亚洲AV

Justin Gest

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Titles and Organizations

Professor of Policy and Government

Contact Information

jgest@gmu.edu
Mason Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 553
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1

Personal Websites

Biography

is a professor of policy and government at 亚洲AV鈥檚 Schar School of Policy and Government. He studies immigration and the politics of demographic change. :

  • Apart: Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West听(Oxford University Press/Hurst 2010)
  • The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality听(Oxford University Press 2016)
  • The White Working Class: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press 2018)
  • Crossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change听(Cambridge University Press 2018)
  • a textbook, Mass Appeal: Communicating Policy Ideas in Multiple Media (Oxford University Press 2020)
  • Majority Minority (Oxford University Press 2022)

He also coedits the Oxford University Press book series, Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship.听He has authored in journals including Comparative Political Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, the International Migration Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has edited special issues of Citizenship Studies and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

for ABC, BBC, CBC, CNN, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, the New York Times, Politico, Reuters, Vox, and the Washington Post.

In 2014 and 2020, Gest received Harvard University鈥檚 Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize and the 亚洲AV Teaching Excellence Award, respectively each university鈥檚 highest award for faculty teaching. In 2013, he received the 2013 Star Family Prize for Student Advising, Harvard鈥檚 highest award for student advising. In 2007, he cofounded the Migration Studies Unit at the London School of Economics (LSE).

    Curriculum Vitae

    View Justin Gest's CV

    jgest@gmu.edu

    3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201

    APPOINTMENTS

    Director, Masters in Public Policy Program
    Schar School of Policy and Government, 亚洲AV (2021-)

    Associate Professor of Policy and Government
    Schar School of Policy and Government, 亚洲AV (2019-)

    Assistant Professor of Public Policy
    Schar School of Policy and Government, 亚洲AV (2014-2019)

    Lecturer on Government and Sociology
    Departments of Government and Sociology, Harvard University (2012-14)

    Harvard College Fellow
    Department of Government, Harvard University (2010-12)

    EDUCATION

    London School of Economics and Political Science, PhD in Government (Robson Doctoral Thesis Prize), 2010

    London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc in International Relations (with Distinction), 2006

    Harvard University, BA in Government (Magna Cum Laude), 2004

    RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

    PEER - REVIEWED BOOKS

    6. Gest, Justin. 2022. Majority Minority. Oxford University Press.
    Featured or cited by The New York Times and CNN.

    5. Gest, Justin. 2020. Mass Appeal: Communicating Policy Ideas in Multiple Media. Oxford University Press. 192
    pages. (Textbook)

    Cited by NPR.

    Reviewed by the LSE Review of Books.

    4. Boucher, Anna and Justin Gest. 2018. Crossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of
    Demographic Change
    . Cambridge University Press. 258 pages.

    2019 BISA Best Book on the International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diasporas.
    2019 APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Book Prize, Honorable Mention.
    2019 ECPR Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, Honorable Mention.

    Featured or cited by The New York Times, The Atlantic, POLITICO, The Hill, and The Guardian.

    Reviewed by International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Developing Economies,
    Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.

    3. Gest, Justin. 2018. The White Working Class: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press. 208
    pages.

    Reviewed by The Times Literary Supplement.

    2. Gest, Justin. 2016. The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality.
    Oxford University Press. 272 pages.

    Featured or cited by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs,
    Nature, NPR, CNN, BBC World, BBC Radio, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News, The Nation, Sirius
    XM, Reuters, POLITICO, Slate, The American Prospect, Salon.com, Voice of America, Le Monde, The
    Atlantic
    and Vox.

    Reviewed by Perspectives on Politics, The Nation, The Washington Post, Journal of Labor and Society,
    Labor, LSE Review of Books, Revue fran莽aise de civilisation britannique, Social Science Journal, Times
    Higher Education
    , Political Studies Association.

    1. Gest, Justin. August 2010. Apart: Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West. Oxford University Press (North
    America). Hurst and Co. (Europe), initially published with Columbia University Press. 256 pages.

    APSA Urban Politics Clarence Stone Scholar Award

    Featured or cited by The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Hill, BBC World, Reuters.

    Reviewed by Global Policy, International Affairs, International Journal of Middle East Studies,
    Cambridge Review of International Affairs, The Montreal Review, Contemporary Voices, Middle East
    Studies Association
    .

    PEER-REVIEWED EDITED BOOK

    1. Gest, Justin and Sean Gray. 2016. Silent Citizenship: The Politics of Marginality in Unequal Democracies. New
    York: Routledge. 134 pages.

    PEER-REVIEWED EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES

    2. Gest, Justin. 2021. 鈥淚sland Nations: Histories of Demographic Change in Majority Minority Societies,鈥 Journal
    of Ethnic and Migration Studies
    , 47:16.

    1. Gest, Justin and Sean Gray. 2015. 鈥淪ilent Citizenship: The Politics of Marginality in Unequal Democracies,鈥
    Citizenship Studies, 19 (5).

    PEER-REVIEWED BOOK SERIES

    2. Gest, Justin, Sara Wallace Goodman, and Willem Maas (editors). 2020-. Oxford Studies in Migration and
    Citizenship
    book series by Oxford University Press.

    Opened December 2020.

    1. Gest, Justin and Willem Maas (editors). 2016-2020. Politics of Citizenship and Migration book series by
    Palgrave Macmillan:

    Siklodi, N. The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe (2020).
    Dzankic, J. The Global Market for Investor Citizenship (2019).
    Mann, J. Citizenship in Transnational Perspective: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (2017).
    Filomeno, F.A. Theories of Local Immigration Policymaking: Local Conditions and Relational Processes (2016).

    PEER - REVIEWED ARTICLES

    17. Gest, Justin. 2021. 鈥淢ajority Minority: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Political Responses to
    Demographic Transformation.鈥 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 47(16), p. 3701-3728.

    16. Ferwerda, Jeremy and Justin Gest. 2021. 鈥淧ull Factors and Migration Preferences: Evidence from the Middle
    East and North Africa.鈥 International Migration Review, 55(2), p. 431-459.

    15. Gest, Justin and Anna Boucher. 2021. 鈥淎 Segmented Theory of Immigration Regimes.鈥 Polity. 53(3), p. 439-
    468.

    14. Gest, Justin. 2020. 鈥淒emographic Change and Backlash: Identity Politics in Historical Perspective鈥 British
    Journal of Politics and International Relations
    . 22(4), p. 679-691.

    13. Gest, Justin, Ian M. Kysel, and Tom K. Wong. 2019. 鈥淧rotecting and Benchmarking Migrants鈥 Rights: An
    Analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.鈥 International Migration. 57. p. 60-
    79.

    12. Gest, Justin, Tyler Reny, and Jeremy Mayer. 2018. 鈥淩oots of the Radical Right: Nostalgic Deprivation in the
    United States and Britain.鈥 Comparative Political Studies. 51(13). p. 1694-1719.

    11. Hainmueller, Jens, Duncan Lawrence, Justin Gest, Michael Hotard, Rey Koslowski, and David Laitin. 2018. "A
    randomized control design reveals barriers to citizenship for low-income immigrants." Proceedings of the
    National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
    . 115(5). p. 939-944.

    10. Beine, Michel, Brian Burgoon, Mary Crock, Justin Gest, Michael Hiscox, Patrick McGovern, Hillel Rapoport,
    Joep Schaper, and Eiko Thielemann. 2016. 鈥淐omparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA
    顿补迟补产补蝉别.鈥 International Migration Review, 50(4). p. 827-863.

    9. Gest, Justin. 2016. 鈥淭he White Working Class Minority: A Counter-Narrative.鈥 Politics, Groups, and Identities,
    4(1). p. 126-143.

    8. Gest, Justin. 2015. 鈥淩eluctant Pluralists: Western Muslims and Essentialist Identity Structures.鈥 Ethnic and
    Racial Studies
    , 38(11). p. 1868-1885.

    7. Gest, Justin. 2015. 鈥淧ro- and Anti-System Behavior: A Complementary Approach to Voice and Silence in
    Studies of Political Behavior.鈥 Citizenship Studies, 19 (5). p. 535-552.

    6. Gest, Justin and Sean W.D. Gray. 2015. 鈥淪ilent Citizenship: The Politics of Marginality in Unequal
    顿别尘辞肠谤补肠颈别蝉.鈥 Citizenship Studies, 19 (5). p. 465-473.Boucher, Anna and Justin Gest. 2015. 鈥淢igration Studies
    at a Crossroads: A Critique of Immigration Regime Typologies.鈥 Migration Studies, 3(2). p. 182-198.

    5. Beine, Michel, Brian Burgoon, Mary Crock, Justin Gest, Michael Hiscox, Patrick McGovern, Hillel Rapoport,
    and Eiko Thielemann. 2015. 鈥淢easuring Immigration Policies: Preliminary Evidence from IMPALA.鈥 CESifo
    Economic Studies
    , 61(3). p. 527-559.

    4. Zambotti, Giovanni, Wendy Guan, and Justin Gest. 2015. 鈥淰isualizing Human Migration through Space and
    罢颈尘别.鈥 ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume, 2(4)
    p. 155-161.

    3. Gest, Justin, Anna Boucher, Suzanna Challen, Brian Burgoon, Eiko Thielemann, Michel Beine, Patrick
    McGovern, Mary Crock, Hillel Rapoport, and Michael Hiscox. 2014. 鈥淢easuring and Comparing Immigration
    Policies Across Countries: Challenges and Solutions.鈥 Global Policy, 5(3). p. 261-274.

    2. Gest, Justin, Carolyn Armstrong, Elizabeth Carolan, Elliott Fox, Vanessa Holzer, Tim McLellan, Audrey Cherryl
    Mogan and Meher Talib. 2013. 鈥淭racking the Process of International Norm Emergence: A Comparative
    Analysis of Six Agendas and Emerging Migrants鈥 Rights鈥 Global Governance 19(2). p. 153-185.

    1. Gest, Justin. 2012. 鈥淲estern Muslim Integration.鈥 Review of Middle East Studies, 46(2). p. 190-199.

    INVITED ARTICLES

    6. Gest, Justin. 2018. 鈥淐ritical Dialogue: Putting Inequality in Context: Class, Public Opinion, and Representation
    in the United States
    .鈥 Perspectives on Politics. 16(4). p. 1111-1112.

    5. Gest, Justin. 2018. 鈥淩esponse to Christopher Ellis鈥 review of The New Minority: White Working Class Politics
    in an Age of Immigration and Inequality.鈥 Perspectives on Politics
    . 16(4). p. 1115-1116.

    4. Gest, Justin and Tom K. Wong. 2018. 鈥淭he Migrant Rights Database,鈥 KNOMAD Pilot Study, World Bank.

    3. Gest, Justin and Tom K. Wong. 2018. 鈥淭he Migrant Rights Database,鈥 KNOMAD Policy Briefing, World Bank.

    2. Wong, Tom K. and Justin Gest 2014. 鈥淥rganizing Disorder: Indexing Migrants鈥 Rights and International
    Migration Policy鈥 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 27 (2). p. 257-267.

    1. Gest, Justin. 2011. 鈥淎voiding Evasion: Implementing International Migration Policy鈥 Georgetown Immigration
    Law Journal
    , 24 (4). p. 639-649.

    CHAPTERS IN AN EDITED VOLUME

    6. Gest, Justin. 2020 鈥淐an European States Be 鈥楥ountries of Migration鈥?鈥 in E. Jones (ed.), European Studies:
    Past, Present, Future. Agenda Publishing
    .

    5. Gest Justin. 2020. 鈥淚mmigration Moneyball,鈥 in Alex Nowrasteh and David Bier (eds.), 12 New Immigration
    Ideas for the 21st Century. Washington DC: Cato Institute
    .

    4. Gest, Justin. 2017. 鈥淐an the Democratic Party be White Working Class, Too?鈥 in Andrew Levison and Ed
    Kilgore (eds.), Democrats and the White Working Class. Democratic Strategist Press, 2017. p. 95-114.

    3. Gest, Justin. 2015. 鈥淥ppress Muslims in the West. Extremists are counting on it.鈥 In Alice Northover (ed.), The
    OUPblog Tenth Anniversary Book: Ten Years of Academic Insights For the Thinking World
    . New York: Oxford
    University Press. p. 184-187.

    2. Gest, Justin. 2013. 鈥淒ivided or Conquered: The Challenges of Organizational Life for Muslims in Europe,鈥 in
    Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams (eds.), Islamic Organizations in Europe and the United
    States
    , Palgrave Macmillan. p. 54-75.

    1. Gest, Justin. 2011. 鈥淎lienation in Modernity: The Case of European Muslims,鈥 in Francois Foret and Xavier
    Itcaina (eds.), The Politics of Religion in Western Europe, ECPR Press. p. 207-222.

    RESEARCH CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

    EXTERNAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (rounded)

    Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Co-PI): $350,000, 2021
    New Pluralists (PI): $85,000, 2021
    FWD.us (PI): $47,000, 2020
    Charles Koch Foundation (PI): $152,000, 2019
    Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (PI), $195,000, 2019
    Bloomberg New American Economy (PI): $73,000, 2018
    International Republican Institute (PI): $196,000, 2016
    New York Community Trust (Co-PI): $350,000, 2016
    Robin Hood Foundation (Co-PI): $800,000, 2016
    The World Bank (PI): $49,000, 2016
    Russell Sage Foundation (PI): $35,000, 2016
    Open Society Foundations (Co-PI): $109,000, 2015
    Russell Sage Foundation (PI) (declined): $35,000, 2013
    Open Society Foundations (Co-PI): $116,000, 2012
    Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy (PI): $4,000, 2011
    Barrow Cadbury Trust (Co-PI): 拢10,600, 2010
    Total: $2,611,000, 2010-2021

    COMPETITIVE UNIVERSITY GRANTS

    亚洲AV Course Development Grant (PI): $9,000, 2018
    University of Sydney Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (Co-PI): $10,000, 2015
    亚洲AV Center for Global Studies (PI): $2,500, 2015
    亚洲AV Faculty Summer Research Grant (PI): $4,000, 2015
    Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (PI): $50,000, 2013
    Harvard University Center for European Studies (PI): $3,000, 2012
    Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science (PI): $12,000, 2011
    University of Sydney International Partnership Development (Co-PI): $6,000, 2010
    LSE Research Committee Seed Fund (Co-PI): 拢22,000, 2009

    SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

    Baroness Birk Scholarship, 2009
    Abbey/Grupo Santander Foundation, 2008
    Bernard Levin Fellowship, 2007
    Newby Trust, 2007
    Ralph Miliband Doctoral Scholarship, 2006

    RESEARCH RECOGNITION

    BISA Best Book on the International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diaspora, 2019
    ECPR Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, Honorable Mention, 2019
    APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Book Prize, Honorable Mention, 2019
    APSA Urban Politics Section Norton Long Young Scholar Prize, 2010
    APSA Urban Politics Section Clarence Stone Scholar Award, 2010
    LSE William Robson Doctoral Thesis Prize, 2010

    GOVERNMENT ADVISING AND CONSULTATIONS

    The White House, Office of Public Engagement (2022)
    US Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (2022)
    US Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2022)
    US Representative Brad Kilmer, Washington (2022)
    US Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (2021)
    Joe Biden for President, Immigration Policy Council (2019-2020)
    European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs (2019)
    US Senator Todd Young, Indiana (2019)
    Defense Intelligence Agency, Strategic Leadership Courses (2018)
    Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2018)
    The White House, Domestic Policy Council (2018)
    The White House, Office of Management and Budget (2018)
    United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2018)
    London City Hall (2018)
    Austrian People鈥檚 Party (脰sterreichische Volkspartei) (2017)
    Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (2017)
    United Nations, Friends of Migration Member States (2017)
    European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs (2017)
    European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (2017)
    UK Labour Party, Parliamentary Backbench Committee on Brexit (2017)
    Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations (2016)
    International Organization for Migration, Migrants in Countries in Crisis (2016)
    US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2016)
    Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2016)

    INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES

    University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Harney Lecture Series (2022)
    鈥淢ajority Minority鈥

    Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), Rome Conference on the Future of Europe (2021)
    鈥淓urope鈥檚 Path Back from the Fringe鈥

    Princeton University, Center for International Security Studies (2021)
    鈥淭he Refugee Crisis, the Global Pandemic, and Human Security鈥 (online)

    Imperial College London, The Forum (2021)
    鈥淢ass Appeal: Leveraging the Media for Policy Impact鈥

    American Immigration Council, Center for Immigration and Belonging (2021)
    鈥淢ajority Minority: Responses to Demographic Change鈥

    Council for European Studies, Professional Development Webinar (2021)
    鈥淢ass Appeal: Leveraging the Media for Policy Impact鈥

    City University of New York, School of Labor and Urban Studies (2020)
    鈥淩ethinking Immigration: Vision and Strategy for 2021 and Beyond鈥 (online)

    Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies (2020)
    鈥淲ashington Workshop on Democracy and Transatlantic Relations鈥

    Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy (2020)
    鈥淧opulism in the American Election: Lessons for Canada鈥 (online)

    Harvard University, Center for European Studies, European Union Seminar (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies, Center for Europe (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Bruno Kriesky Forum for International Dialogue, Genial Dagegen Lecture (2019)
    鈥淭he Future of Social Democracy in a Populist Europe鈥

    University of Vienna, Institute for Political Research (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: The Status and Future of Immigration Policy in 30 Countries Worldwide鈥

    University of California Santa Barbara, Feminist Futures Initiative (2019)
    鈥淲hy Do White Women Vote for Donald Trump?鈥

    Cato Institute, Workshop on Innovative Immigration Reform (2019)
    鈥淚mmigration Moneyball鈥

    Migration Policy Institute, MPI Roundtable (2019)
    鈥淚mmigration and Populism鈥

    Center for American Progress (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Urban Institute (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Columbia University, Department of Political Science Proseminar (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Princeton University, Department of Politics (2019)
    鈥淒emographic Change and Backlash鈥

    Georgetown University, Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration and Race (2019)
    鈥淒emocratic Drain: Emigration and Democracy in the Middle East鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Mission Critical (2019)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淏lind Spots in Diversity and Inclusion鈥

    European Commission, DG Human Resources and Security: EU LEARN (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    European Commission, European Political Strategy Centre (2019)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Young Professionals Summit (2019)
    Plenary: 鈥淭he Spiral of Immigration and Nationalism鈥

    Stanford University, Europe Center Colloquium (2019)
    鈥淒emographic Change and Backlash鈥

    Aspen Institute, Socrates Seminar (2019)
    鈥淭he Spiral of Immigration and Nationalism鈥

    Universit茅 du Paris Est Cr茅teil, The Return of the Rust Belt (2019)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淣ostalgia, Backlash, and the Future of the White Working Class鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Transatlantic Inclusive Leaders Network (2019)
    鈥淒emographic Change and Backlash鈥

    Council on Foreign Relations, Lunchtime Event (2018)
    鈥淭he Global Surge of Populism鈥

    Harvard University Cooperative Society, Author Talk (2018)
    鈥淚mmigration and Nativism鈥

    University of Western Ontario, Network for Economic and Social Trends Speaker Series (2018)
    鈥淚mmigration and Backlash鈥

    Aspen Institute and Metro Ideas Project, Public Assembly (2018)
    Plenary: 鈥淢oving White Working Class Politics Beyond Nativism鈥

    Northwestern University, Buffett Institute for Global Studies (2018)
    鈥淒omestic Political Effects of Globalization鈥

    Council For Global Immigration, Annual Symposium (2018)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Baruch College, City University of New York, Immigrant and Refugee Rights (2018)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淭he Market Model: The Commodification of Migrants and Their Rights鈥

    Council for European Studies, Presidential Panel (2018)
    Plenary: 鈥淭he Future of Populism Research鈥

    The White House, Office of Management and Budget (2018)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of California, Irvine, Department of Political Science (2018)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    亚洲AV, Wells Library Honors (2018)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Eastern Sociology Society, Author Meets Critics (2018)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    City Hall, Greater London Authority (2018)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    United Nations, 16th Coordination Meeting on International Migration (2018)
    Plenary: 鈥淭he Migrants Rights Database鈥

    Centre for European Policy Studies, Ideas Lab (2018)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    London Prosperity Board, University College London (2018)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Oxford University, Nuffield College (2017)
    鈥淒emocratic Drain: Emigration and Democracy in the Middle East鈥

    University of Paris, Sarbonne, Center for Research on the English Speaking World (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Sciences Po Paris, Seminar on European Studies and Comparative Politics (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Max Planck Insrtitute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Senior Seminar (2017)
    鈥淭he Market Model: Convergence and Variation in Immigration Regimes Worldwide鈥

    University of Amsterdam, Department of Sociology Seminar (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Southern California, Department of International Relations (2017)
    鈥淭he Market Model: Convergence and Variation in Immigration Regimes Worldwide鈥

    European Leadership Institute, CEVRO Institute, Prague (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    脰sterreichische Volkspartei (脰VP), Political Academy (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Central European University, Program on Nationalism Studies (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Young Leaders Summit (2017)
    Keynote: 鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Lille, Department of Sociology Seminar (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Manchester, Migration Lab (2017)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淭he Market Model: The Commodification of Migrants and Their Rights鈥

    Oxford University, Queen Elizabeth House (2017)
    鈥淭he Market Model: Convergence and Variation in Immigration Regimes Worldwide鈥

    Oxford University, Centre On Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) (2017)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    University of Amsterdam, Department of Sociology Seminar (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Warwick, European Research Council Workshop (2017)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淢igrants鈥 and Diaspora Responses to the Rise of Right-Wing Populism鈥

    United Nations, Global Compact Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants (2017)
    Plenary: 鈥淒rivers of Migration鈥

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Middle East Program (2017)
    鈥淐ountering Violent Extremism in Tunisia: Experimental Evidence鈥

    University of California, San Diego, Scholars Strategy Network (2017)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淭he Market Model: The Commodification of Migrants and Their Rights鈥

    United Nations, Friends of Migration Group (2017)
    鈥淎n Analysis of Migrants Rights in the New York Declaration鈥

    Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy, Royal Canadian Military Institute (2017)
    鈥淯nderstanding Political Change鈥

    University of Toronto, Munk School for Global Affairs and School of Public Policy and Governance (2017)
    鈥淧opulism in the United States鈥

    European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    European Commission, Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth (2017)
    Plenary: 鈥淭he Sharp Edges of Globalization鈥

    German Marshall Fund, The Brussels Forum (2017)
    Plenary: 鈥淚deas, Identity and Interconnectivity鈥

    European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    European Commission, European Political Strategy Centre (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Labour Party, Parliamentary Backbench Committee on Brexit (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Drake University, Engaged Citizen Experience (2017)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    St. Olaf College, Institute for Freedom and Community (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School, Middle East Initiative (2017)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy (2017)
    Conference Keynote: 鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Florida State University, Center for Leadership and Social Change (2017)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Cornell University, Department of Political Science Colloquium (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Columbia University, Race and Ethnicity Workshop (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Harvard University, Center for European Studies, Social Exclusion Seminar (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Manchester, Department of Politics (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    London School of Economics, Public Lecture Programme (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Transatlantic Academy (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Sociology (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    University of Illinois, Chicago, Department of Political Science (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    George Washington University, Department of Political Science (2016)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality鈥

    Universidad Iberoamericana, Department of International Studies (2016)
    鈥淐rossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change鈥

    Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, Migration Talk (2016)
    鈥淢igrants Rights Monitoring and Evaluation鈥

    International Organization for Migration, Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Consultation (2016)
    鈥淚nternational Migrants Bill of Rights鈥

    World Bank, KNOMAD (2016)
    鈥淢igrants Rights Monitoring and Evaluation鈥

    UCLA, Department of Public Policy (2016)
    鈥淐rossroads: A Data-Driven Taxonomy and Analysis of Migration Regimes in 34 Countries鈥

    New York University, Immigration Politics Seminar (2015)
    鈥淒emocratic Drain鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Transatlantic Academy (2015)
    Academy Research Seminar

    National Partnership for New Americans, National Immigrant Integration Conference (2014)
    鈥淚nternational Models for Immigrant Integration and Migration as a Global Phenomenon鈥

    Russian Presidential Academy, Department of Global Leadership (2014)
    Preparing Global Leaders Summit

    Transatlantic Dialogues, German Marshall Fund (2014)
    Plenary: 鈥淟everaging Demographic Change for Growth and Innovation鈥

    Birkbeck College, Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (2014)
    鈥淭he New Minority: White Working Class Politics鈥

    Berlin School of Economics and Law, Institute for Economics and Gender Studies (2014)
    鈥淐rossroads of Migration: A Global Approach to National Policy Differences鈥

    Stanford University, Comparative Immigration Studies Workshop (2014)
    鈥淣urture over Nature: Explaining Muslim Integration Discrepancies in Britain, France and the United States鈥

    UCLA, Department of Communication Studies (2014)
    鈥淣urture over Nature: Explaining Muslim Integration Discrepancies in Britain, France and the United States鈥

    Fordham University, Department of Political Science (2014)
    鈥淐rossroads of Migration: A Global Approach to National Policy Differences鈥

    亚洲AV, School of Public Policy (2014)
    鈥淐rossroads of Migration: A Global Approach to National Policy Differences鈥

    MIT, Comparative Immigration Studies Workshop (2013)
    鈥淐rossroads of Migration: A Global Approach to National Policy Differences鈥

    Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of International Migration (2013)
    Symposium and Workshop on the International Migrants Bill of Rights

    Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2013)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    German Marshall Fund, Security and Diversity Symposium (2013)
    鈥淒iversity and Inclusion: Best Practices in the U.S. and Europe鈥

    Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (2012)
    鈥淭owers of Babel: Immigration Policy in the Arabian Gulf鈥

    University of California, San Diego, Department of Sociology (2012)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Center for Transatlantic Relations (2012)
    鈥淚ntegration in Europe and the United States鈥

    University of Edinburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Centre (2012)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    University of London, School of African and Oriental Studies, Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies (2012)
    鈥淲hen Religion is Lived: Western Muslims鈥 Religiosity and Political Behavior鈥

    Harvard University, The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (2012)
    鈥淚n God We Trust: The Effect of Islamic Religiosity on Western Muslim Political Identity and Behavior鈥

    Swarthmore College, Department of Political Science (2011)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    Boston University, Department of International Relations (2011)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    Indiana University, Symposium: Muslims in the US and Europe (2011)
    鈥淪hadow Boxing: Studying Western Muslim Integration in Context鈥

    Harvard University, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (2011)
    鈥淎part: Policy Implications of Alienation among Western Muslims鈥

    Goodenough College, London House Port Talk (2011)
    鈥淭he Thin Line: Alienation and Integration among British Muslims鈥

    University of Texas, Austin, Department of Government (2011)
    鈥淎part? Western Muslims and Anti-System Behavior鈥

    British Council and St. Andrews University, Fryshuset, Stockholm (2011)
    鈥淟earning from the Other: Muslims in the West鈥

    Cambridge Muslim College, Islam and the Social Sciences (2010)
    鈥淭he Social and Political Implications of Alienation among Young European Muslims鈥

    British House of Commons, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Lecture Series (2010)
    鈥淭he Thin Line: Alienation and Integration among British Muslims鈥

    Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Islam and the West Lecture Series (2010)
    鈥淪ituated Transnationalism: European Muslims and Constructions of Political Community鈥

    TEACHING AND MENTORING

    TEACHING RECOGNITION

    2020
    亚洲AV Teaching Excellence Award*
    亚洲AV

    2014
    Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize**
    Harvard University

    2014
    Thomas T. Hoopes Thesis Prize (as advisor to Aaron Roper)
    Harvard University

    2013
    Star Family Prize for Student Advising***
    Harvard University

    TEACHING EVALUATIONS

    2018
    5.0 Perfect Score****
    PUBP 710-B06
    Summer 2018
    亚洲AV

    2016
    5.0 Perfect Score
    PUBP 710-001
    Autumn 2016
    亚洲AV

    2015
    5.0 Perfect Score
    PUBP 500-003
    Spring 2015
    亚洲AV

    2015
    5.0 Perfect Score
    PUBP 710-001
    Autumn 2015
    亚洲AV

    2014
    5.0 Perfect Score
    PUBP 710-005
    Autumn 2014
    亚洲AV

    2014
    Award for Teaching Excellence *****
    Spring 2014
    Harvard University

    2013
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Autumn 2013
    Harvard University

    2013
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Spring 2013
    Harvard University

    2012
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Autumn 2012
    Harvard University

    2012
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Spring 2012
    Harvard University

    2011
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Autumn 2011
    Harvard University

    2011
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Spring 2011
    Harvard University

    2010
    Award for Teaching Excellence
    Autumn 2010
    Harvard University

    * 亚洲AV鈥檚 highest award for faculty teaching (about five given per year)
    ** Harvard University鈥檚 highest award for undergraduate faculty teaching (one given per year to junior faculty)
    *** Harvard University鈥檚 highest award for undergraduate student advising (one given per year)
    **** Unanimous 5.0 student evaluations of class teaching (minimum: 10 students per class)
    ***** Harvard University award for faculty with teaching evaluations over 4.5/5.0 in a single course.

    COURSE INSTRUCTION

    亚洲AV (2014-)
    PUBP 500/700: Theory and Practice of Public Policy (2014-)
    PUBP 710/POGO 750: Immigration Politics and Policy (2014-)
    POGO 750: Policy Communication (2021-)
    GOVT 490: Immigration and Demographic Change (2021-)

    Harvard University (2010-14) GOV 94mg: Immigration Politics (2010-2014)
    GOV 94da: Muslim Politics (2010-2014)
    SOC 138: Political Sociology (2012-2014)
    SOC 175: Immigration Sociology (2012-2014)

    London School of Economics (2009) GV 4A4: From Empire to Globalization (Teaching Fellow, 2009)

    THESIS SUPERVISION

    Doctoral:

    2025: Michael Gigante (亚洲AV)
    2025: Scott Drinkall (亚洲AV)
    2023: Kristy Schindler, chair (亚洲AV)
    2023: Neslihan Kaptanoglu (亚洲AV)
    2022: Justin Broubalow (亚洲AV)
    2022: Aubrey Grant (亚洲AV)
    2019: Rebecca Diemer (亚洲AV)
    2017: Gerald FitzGerald (亚洲AV)

    Masters:

    2015: Elizabeth Ehreich, Zuzana Jerabek, Hillary Mellinger (亚洲AV)
    2009: Manjusha Chatterjee, Mani Cheto, Philip Chua, Sarah J. Coxon, Nan E. Craig, Patrick J. Crowley, Victor
    Damjanovic, Jayna Desai, Jan Dirveiks, Hannah O. El-Silimy, Ella K. Ellenberg, Michelle Engmann, Marina
    Ergatoudes, Winnie Y. Fan, Olivia A. Sterns, Jennifer Yazdi (London School of Economics)

    Undergraduate:

    2020: Sally Kishi (亚洲AV)
    2019: Tim O鈥橲hea (亚洲AV)
    2016: Aaron Roper (Harvard University), Winner of the Thomas T. Hoopes Thesis Prize
    2016: Andrea Ortiz, (Harvard University)
    2015: Sam Clark (Harvard University)
    2014: Sheyda Aboii (Harvard University)
    2014: Mark Krass (Harvard University)
    2013: Constantinos Linos (Harvard University)
    2012: Andrew Badger (Harvard University)
    2012: Jake Sloane (Harvard University)
    2012: Anna Trowbridge (Harvard University)
    2011: Rachel Endick (Harvard University)

    UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORSHIP

    Sponsor, Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (2018, 2020, 2021)
    Invited Lecturer, Global Politics Fellowship Program (2021)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Seminar on Conference Presentation (2021)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Seminar on Job Interviews (2019)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Seminar on Career Development (2019)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Seminar on Managing a Committee (2017)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Professional Development Seminar (2017)
    Invited Lecturer, INTO Students at the Schar School of Policy and Government (2017)
    Invited Lecturer, University Scholars Program, Honors College (2016)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Research Morning (2016)
    Invited Lecturer, PhD Orientation (2016)
    Invited Lecturer, Academic Careers Panel (2015)

    INDEPENDENT STUDY CONVENOR

    Jeannette Chapman (2020), Neslihan Kaptanoglu (2019), Kristy Schindler (2017), Aubrey Grant (2016), Hillary
    Mellinger (2015), Zuzana Jerabek (2015)

    PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

    UNIVERSITY SERVICE

    Director, Masters in Public Policy (MPP) Program, Schar School of Policy and Government (2021-)
    Chair, Curriculum Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2021-2022)
    Member, Open Field Search Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2021-2022)
    Faculty Lead, Research Statement Training Seminar, Office of the Provost (2021)
    Distinguished Faculty Mentor, Office of the Provost, 亚洲AV (2021-2022) (declined)
    Member, Curriculum Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2016-2022)
    Member, Dean鈥檚 Committee on Faculty Workload (2021)
    Member, Dean鈥檚 Committee on Non-Competitive Hires (2020-2021)
    Faculty Lead, PhD Student 3-Minute Thesis Presentations, Schar School of Policy and Government (2018-2021)
    Convener, Schar 2030 Initiative, Schar School of Policy and Government (2019-2020)
    Member, Comparative Politics Field Examination Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2020)
    Contributor, Sample Courses, Admissions Office, Schar School of Policy and Government (2017-2021)
    Faculty Lead, Course Sampler for Prospective Students, Schar School of Policy and Government (2016-2019)
    Member, Schar School Speakers Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2018-2019)
    Contributor, Washington Institute Program, Global Education Office (2019)
    Member, BA International Affairs Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2018)
    Member, Economics Search Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2017-2018)
    Faculty Lead, PhD Student CV Workshop, Schar School of Policy and Government (2018)
    Faculty Sponsor, Middle East Policy Group, Schar School of Policy and Government (2016-2017)
    Contributor, Fall for the Book Festival, 亚洲AV (2017)
    Member, Comparative Politics Field Examination Committee, Schar School of Policy and Government (2017)
    Member, Fisher Award Selection Committee, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs (2015)
    Member, BA International Affairs Committee, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs (2015)

    SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE

    Convener, Power Lunch event series, Schar School of Policy and Government (2020-2021)
    Panel Convener, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Pre-Conference (2021)
    Founding Co-Editor, Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship book series, Oxford University Press (2020-)
    Program Chair and Convener, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Pre-Conference (2019)
    Member, Executive Council, APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship (2017-2019)
    Convener, The Crossroads Summit on the Future of Immigration, 亚洲AV (2016)
    Founding Co-Editor, Politics of Citizenship and Migration book series, Palgrave Macmillan (2016-2020)
    Co-Founder, Migration Studies Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science (2007)

    PEER REVIEWS

    American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Sociological Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative European Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Cornell University Press, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Global Policy, International Migration Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Civil Society, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Leverhulme Trust, Nations and Nationalism, Nuffield College Oxford, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, PS: Political Science and Politics, Russell Sage Foundation, Sociological Quarterly, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Pennsylvania Press, Westview Press.

    PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS (PAST AND CURRENT)

    Alumni Associations: Harvard and LSE; American Political Science Association (APSA); (British) Political Studies
    Association (PSA); Council for European Studies (CES); International Political Science Association (IPSA); International
    Studies Association (ISA); European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

    ADVISORY BOARDS

    International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative, Cornell Law School, Advisory Board Co-Chair (2020-)
    Aspen Institute, Who Is Us Program Advisor (2021-)
    IDEAL Immigration, Advisory Board (2019-2020)
    Global Policy, Journal Editorial Board (2014-2016)
    Metropolis, Carleton University (2013-2014)
    International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative, Steering Committee Co-Chair (2013-2020)

    WRITTEN COMMENTARY, REPORTING, AND ANALYSIS

    ABCNEWS, The American Prospect, The Boston Globe, CNN, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Hill, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, POLITICO, Reuters, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Times, The Washington Post, USA TODAY

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    CERTIFICATES

    Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR)
    Research Group on Qualitative and Multi-Method Analysis at Syracuse University (2011)
    Coursework in experimental methods, research design, process-tracing and comparative analysis.

    Certificate in Quantitative Data Analysis
    Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection (2010)
    Coursework on probability theory and regression analysis.

    Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
    London School of Economics and Political Science (2009)
    Teaching degree entailing coursework in instructional philosophy, assessment, lecturing, and course design.

    Certificate in Latin American Studies
    Harvard University (2004)
    Coursework in Latin American politics, history, and Spanish-language literature and film.

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

    Spanish: Fluent in Writing, Reading and Speaking

    Language Certificate in Spanish (Level Five Fluency)
    London School of Economics and Political Science (2007)
    Course in advanced Spanish grammar, public speaking and reading with top-level fluency.

    Language Citation in Spanish
    Harvard University (2004)
    Course in advanced Spanish-language literature, film, and communication with top-level fluency.

    VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROFESSORSHIPS

    University College London
    Institute for Global Prosperity (2017)

    Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (2014-16)

    City University of New York Graduate Center
    Department of Sociology (2013-14)

    Youngstown State University
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (2013)

    UCLA
    Department of Political Science (2011)

    University of Sydney
    Department of Government and International Relations (2011)

    BASKETBALL

    BUCS Division I Men鈥檚 Basketball National Champion, 2009
    London School of Economics (LSE) Men鈥檚 Varsity Basketball Team

    BUCS Division II Men鈥檚 Basketball National Champion, 2007
    London School of Economics (LSE) Men鈥檚 Varsity Basketball Team

    University of London Cup Champion, 2007-2010
    London School of Economics (LSE) Men鈥檚 Varsity Basketball Team

    Team Captain, 2006-2009
    London School of Economics (LSE) Men鈥檚 Varsity Basketball Team

    Areas of Research

    • Comparative Politics
    • Diversity
    • Europe
    • Immigration Policy
    • International Migration
    • Islam
    • Middle East
    • Minority Politics
    • Muslim Politics
    • Qualitative Methods
    • Race and Ethnicity
    • United States