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Anne Marie Baylouny is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, specializing in Middle East politics, grassroots organizing, and refugee dynamics. She is an associated scholar with Stanford University’s Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. Holding a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, her research focuses on the intersection of social mobilization, state-society relations, and refugee policy.
- Education: Ph.D. in Political Science (UC Berkeley), extensive fieldwork in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
- Languages: Arabic (classical/Levantine), Italian, French, Spanish.
Research Interests: Her work examines the impact of Syrian refugees on Jordan and Lebanon, dynamics of blame and scapegoating in governance, and social welfare institutions in the Middle East. Key themes include:
- Institutional privatization of welfare systems.
- Mass mobilization and crowd dynamics in conflict zones.
- Non-state actors and governance in post-conflict environments.
Publications: Notable works include When Blame Backfires (2020) and Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East (2010). Recent articles explore crowd management strategies, refugee migration forecasting, and the role of women in militant groups.
- Awards: Fulbright Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, Mellon Foundation grants.
Teaching: Courses include Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Islam in History and Politics, and Social Mobilization in Conflict Zones. She also contributes to interdisciplinary research on counterinsurgency and humanitarian policy.
Labs/Teams: Engages with the Naval Postgraduate School’s National Security Affairs program and collaborates with Stanford’s Abbasi Program on Islamic governance and civil society.
