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Sean L. Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), with a co-edited volume The Political Science of the Middle East (Oxford, 2022). His work focuses on authoritarianism, democratization, and US foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), particularly Jordan, Kuwait, and Morocco.
- A.B., Brown University (2003)
- Ph.D., Harvard University (2009)
His research examines authoritarian politics, economic development, and transnational democracy, with methodological interests in transparency and radical honesty in academic writing. Recent publications analyze Kuwait’s political crises, Jordan’s water governance, and Islam-democracy intersections.
Scientific honors include:
- Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)
He teaches courses on Middle East politics, comparative dictatorship, and qualitative research methods, while advising international NGOs and sovereign clients on regional stability.
