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Shelley Liu is an Assistant Professor at Duke University, affiliated with the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. She holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University (2020) and previously taught at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on post-conflict statebuilding, rebel governance legacies, and political polarization in fragile states, with fieldwork in Liberia, Zimbabwe, and Senegal. She is an affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development.
- Education: PhD in Government, Harvard University (2020); B.A. in Political Science & Violin Performance (Columbia University & Juilliard).
- Research: Examines how wartime processes shape post-war governance, focusing on rebel regimes, citizen agency, and polarization. Her book Governing After War (Oxford, 2024) analyzes post-rebel victory statebuilding.
- Awards: Senator Charles Sumner Dissertation Prize (Harvard, 2020).
- Teaching: Courses include Globalization and Governance, Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Advanced Topics in Public Policy.
Her work bridges political violence, development, and institutional weakness, with articles in top journals like American Political Science Review and Journal of Politics. Current research explores misinformation dynamics in the Global South and the long-term impacts of wartime victimization.
