Publications

Book

As Ohio Goes: Life in the Post-Recession Nation. 2016. Kent: Kent State University Press. Link

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

“Going Local without Localization: Power and Humanitarian Response in the Syrian War” with Emily K.M. Scott. 2024. World Development 174. Link

“Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox.” 2020. Perspectives on Politics 18(2): 509-526. Link

“Aiding Activism? Humanitarianism’s Impact on Mobilized Syrian Refugees in Jordan.” 2017. Middle East Law and Governance 9(3): 267-281. Link

“Sweet Tea and Cigarettes: A Taste of Refugee Life in Jordan.” 2015. Forced Migration Review 49: 93-94. Link

“Western Sahara and Palestine: A Comparative Study of Colonialisms, Occupations, and Nationalisms.” 2011. New Middle Eastern Studies 1: 1-20. Link

Chapters

“Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations.” 2024. Doing Good Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer Cyr and Sarah Wallace Goodman. Oxford University Press.

“Migration and Displacement in the Middle East,” with Rawan Arar, Laurie Brand, Noora Lori, Lama Mourad, and Wendy Pearlman. 2022. The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research, edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book Reviews

“Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt by Tarek Masoud.” 2016.  Arab Studies Journal 24 (1):335-339.

“Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile by Diana Allan.” 2014. Journal of Refugee Studies 27(2): 305-307.

Current Research

“Surviving International Aid: Local Organizations in Wartime Syria,” under review

“Nonviolent Action in Civil War Borderlands: Evidence from Syrian Facebook Communities.” with Alexandra Siegel, under review

Book Project: Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria’s War

Public Writing

“The U.N. says Syrians can keep getting international aid from Turkey — for now. Here’s what’s at stake.” The Washington Post—Monkey Cage. 23 July 2021. Link

“Rex Tillerson’s Magical Thinking on Syria.” Los Angeles Times, p. A13. 28 January 2017. Link

“Finding Home in War: The history—and limitations—of the international refugee regime.” Lapham’s Quarterly “Roundtable.” 25 January 2017. Link

“Trajectories of Activism among Syrian Refugees.” In Refugees and Migration Movements in the Middle East. POMEPS Studies 25. Project on Middle East Political Science. March 2017. Link

“Refugees’ Contentious Politics and the Case of Syrian Activists in Jordan.” In The Long-term Challenges of Forced Migration: Perspectives from Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. LSE Middle East Centre Collected Papers 6: pp.17-22. September 2016. Link

“Protecting Refugees Where There is No Legal Safety Net.” Buffett Center Quarterly Newsletter 20(1), Fall 2014. Co-authored with Galya Ruffer. Link

“Obama versus Romney on the Middle East.” Al Jazeera English. Co-authored with Michael C. Hudson. 17 September 2012. Link

“What is Ohio’s Middle Class?” The Huffington Post. 15 August 2012. Link. (Additional articles on American politics written for The Huffington Post can be found here.)

“Syria at Risk? A Country Divided.” Middle East Insights, Middle East Institute, Singapore, No. 19, 30 March 2011. Link

“Why it Matters to Asia: Much at Stake in Arab Crisis.” The Straits Times, Singapore, 26 February 2011. Co-authored with Michael C. Hudson and Mary E. Stonaker.