Instructor Information

 


Lisa Anderson

Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs
Professor of Political Science
1414 International Affairs Building
212-854-4604
[email protected]

Research interests:
  • Political economy of development
  • modern Middle East politics
  • comparative politics
  • political regimes and political oppositions.
Author:
  • The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980
  • "Lawless Government and Illegal Opposition in the Middle East"
  • The Origins of Arab Nationalism. Co-edited (with Rashid Khalidi): "Obligation and Accountability: Islamic Politics in North Africa"; "Absolutism and the Resilience of Monarchy in the Middle East."
  • Editor: Transitions to Democracy.
Biographical History:
  • BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 1972
  • MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1974
  • Ph.D., Columbia University, 1981
  • Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University, 1981-1986
  • Chair, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 1994-1997.