Background

Skyline of Amman, Jordan

Education

Ph.D., Government, Harvard University, 2009
A.M., Government, Harvard University, 2006
A.B. (Magna), Political Science (Hon.), Brown University, 2003

University Positions

Professor (full), Department of Political Science, Temple University (2026-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Temple University (2016-26)
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Temple University (2010-16)
Hewlett Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Development, Development, and Rule of Law, Stanford University (2009-10)

Academic Affiliations

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Democracy in the Arab World Now, Washington, DC (2025-present).
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project on Middle East Democracy, Washington, DC (2022-24)
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute (2013-25)

External Funding and Awards (selected)

Stiftung Deutsch-Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen (2024)
Hicham Alaoui Foundation (2021-22)
Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (2017)
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2014)
United States Institute of Peace (2013)
Project on Middle East Political Science (2012)
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (2008)
American Center of Oriental Research (2006)

Professional Service (selected)

Editorial Board, International Journal of Middle East Studies
Editorial Committee, Middle East Report and Information Project (MERIP)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, MENA Politics (Newsletter of the APSA-MENA Politics Section) (2022-24)
Steering Committee Member (2016-21) and Advisory Board Member (2021-present), Project on Middle East Political Science

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association
Middle East Studies Association
International Studies Association