Dr. Sammy Badran | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of International Studies

Teaching areas

Recent Courses Taught: Contemporary MENA Politics and the World (MA Program), Politics and Civil Society in Middle East, Understanding Terrorism, Introduction to Political Studies, International Relations, Senior Research Project

Research areas

Middle Eastern and North African Politics, Contentious Politics and Social Movements, Authoritarian Upgrading and Democratic Backsliding, Human Rights.

Education

PhD, Political Science, University of Kansas, 2018
MA, Political Science, University of Hawaii, 2012
BA, Political Science & Spanish Studies, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2007

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Department Of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, 2024 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department Of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, 2019 - 2024
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department Of History And Political Science, Saint Martin’s University, Washington, United States, 2018 - 2019
Instructor / Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department Of Political Science, Univeristy of Kansas, Kansas, United States, 2014 - 2018

Contact

[email protected]

Dr. Sammy Badran

Associate Professor
PhD, University of Kansas,

Publications

Sammy Badran And Brian Turnbull. The Nexus between Authoritarian Consolidation and Feminism in Tunisia and Morocco, The Journal Of North African Studies, 2025
Sammy Badran And Brian Turnbull. How to consolidate quickly: The Cases of Algeria and Tunisia, Journal Of Human Rights, 2024
Sammy Badran And Jeniece Lusk. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine: Solidarity from Minneapolis to Gaza, Critical Sociology, November 2024
Sammy Badran. Killing Contention: Demobilization in Morocco during the Arab Spring (Syracuse University Press), October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022
Sammy Badran And Brian Turnbull. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Authoritarian Consolidation in North Africa, Journal Of Human Rights, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2022
Sammy Badran And Brian Turnbull. Delving into Blogs: An online analysis of Temporary Marriage, Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online, March 2022
Sammy Badran. Feminist Demands, Opportunities, and Frames: Strategic Silencing Within Morocco’s February 20 Movement?, Popular Protest, Political Opportunities And Change In Africa, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Sammy Badran. Demobilizing the February 20 Movement in Morocco: Regime Strategies During the Arab Spring, The Journal Of North African Studies, 2020
Sammy Badran. Contemporary Temporary Marriage in the MENA Region: A Blog Analysis of First-Hand Experiences, Journal Of International Women's Studies, 2019
Sammy Badran. Signaling Reforms Through Election Results: How a Moroccan Opposition Party Demobilized Protests., British Journal Of Middle Eastern Studies, 2019
Sammy Badran. Looters or Political Protestors? Attributions for Civil Unrest in American Cities., 2018
Sammy Badran. The Contentious Roots of the Egyptian Revolution., 2014
Sammy Badran. Politics = Truth: Badiou’s The Rebirth of History., 2013
Sammy Badran. Ambivalent War Machines of the West African Landscape: Hoffman’s The War Machines: Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Theory And Event, 2012

Conference Presentations

The Nexus between Authoritarian Consolidation and Feminism in North Africa, Southern Political Science Association Conference, 10 January 2024
Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste”: Covid-19 and Authoritarian Upgrading, Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 2022
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Authoritarian Consolidation in North Africa, Human Rights And The Covid-19 Pandemic: Experiences, Challenges, Prospects Conference, March 2021
Feminist Demands and Silence: The Case of Strategic Silencing during Morocco’s Arab Spring, Middle East Studies Association Conference, October 2020
Social Movement Structure and Coalitions: The Tactical Standstill and Decline of a Moroccan Social Movement, Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 2020
Reforms, Repression, and Protest in Morocco: The Case of the February 20 Movement, Arab Graduate Student Conference, 2018
The 2011 Parliamentary Elections and Protest Demobilization in Morocco, American Political Science Association Conference, 2018
Ideological Cleavages and Alliances within the February 20 Movement, Twenty-fourth Annual Moroccan Studies Symposium, 2017
Illicit Networks: Preventing and Combating Trafficking, Fulbright Alumni Participant In U.s. Department Of State Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminar, 2017
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections from a Moroccan Perspective, Al Akhawayn University Alumni Association: The 2016 U.s. Presidential Elections From A Moroccan Perspective, 2016
The Influence of Western Feminism on Contemporary Moroccan Feminist Organizations, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 2016
Temporary Marriage: A New Guise for Human Trafficking, Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, 2015
The Contentious Roots of the Egyptian Revolution, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 2013

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Smiling During the Pandemic: The Case of Algeria’s Revolution of Smiles, American University of Sharjah Faculty Research Grant, 2022 - 2022
Grant, American University of Sharjah Sir Easa Saleh Al-Gurg Honorarium, American University of Sharjah, 2021
Grant, American University of Sharjah Faculty Research Grant “#BlackLivesMatter and Global Framing of Social Protest and Dissent”, with Dr. Jeniece Lusk. Amount, American University of Sharjah, June 2021
Grant, E. Jackson Baur Award for Research and Study of Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution, University of Kansas Sociology Department, 2017
Fellowship, Fulbright Student Research Fellowship, 2016 - 2017
Grant, Walter Thompson Research Award, University of Kansas, Dept. of Political Science, 2016
Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Kansas African Studies Center, 2013 - 2015

Awards and Honors

Fulbright Student Research Fellowship, Morocco, Academic Year 2016 – 2017, Fulbright Fellowship, 2016

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