Professor Dr. Alexandra Blackman

Biography

Alexandra Blackman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, specializing in Comparative Politics. Her research interests examine the relationship between political regimes and religious institutions, focusing on the role of religious identities in the political sphere. Alexandra's work is particularly motivated by a broader interest in the politics of the Middle East, gender, and the development of political parties, as well as the evolution of authoritarian institutions and the role of foreign and transnational forces in the region. Currently, she is engaged in a book project that investigates the impact of French colonization on the formation of Tunisian political identities and the development of the Tunisian state’s relationship with religious institutions. Before her appointment at Cornell, Alexandra served as a Post-Doctoral Associate at New York University - Abu Dhabi and was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.

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