Feyaad Allie

Feyaad Allie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on democracy, identity, and intergroup relations in multi-ethnic societies, with a regional emphasis on South Asia, particularly India. He is the 2023 winner of the Sardar Patel Award for his doctoral dissertation on the political marginalization of Indian Muslims, completed at Stanford University.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, Stanford University
• B.A. in Government, Dartmouth College

Research Interests:

• Political representation of marginalized groups
• Majority-minority tensions and their political consequences
• Party responses to majoritarianism in South Asia
• Mixed-methods approaches (surveys, experiments, elite interviews)

Awards & Recognition:

• 2023 Sardar Patel Award
• 2024 Gabriel A. Almond Award
• 2023 Sage Best Paper Award

Feyaad’s work combines quantitative analysis of electoral data with qualitative fieldwork, including an original survey of 5,000 voters in India. He is currently preparing a book based on his dissertation, exploring how structural factors and political incentives shape Muslim political exclusion in India.