Melani Cammett

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government

Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Harvard University

Contact

CGIS Building, Room K213
1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel.: +1-617-495-9849
mcammett@g.harvard.edu

Zoom meeting room: https://harvard.zoom.us/my/melanicammett
Website: www.melanicammett.org
Pronouns: she, her, hers

Assistant: Kathleen Hoover (khoover@wcfia.harvard.edu; 617-495-7502)

Bio

I’m Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.

Research Interests

My research addresses a variety of issues related to identity politics and conflict; identity and development; the politics of authoritarianism in the Middle East; welfare and development; and qualitative methods.

The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies

Edited by Melani Cammett and Pauline Jones

This book examines a wide range of topics concerning regimes and regime change, electoral politics, political attitudes and behavior beyond voting, social mobilization, economic performance and development outcomes, and social welfare and governance.