UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When Lior Sternfeld, assistant professor of history and Jewish studies, attended school in his native Israel, he fully intended to become a high school history teacher. Needing to choose an additional course of study, though, he thought Middle Eastern studies might be interesting.
“Increasingly, I realized that it should be my focus,” he said.
The course in Middle Eastern studies led Sternfeld to Ben Gurion University, where he developed an interest in Iran.
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