Faculty Profile
Magda Siekert
Senior Lecturer in Middle East Studies (2009)
Contact Information
on sabbatical Spring 2026
Denny Hall
717-254-8146
Bio
Magda Siekert came to Dickinson in 2009 from the Department of State where she served for 22 years as a Foreign Service Officer with postings at US embassies in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America and specializing in U.S. public diplomacy. She earned a Masters, and completed all the coursework and comprehensive exams for a PhD in Arabic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She also holds a Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She taught at Georgetown University, the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, and at the American University in Cairo. Her research interests include US public diplomacy, Arabic language pedagogy, literature, cinema, culture and language across the curriculum, and Arabic for specific purposes.
Education
- B.A., Cairo University, 1977
- M.A., The American University in Cairo, 1980
- M.A., Georgetown University, 1981
- Ph.D.,1983