Masters, Bruce A.

Scope and Contents In this interview, Bruce Master’s discusses his experience as a researcher in the Middle East and explains the intricacies of studying the Arabic language as he has found throughout his scholarship and travels. He mentions frustrations that he felt upon arriving at Wesleyan because of the lack of non-Western histories that were taught here. Following that, he provides his own analysis of how the Wesleyan student body has changed; including the impact of the 2008 recession, the growth of the...