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Ronald Messier
Senior Lecturer
Department of History
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
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| Ronald A. Messier is a
professor of Middle East history at Vanderbilt University. He received his MA
and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan. His teaching and research
focus is on Islam, North Africa, architecture and archaeology. Since 1987,
he has directed an ongoing excavation of the ancient city of Sijilmasa, a
city in southeastern Morocco, famous for its gold trade and its contacts
with Timbuktu and other cities of West Africa. In recognition of that
work, he received the university's prestigious Outstanding Research Award
in 1997. He has won several teaching awards including the Council for
the Advancement and Support of Education award as Tennessee Professor of
the Year for 1993, the MTSU Outstanding Honors Faculty Award in 1978, and
the MTSU Outstanding Teacher Award in 1976. |
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