MESA Banner
Member Directory
Back
Karam Dana
University of Washington, Seattle
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
UWB--Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Box 358530 18115 Campus Way NE
Bothell WA 98011-8246
United States
ABOUT
B.A. Economics; Political Science: Political Economy, University of Washington M.A.I.S. International Studies: Middle East Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Washington My research examines how religion influences political identities in different cultural and societal contexts. My work on the Middle East explores how religion was used as a means to mobilize and rally support for specific political agendas in Palestine, during the British Mandate period. I also study the political and civic engagement of Muslims in Western contexts, but specifically in the United States. A Muslim American research project for which I was the co-principal investigator (The Muslim American Public Opinion Survey “MAPOS”) received the 2009 Best Paper Award in the Race Ethnicity and Politics of the American Political Science Association. To date, MAPOS is still one of the largest studies of Muslims in America. My current research explores the intersection between economics and politics: the ways in which economic indicators have affected political (in)stability in the Middle East since the 1980s, and the role of technology in shaping various social structures in the developing world (with a focus on the Arab world).
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
Arab Studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Historiography
Pop Culture
Islamic Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Palestine
West Bank
Specialties
Palestinian Elite & Soc Structure
Palestinian Hist
Political Behavior Of Muslims In The West
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Hebrew (elementary)
Spanish (elementary)
Turkish (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2009 | N&ME | University of Washington
MA | 2003 | Jackson Sch | U of Washington
Abstracts
Islam and America: Beliefs in Contradiction? The Journey of Mawtini Mawtini: Arab Nationalism from Palestine to Iraq Arab States and Political Survival: State Power, and the Politics of Designing Identities Twenty Years After Oslo: What do Palestinians Think?