Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island

Research Interests: State-building, displacement, and population exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean in the late- to post-Ottoman period; China-Middle East relations

Max enrolled in the MA in Arab Studies (MAAS) program while he was completing his BSFS at Georgetown University through the dual degree program. At MAAS, the majority of Max's research has focused on state-building, displacement, and population exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arab World in the late- to post-Ottoman period, including an ongoing project documenting oral histories of Cypriot Maronites. In addition to Arabic, Max has also achieved advanced proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, which he has used to analyze China-Middle East relations from the sixteenth century through to present—both for coursework at MAAS and during a research internship at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). During his time at MAAS, Max has also worked as a research assistant at the Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and as an intern at the Jerusalem Fund of the Palestine Center. Max served as the Editor-in-Chief of the 23rd print edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the flagship publication of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, from 2021–2022.