tulane in July 2018, he was the Crown Professor in Middle East Studies and Professor of English at Northwestern. There he was the founding director of the Program in Middle East and North African Studies, which grew under his direction from a small faculty working group to an internationally recognized program. His research examines the ways in which contemporary American culture circulates globally, particularly the Middle East and North Africa, where he has done extensive research. His books include Morocco Bound: Disorienting America’s Maghreb (2005), Globalizing American Studies (2010), and most recently, After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East (2016. A speaker of four languages, he is an advocate for renewed approaches to language learning and served on the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Language Commission.