Tarek Masoud

Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Office Address
124 Mt. Auburn - Suite 200N-236
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 74
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-3036
Email: Tarek_Masoud@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Timothy Smith (617-495-2430)
Tarek Masoud

Profile

Tarek Masoud is an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. A political scientist and Middle East specialist, his current research examines why religious parties, such as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, have emerged as the principal elected opposition to the ruling parties that dominate much of the Muslim world. Masoud is the co-editor of Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics(Cambridge, 2004) and Order, Conflict, and Violence (Cambridge, 2008), and his articles and reviews have appeared in the Journal of Democracy, Foreign Policy, and the International Journal of Middle East Studies, among others.

In 2009, Masoud was named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and was awarded the American Political Science Association's Aaron Wildavsky Award for Best Dissertation in Religion and Politics. He is also the recipient of grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation. Masoud holds an AB with honors from Brown and received his Ph.D in political science with distinction from Yale in 2008.

Courses

Spring

  • IGA-207 Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
  • DPI-101-C Political Institutions and Public Policy: Comparative Politics

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Masoud, Tarek. "Islamist Parties: Are They Democrats? Does It Matter?" Journal of Democracy 19.3 (July 2008): 19-24.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Kalyvas, Stathis N., Ian Shapiro and Tarek Masoud., eds. Order, Conflict, and Violence. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Op-Eds
    • Masoud, Tarek. "Busting Down Stereotypes In Cairo." CBSNews.com, June 5, 2009.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Masoud, Tarek. "Why Do Important Social Movements Run in Rigged Elections for Seats in Rubber-stamp Legislatures?" Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC, November 22, 2008.