Dr. Calvin Allen (Professor, Omani Society and Culture)

Calvin Allen is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of History at Shenandoah University. Allen earned a BA in political science (Pittsburgh), an M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Literature (Washington) and a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern history (Washington). He is a specialist on the Arabian Gulf region, having published three books on Oman, including Oman under Qaboos in 2001, and over 40 articles.

Allen’s teaching experience includes full-time faculty positions at the College of the Ozarks (1978-93) and the University of Memphis (1993-2002) and visiting positions at Drury College (1992) and at the University 

of Pittsburgh’s Semester at Sea program (1996). While at Memphis, Allen also served as Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences (1997-99), Director of International Studies (1998-2002), and Executive Director of the Center for International Programs and Services (2000-2002). Allen has been a Fulbright Scholar in Oman (1976-77) and led a Fulbright Summer Faculty Seminar in Oman and Jordan (2009). He received the Distinguished Faculty Award at the College of the Ozarks (1998), a Wye Faculty Fellowship (1990), the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Advising Excellence at the University of Memphis (2001), and the Wilkins Award for University Service at Shenandoah (2009).