Suzanne Stetkevych writes with profound methodological tools and a spirit of love for Arabic poetry and Arab-Islamic culture to which she has devoted her academic career, even though it is not her original culture. She has also written extensively, organized conferences, supervised dissertations, and edited academic journals, particularly those related to classical Arabic Literature. She obtained her doctorate in Arabic Literature from the University of Chicago in 1981 and has written a number of books mostly dealing with classical Arabic poetry from pre-Islamic Arabic to Andalusia. She has translated Arabic poetic texts with a spirit close to the original and has made academic visits to the Arab region and participated in conference and academic events in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.