Joseph Andoni Massad (Arabic: جوزيف مسعد; born 1963) is a Jordanian academic specializing in modern Arab politics and intellectual history at Columbia University. His academic work has focused on Palestinian, Jordanian, and Israeli nationalism. Massad is of Palestinian Christian descent. His books include "Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan;" "Desiring Arabs;" "The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians;" and "Islam in Liberalism."