Appointments and Positions
- Undergraduate Chair, Department of Political Science, Temple University (2018-2021)
- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Temple University (2016-present)
- 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)
Education
- Ph.D., Government, Harvard University, 2009
- A.M., Government, Harvard University, 2006
- A.B. (Magna), Political Science (Hon.), Brown University, 2003
Academic Affiliations
- Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project on Middle East Democracy, Washington, DC (2022-present)
- Regional Scholar, Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania (2021-present)
- Faculty Affiliate, Global Studies Program, Temple University (2019-present)
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute (2013-present)
External Funding and Awards
Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (2017); German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2014, 2016); 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); United States Department of Education (2004-5).
Professional Service (selected)
- 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
- Political Science Book Review Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies (2013-19)
Professional Association Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Middle East Studies Association
- International Studies Association
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