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Safa Al-Saeedi serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Liberal Arts at Marist University, with prior appointments as a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT's Department of Political Science and a Predoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. She concurrently holds a fellowship with the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS) and a board position at the American Institute for Yemeni Studies.
Her academic credentials include a PhD and MA in Political Science from Northwestern University (2022) and a BA from Duke University, supplemented by research roles as a Visiting Scholar in Anthropology at Duke and a non-resident Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute.
Dr. Al-Saeedi's research integrates computational methods with political analysis, focusing on Middle Eastern political communication, religious jurisprudence, economic development, and machine learning applications. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges political science, anthropology, and automated text analysis to examine governance and societal dynamics in Muslim-majority contexts.
Her scholarly contributions have attracted significant funding from the National Science Foundation, American Political Science Association, Institute for Humane Studies, Kellogg School of Management, and Northwestern Graduate School.
Key recognitions include:
- AALIMS Fellowship for analytical research on Muslim societies
- Predoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard's Belfer Center Middle East Initiative
- Non-resident Fellowship at National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute
Her professional trajectory demonstrates sustained engagement with Middle Eastern studies through academic appointments, grant-funded projects examining political communication and development, and leadership roles in specialized research institutes focused on Yemeni studies and Islamic scholarship.
