Dr. Amaney Jamal

Biography

Amaney Jamal is the Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and holds the title of Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Her research primarily focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, examining mass political behavior, political development and democratization, as well as the dynamics of inequality, economic segregation, and issues surrounding Muslim immigration in the U.S. and Europe. She is the co-principal investigator of the Arab Barometer Project, which won the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award in 2010. Jamal has been awarded significant grants from institutions such as the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Her notable publications include "Barriers to Democracy," which won the American Political Science Association's Best Book Award in 2008, and "Empires of Citizens: Pro-American Democracy," published by Princeton University Press. Jamal has received several accolades, including being named a Carnegie Scholar in 2006 and receiving the Louis Wirth Article Award from the American Sociological Association in 2016. She is widely published in academic journals, making significant contributions to the fields of comparative politics and international relations.

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