Wakin, Jeanette A.

• 1929: Born, Bridgeport, CT. Bachelors, New School of Social Research, New York. Masters, Columbia University.
• 1966 - 1969 : Columbia University, Instructor.
• 1969 - 1974 : Columbia University, Assistant Professor 1974-1998, Columbia University, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
• 1970: Ph.D., Columbia University (with distinction) in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Dissertation topic: Islamic legal documents, theory and practice.
• 1970 - 1998 : Member, Columbia University, Committee on Oriental Studies.
• 1972: Published Functions of Documents in Islamic Law.
• 1973 - 1985 : Departmental Representative, School of General Studies.
• 1974 - 1998 : Columbia University, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
• 1976 - 1986 : Advisory Board, Princeton Library of Asian Translations.
• 1977 - 1979 : National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.
• 1985 - 1986 :
• 1977 - 1998 : Co-Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Arabic Studies.
• 1977 - 1978 : President, American Association of Teachers of Arabic.
• 1978 - 1998 : Associate editor for Islam and the Near East, Journal of the American Oriental Society.
• 1981 - 1984 : Member of the board of Directors, Middle East Studies Association.
• 1985: Social Science Research Council.
• 1985 - 1986 : Fellow, Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College.
• 1985 - 1986 : Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of World Religions

From the guide to the Papers, 1966-1998, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)