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Stacey Philbrick Yadav is Professor of International Relations and Chair of the International Relations Department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS). She joined the faculty in 2007 and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her academic leadership includes teaching and research in comparative politics of the Middle East and North Africa, with a regional focus on Yemen.
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., Smith College
Her research centers on civil society under conflict and post-conflict conditions, particularly in Yemen. She examines how civil actors pursue justice amid war, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and focus groups. Her scholarship explores the dynamics of cross-ideological alliances, especially between Islamist and leftist parties, and the role of knowledge production and peacebuilding as forms of civil action. Her publications appear in leading journals such as International Journal of Middle East Studies and Terrorism and Political Violence.
Her most recent book, Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (2022), analyzes three decades of justice claims in Yemen across authoritarian rule, uprising, transition, and war. Her earlier work, Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon (2013), investigates institutional and discursive strategies of Islamist political alliances.
Her scholarly contributions are supported by prestigious grants from the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Institute of Yemeni Studies. She has taught at Harvard University and Mount Holyoke College as a visiting professor.
- American Political Science Association (Chair, MENA Politics section)
- American Institute of Yemeni Studies (Treasurer)
- Project on Middle East Political Science (Advisory Board)
- Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (Advisory Board)
- Middle East Studies Association
She actively contributes to public service by providing pro bono expert testimony in political asylum cases involving Yemeni applicants in the U.S. and Canada. She has also collaborated with organizations such as Chatham House, the Atlantic Council, and Carnegie Endowment on workshops with Yemeni youth and opposition activists. Her teaching includes courses on comparative politics, political violence, and qualitative research methods, and she mentors students through global education programs in Jordan and Tunisia.
