Education
Ph.D., Geography,
University of California at Berkeley,
Spring 1997,
"State and Market in Southern Yemen"
M.A., Geography,
University of California at Berkeley,
1992,
"Social Impact of Mechanization in Egyptian Agriculture"
B.S., Conservation and Resource Studies,
University of California at Berkeley,
1982
Areas of Expertise
The Middle East
Yemen
International governance
Research Interests
- Sociology of contemporary Yemeni society
- Geography of the Middle East
- Economic geography
Selected Publications
鈥淗uthi Visions of the State: A Huthi Republic with an Unofficial Imam,鈥 in Hamidaddin,
Abdullah (ed). The Huthi Movement in Yemen: Ideology, Ambition and Security in the Arab Gulf. New York: I.B. Taurus, 2022.
鈥淭he Politics of Tribal Perseverance.鈥 International Journal of Middle East Studies 53 (3). Cambridge University Press: 497鈥501. 2021 doi:10.1017/S0020743821000775.
鈥淎 Parasitic Political Economy,鈥 in Amat Alsoswa and Noel Brehony (eds.), Building a New Yemen: Transition and International Community. London: I.B. Taurus (2021).
鈥淲eighing the Tribal Factor in Yemen鈥檚 Informal Politics,鈥 in Suzi Mirgani (ed.),
Informal Politics in the Middle East. London: Hurst Publishers (2021).
Dictionary of Yemen, with Robert Burrowes, Routledge (2017)
鈥淵emen鈥檚 National Dialogue,鈥 MEI Policy Paper 2014-1, February 2014
鈥淥bama, Guantanamo, and the Devil in the Details,鈥 Middle East Institute, June 25,
2013.
鈥淐risis in the Yemeni Economy: a Troubled Transition to Post-Hydrocarbon Growth,鈥
Middle East Institute, Scholarly Policy Paper, Dec 2011.