Gawdat Gabra is Clinical Professor of Coptic Studies at Claremont Graduate
University,
Co-Editor in Chief of the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia and Chief Editor of the
St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History Studies. He is a former director of the
Coptic Museum in Cairo and a member of the board of the Society of Coptic
Archaeology. He was a member of the board of the International Association for
Coptic Studies (1988-1996) and the International Association for Nubian
Studies (1987-1993). He has taught at American and Egyptian universities.