People

“It is my profound hope that the young people who study at the center and participate in its programs will lead the way, whether as leaders in different parts of the world or as teachers and thinkers who bring new insights to age-old social and political problems.”
– Mamdouha S. Bobst, public health expert and philanthropist

Director

Rafaela Dancygier
Director, Bobst Center, Program in Identities & Institutions
Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs
Office Phone
Office
103 Bobst Hall

Administrative Staff

Michelle Anderson
Program Manager, Bobst Center
Office Phone
Office
104 Bobst Hall
Christy Govantes
Program Manager, Bobst-AUB Collaborative Initiative and Workshop on Arab Political Development
Office Phone
Office
206 Bobst Hall

Program Directors

Mark Beissinger
Co-Director, Bobst Center Workshop on Post-Communist Politics
Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics
Rafaela Dancygier
Director, Bobst Center, Program in Identities & Institutions
Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs
Office Phone
Office
103 Bobst Hall
Amaney A. Jamal
Director, Bobst-AUB Collaborative Initiative, Co-Director, Workshop on Arab Political Development
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics
Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
Office Phone
Office
202 Bobst Hall
Tali Mendelberg
Director, Bobst Center Program in Inequality
John Work Garrett Professor of Politics
Office Phone
Office
215 Robertson Hall
Elizabeth Nugent
Co-Director Workshop on Political Arab Development
Assistant Professor of Politics
Grigore Pop-Eleches
Co-Director, Bobst Center Workshop on Post-Communist Politics
Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs

Research Staff

Gordon Arsenoff
Senior Research Specialist
Office Phone
Office
205 Bobst Hall
Jeremy Roth
Senior Research Specialist
Office
Remote
Ahra Wu
Senior Research Specialist
Office Phone
Office
207 Bobst Hall

Post Docs

Alessio Albarello
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Office
203 Bobst Hall
Simone Paci
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Office
203 Bobst Hall