ALEXANDRA DOMIKE BLACKMAN

Contact Cornell University email: [email protected] Information Department of Government, White Hall web: www.alexandrablackman.com Ithaca, New York

Academic Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Appointments Assistant Professor, Department of Government 2020-

New York University — Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Post-Doctoral Associate, Social Sciences Division 2019-2020

Education Stanford University, Stanford, California Ph.D. Political Science 2019

The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Full-year Fellow, Center for Study Abroad (CASA) 2010-2011

Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts B.A. International Relations (Minor in Arabic) 2010 Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Book Project The Politicization of Faith: Settler Colonialism, Education, and Political Identity in Tunisia

Peer-Reviewed 2019. “Gender Stereotypes, Political Leadership, and Voting Behavior in Tunisia.” Political Behavior Publications (with Marlette Jackson).

2018. “Religion and Foreign Aid.” Politics & Religion 11: 522-552.

2018. “Voting in Transition: Evidence from Egypt’s 2012 Presidential Election.” Middle East Law & Governance 10(1): 25-58. (with Caroline Abadeer and Scott Williamson).

Book Reviews Book review of: Finding Faith in Foreign Policy: Religion and American Diplomacy in a Postsecular World and Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today. Perspectives on Politics, Forthcoming.

Policy Briefs & “Taking space seriously: the use of geographic methods in the study of MENA.” APSA MENA Politics Other Writing Section Newsletter 4(1) (with Lama Mourad), Spring 2021.

“Applications of Automated Text Analysis in the Middle East and North Africa.” APSA MENA Politics Section Newsletter 2(2), Fall 2019.

“Prison reform and drug decriminalization in Tunisia.” Social Policy in the Middle East North Africa, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Studies 31, October 2018.

“One third of municipal councilors in Tunisia are from independent lists. How independent are they?” Democracy International (with Julia Clark and Aytug S¸a¸smaz),July 2018.

“Generational divide in Tunisia’s 2018 municipal elections: Are youth candidates different?” Democracy International (with Julia Clark and Aytug S¸a¸smaz),July 2018.

“List fillers or future leaders? Female candidates in Tunisia’s 2018 municipal elections.” Democracy International (with Julia Clark and Aytug S¸a¸smaz),July 2018.

“Introducing the Tunisian local election candidate survey (LECS): A new approach to studying local governance.” Democracy International (with Julia Clark and Aytug S¸a¸smaz),July 2018.

1 Working “Did Egypt’s Post-Uprising Crime Wave Increase Support for Authoritarian Rule?” April 2020 (with Papers Caroline Abadeer, Lisa Blaydes, and Scott Williamson). Revise & Resubmit.

“What Can Tunisia’s Past Tell us About its Future: Critical Junctures and Political Trends.” September 2020 (invited submission to Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings edited volume).

“Revolutionary High? Exposure to Violence and Drug Use after Revolution.” January 2021 (with Elizabeth Nugent and Sarah Kammourh).

“Local Political Priorities during Tunisia’s First Democratic Municipal Elections.” January 2021 (with Aytug Sasmaz and Julia Clark, submission to the Governance and Local Development in MENA edited volume).

“What Men Want: Politicians’ Strategic Response to Gender Quotas in Tunisia’s 2018 Municipal Elections.” January 2021 (with Julia Clark and Aytug S¸a¸smaz).

“Ideological Responses to Settler Colonialism: Political Identities in Post-Independence Tunisia.” June 2019.

“Political Accountability in New Democracies” April 2019 (with Chantal Berman, Julia Clark, and Aytug S¸a¸smaz).

Fellowships Pre-doctoral Fellow, Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law 2018-2019 Dissertation Fellow, Global Religion Research Initiative, University of Notre Dame 2018-2019 Research Fellow, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society 2017-2018 Robert & Lisa Bertelson Graduate Fellow, Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship 2015-2018 Graduate Fellow, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation 2013-2015 Junior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2011-2012 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Fellow, Middlebury College Arabic School 2007

Grants Program on Governance & Local Development (GLD). ($9,545) 2019 & Awards Gothenburg University, Sweden. (with Aytug S¸a¸smazand Julia Clark) Democracy International & U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative. ($45,000) 2018 (with Aytug S¸a¸smazand Julia Clark) Stanford Conflict and Polarization Initiative. ($10,000) 2018 (with Aala Abdelgadir) Freeman Spogli Institute Research Grant. ($5,000) 2018 Stanford Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. ($7,000 total) 2015; 2018 Stanford Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Grant. ($1,000) 2017 Freeman Spogli Institute Global Policy Fellows Small Research Grant. ($2,800 total) 2017 (with Marlette Jackson) American Institute for Maghrib Studies Research Grant. ($3,000) 2017 Stanford Philanthropy and Civil Society Research Grant. ($8,000 total) 2014; 2016; 2019 (with Marlette Jackson, 2019) (with Marlette Jackson, 2016) (with Jonathan Chu, Lily Lamboy, and Glory Liu, 2014) Stanford Graduate Research Opportunities Grant. ($4,000) 2016 Goldsmith Research Award. ($6,250 total) 2014; 2015 Stanford Europe Center. ($4,000) 2015 Project on Middle East Political Science TRE Grant. ($3,000) 2015 “Urban Beyond Measure” Research Grant. ($9,500 total) 2014; 2015 (with Lisa Blaydes, Caroline Abadeer, and Scott Williamson, 2015) (with Lisa Blaydes, 2014)

2 Conference & Repression in China and the World, Yale University 2020 Workshop Georgetown CIRS Working Group on Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings 2019 Presentations American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting 2017-2020 Middle East Studies Association, Annual Meeting 2017; 2018; 2020 Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting 2019 Project on Middle East Political Science Workshop on Social Policy 2018 Stanford Philanthropy and Civil Society Workshop 2018 WESSI-NYU Florence Conference 2017 Centre d’Etudes Maghr´ebines`aTunis 2017 Stanford-Berkeley Political Economy Workshop 2015; 2017 Project on Middle East Political Science, Annual Conference 2017 New Directions in Political Economy Workshop, Stanford University 2016 APSA-MENA Workshop 2015 Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society Graduate Workshop 2015 Stanford Law School 2015 Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation Workshop 2014

Professional Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Experience Junior Fellow, Democracy and Middle East Programs August 2011 - July 2012

The Carter Center Short-term Election Observer, Tunisia November-December 2014 Field Office Assistant, Egypt June-July 2011 and May-June 2012 Democracy Program Intern, Atlanta, GA May-July 2009

Languages & Specialized German (Fluent) Training Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, and Tunisian colloquial) (Professional fluency) French (Advanced)

Additional Language Training School, Middlebury College 2016 Middlebury College at Alexandria University (Egypt) 2008 Arabic Language Program, Institut Fran¸c?aisdu Proche-Orient (Syria) 2008 Arabic Language School, Middlebury College 2007

Research Methods Introduction to the Economics of Religion Graduate Workshop, Chapman University. 2016 Institute on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Syracuse University. 2015

Service Editorial Board Member, MENA Politics Newsletter 2019-present APSA MENA Politics Organized Section.

Referee: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Government and Opposition, International Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, The Journal of Politics, Middle East Law and Governance, Political Behavior, Political Communication, Politics & Gender, Politics & Religion, Research & Politics.

Relevant Egypt (2012, 2014) Fieldwork France (2015, 2016, 2017) Tunisia (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

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