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Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance

Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of the Journal of Democracy of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves as the Faculty Director of the Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative and the Initiative on Democracy in Hard Places. His research focuses on political development in Arabic-speaking and Muslim-majority countries. He is the author of Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2014), The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform with Jason Brownlee and Andrew Reynolds (Oxford University Press, 2015), and several articles and book chapters. He is a 2009 Carnegie Scholar, a trustee of the American University in Cairo, and the recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Paul and Daisy Soros foundation, among others. He holds an AB from Brown and a Ph.D from Yale, both in political science.

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Outside Professional Activities For Tarek Masoud

Organization Relationship
American Political Science Association Membership on a scientific or other advisory board
American University in Cairo Fiduciary board membership
American University in Cairo Reimbursed travel
CNN Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation
PBS NewsHour Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation
Saudi Research and Media Group Reimbursed travel
University of Pennsylvania Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation

Expertise

Politics
Human Rights
Democracy & Governance

Mailing Address

Harvard Kennedy School
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Cambridge, MA 02138