My current research interests include political culture, protest and policing in Jordan, neoliberalism, identity politics, contentious politics, and state repression.
Education: Ph.D., Politics, New York University (2000); M.A., Middle East Studies, New York University (1992);B.A., Near Eastern Languages and Literature, New York University (1988).
Courses Taught: Approaches to Political Inquiry; Political Culture; Protest and Dissent; Democratization; Civil Society and the Public Sphere; Contentious Politics; Ethnographic Methods; Political Islam; Middle East Politics; Research Design; Political Geography; Cosmopolitan Cities of the Middle East.
Current Projects: I am currently completing a book manuscript tentatively titled "Protesting Jordan: Law, Space, Dissent."
