Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D. (1995) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. (1991) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. (1986) Drew University

Undergraduate Courses:
Introduction to Political Science
Comparative Politics
International Relations and Foreign Policy International Security International Terrorism Theories of International Relations Politics of Developing Countries Politics of the Middle East and North Africa The Arab-Israeli Conflict Women, Islam, and Politics

Graduate Courses:
Islam and Politics Seminar in International Relations Theory Modern Middle East Politics

Select Publications

Books:

Inter-Arab Alliances: Regime Security and Jordanian Foreign Policy (forthcoming: University of Press of Florida, 2009)

Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah (Lynne Rienner Press, 2002)

Articles:

Author of a dozen book chapters as well as articles in the following journals: Middle East Journal, Middle East Insight, Arab Studies Quarterly, Israel Affairs, Southeastern Political Review, Journal of Third World Studies, Middle East Review of International Affairs, Middle East Policy, and Middle East Report.