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Curriculum Vitae

Professional Positions:

Kent State University Kent, OH
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (August 2008-Present)

Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (August 2007-June 2008)

The American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt
Adjunct Professor, Department of History (February 2007-June 2007)

International Crisis Group Cairo, Egypt                                                    Consultant Analyst on Egypt (August 2005-March 2006)

Education

University of St. Andrews
Ph.D. (September 2002-March 2007), School of International Relations
Fields: Comparative Politics, Middle East Politics, Authoritarianism
Thesis:  “Adapting Authoritarianism: Institutions and Co-optation in Egypt and Syria,”
Supervisor: Professor Raymond Hinnebusch

American University in Cairo (AUC)
M.A. (February 2002), Department of Political Science
Fields: Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Islamist Movements
Thesis: "Moderate Political Islamism as a Possible New Social Movement: The Case of Egypt's Wasat (Center) Party."

Washington and Jefferson College
B.A. (May 1998), Department of History and Department of English

 

Publications

PEER-REVIEWED:
"Brotherly Intentions? The Egyptian Muslim Brothers and the Politics of a Debate," History Compass 8/4 (2010): 345-357.

“Egypt: The Anatomy of Succession,” The Review of African Political Economy Vol. 35: 2, (2008): 301-314.

“Parties Over: The Demise of Egypt Opposition Parties,” The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 31, Issue 2 (November 2004): 215-234.

“Post-Islamist Rumblings in Egypt: The Emergence of the Wasat Party," Middle East Journal Vol. 56, No. 3 (Summer 2002): 415-432.

"A Democracy with Fangs and Claws and its Effect on Egyptian Political Culture,"
Arab Studies Quarterly Vol. 23, No. 3 (Summer 2001): 83-99.

ARTICLES:
“The Brothers and the Wars,” Middle East Report Number 250 (Spring 2009): 2-9

“Brothers in Arms? Engaging the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt,” Institute for Public Policy Research, London, (April 2008).

“Boxing in the Brothers,” (co-authored with Samer Shehata) Middle East Report Online (August 2007).

“NDP Conference: A Leap towards Reform or Succession?” Arab Reform Bulletin (October 2006).

“The Brotherhood Go To Parliament,” (co-authored with Samer Shehata) Middle East Report Number 240 (Fall 2006): 32-40.

“Damanhour By Hook and By Crook,” Middle East Report Number 238 (Spring 2006): 26-27.

“Rhetorical Acrobatics and Reputations: Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights,” Middle East Report Number 235 (Summer 2005): 2-7.
 
"IT Development in Egypt: Prospects and Obstacles," Information Technology in Egypt: Challenges and Impact Cairo: AUC Press (2001): 290-299.

BOOK REVIEWS:
Book review of Alan George’s Syria: Neither Bread nor Freedom (London: Zed Press, 2003) Arab Studies Journal Vol. XI No.2/Vol. XII No.1 (Fall 2003/Spring 2004): 178-180.

“Of Mosquitoes and Modernity,” Book review of Timothy Mitchell’s Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-politics, Modernity (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002) Global Dialogue Vol. 5, No. 1-2 (Winter/Spring 2003): 146-149.

OP-EDS:

“Redefine the Debate,” Foreign Policy November/December 2007.

“Hear Out the Muslim Brotherhood,” (co-authored with Samer Shehata), Boston Globe March 25, 2007 – Also appeared in the International Herald Tribune March 26, 2007.

“Gamal Mubarak’s journey to power,” Daily Star November 3, 2004.

“Praising reform, to better undermine it,” Daily Star April 21, 2004.

Teaching

Courses:

     - Political Science 10004: Introduction to Comparative Politics (F 2008, S 2009, S 2010) -
     - Political Science 6/70591: Middle East Politics Graduate Seminar (F 2008)        
     - Political Science 300: International Relations of the Middle East (S 2008)
     - History 412: 20th Century Political & Economic Egyptian History (S 2007)

Academic Awards, Grants, & Fellowships

Funded participant, National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Interpretive Methods in Political Science, Toronto, September 1-2, 2009

Professional Conference Travel Support, Division of Research and Graduate Studies, Kent State University, August 2008.

School of International Relations Conference Grant, University of St. Andrews, July 2003.

Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS), Universities UK on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Fall 2002-Spring 2005.

University of St. Andrews Research Studentship, Fall 2002-Fall 2005.

Honeyman Studentship Foundation Scholarship (Middle East Social Science), Fall 2002–Spring 2003.

Frank G. Wisner Thesis Award, AUC, June 2002.

AUC Conference Grant, November 2001.

AUC Research Grant, Thesis Research, May 2001.

AUC Conference Grant, October 2000.

Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2000-Spring 2001.

AUC Teaching and Research Assistantships, Spring 1999-Spring 2001.

Conference Participation & Invited Lectures

"Authoritarian States and their Islamist Opposition: The Case of Egypt," The King Fahd Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Arkansas, March 1, 2010.

"Conditioning Participation: The Egyptian State and the Muslim Brothers," International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20, 2010

"Egypt's Americans and the Rebranding of Autocracy," Middle East Studies Association, Boston, USA, November 21-24, 2009

"US-Egyptian Relations: A Critical Review," Young Professional Associations, Cleveland Council on World Affaris, April 23, 2009.

"Democratizing Pressure? US-Egyptian Relations and Globalizing Autocracy,” Middle East Studies Program, Maxwell School for Citizenship, Syracuse University, April 1, 2009.

“All Politics is Nationalist: Re-learning the Egyptian Muslim Brothers,” Department of Near East Studies, University of Michigan, March 2, 2009.

“Americanizing Egypt: A History of US-Egyptian Relations,” Great Decisions Program, UNC Chapel Hill, February 10, 2009.

“Succession of the Weak: Institutions and Hereditary Succession in Syria,” Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC, USA, November 22-25, 2008. 

“Election Exposure: Comparing the NDP and The Brotherhood’s Nominations, Campaigning, and Programs in Egypt’s 2005 Parliamentary Elections,” Middle Eastern Studies Association, Boston, USA, November 18-21, 2006.

“An Anatomy of Egypt’s Presidential Elections,” World Conference on Middle East Studies 2, Amman, Jordan, June 11-16, 2006.

“Egypt’s 2005 parliamentary elections: An Overview,” Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Ecomiques, Juridiques et Sociales, Cairo, Egypt, May 4-5, 2006.

“Explaining Persistent Authoritarianism: Syria’s Untraditional Presidential Succession,” The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Exeter, UK, July 12-15, 2003.

“The Demise of Egypt’s Opposition Parties,” World Conference on Middle East Studies, Mainz, Germany, September 8-13, 2002.

“Discontent Beyond Discontent: The Wasat Movement in Egypt,” Middle Eastern Studies Association, San Francisco, USA, November 17-20, 2001.

"IT Development in Egypt," American University in Cairo Research Conference, Cairo, Egypt, April 2-3, 2001.

"Political Culture in Contemporary Egypt," International Association of Middle Eastern Studies, Berlin, Germany, October 4-8, 2000.

Research & Teaching Interests

Comparative Political Theory; Development Theory; International Relations Theory; Qualitative Methods; Interpretive Methods; Political Culture; Middle East Politics; Authoritarianism; U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East; Islamism and Politics; Political Elites, Institutions, and Co-optation; Elections, Opposition Movements in Non-Democratic Contexts; Moderate Islamist Movements; Democracy Promotion; Arab Political Cinema, Egyptian History, Politics and Society; Syrian Politics

Professional Associations & Service

Professional Associations:

- Middle East Studies Association (2001-Present)
- World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (2002-Present)
- American Political Science Association (2007-Present)

Professional Service:

Middle East Desk (sponsored by Middle East Research and Information Project and New York University’s Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies)
Egypt Expert for journalists (September 2006 – April 2007, August 2007-Present)

Research Affiliate, Middle East Studies Program, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University (June 2008-Present)

Selected Media Interviews

New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, San Francesco Chronicle, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, UPI, The Guardian, Cairo Times, Cairo Magazine, The Daily Star, etc. 

Languages

English (Native)
Arabic (Modern Standard– Advanced, Egyptian Colloquial– Fluent, Syrian Colloquial– Advanced)