Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at The George Washington University. He is the founding director of the Project on Middle East Political Science and Associate Editor of The Monkey Cage. He received his PhD from Cornell University and his BA from Duke University.

Jillian Schwedler is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York's Hunter College and the Graduate Center. She is Senior Fellow at the Crown Center for the Middle East at Brandeis University and co-founder and co-director (with Laryssa Chomiak) of the Sidi Bou Said School of Critical Protest Studies. She received her PhD, MA, and BA from New York University.

Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. His research interests include the study of regimes and governance in the Middle East, with a special focus on authoritarianism, the political economy of development, and US foreign policy. He earned his PhD from Harvard University and AB from Brown University.

Khalil Al-Anani is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.

Holger Albrecht is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama.

Nermin Allam is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, Newark.

Lisa Anderson is former president of the American University of Cairo, and Shotwell Professor Emerita in Political Science in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Rawan Arar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington.

André Bank is Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in the Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg.

Eva Bellin is the Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics at Brandeis University.

Lindsay J. Benstead is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) at Portland State University.

Chantal Berman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University.

Laurie Brand is Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Relations, and Middle East Studies, at the University of Southern California.

Janine A. Clark is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.

Killian Clarke is Assistant Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

May Darwich is Associate Professor of International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Birmingham.

Ferdinand Eibl is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at King's College, London.

Sarah El-Kazaz is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Courtney Freer is Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory College and Visiting Fellow in the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

F. Gregory Gause III is Professor and John H. Lindsey '44 Chair in the Department of International Affairs in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

Justin Gengler is Research Associate Professor at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University.

Fanar Haddad is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mona Harb is Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, where she is also co-Founder and Research Lead at the Beirut Urban Lab.

Shimaa Hatab is Lecturer in Middle East and Global Affairs at King's College, London.

Waleed Hazbun is Richard L. Chambers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama.

Michael Herb is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Georgia State University.

Steffen Hertog is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lisel Hintz is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

Kevin Koehler is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Rana B. Khoury is a postdoctoral research associate at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University.

Noora Lori is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

Rima Majed is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Devorah Manekin is Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tarek Masoud is Professor of Public Policy and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations in the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Toby Matthiesen is Marie Curie Global Fellow at Stanford University and Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy.

R. Quinn Mecham is Associate Professor and Director of Research and Academic Programs in the Kennedy Center for International Affairs at Brigham Young University.

Lama Mourad is Assistant Professor in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, Canada.

Wendy Pearlman is Professor of Political Science and Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.

Michael Robbins is a researcher at Princeton University, serving as Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director of Arab Barometer.

Curtis Ryan is a Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University.

Bassel F. Salloukh is Associate Professor and Head of the Politics and International Relations Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.

Lana Salman is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Middle East Initiative in the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Alexandra A. Siegel is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Ora Szekely is Associate Professor of Political Science at Clark University.

Morten Valbjørn is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Lisa Wedeen is Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory at the University of Chicago.

Saloua Zerhouni is Professor of Political Science at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.

"The volume is a fresh and essential read for political science students of the region." -- Choice

"The Political Science of the Middle East contributes significantly to the field of MENA studies as it not only provides guidance on the practices of regional research, but also offers deep and advanced analysis of the topics covered. For anyone interested in reading an in - depth discussion of specific sub - research areas in MENA studies, the book is a comprehensive resource. Students, policymakers and independent researchers seeking detailed understanding of regional politics in relation to the concepts and themes detailed above will find a rich collection." -- Betul Dogan Akkas, LSE Review of Books

"This is a substantial work that involves an incredible segment of the field of Middle East Political Science. Written by the key leaders in the field, this fantastic volume does an exceptional job of connecting the field to real-world political developments. The book pays particular attention to the impact the Arab uprisings had on mainstreaming the field by creating inroads and opportunities into the larger political science discipline. It also takes a broader perspective on future opportunities and challenges. I can't wait to have this book on my shelf!" --Amaney Jamal, Professor of Politics, Princeton University

"Taking stock of the field, this outstanding volume testifies to the burst of ferment and creativity occurring in research on Middle Eastern politics in the wake of the Arab uprisings, demonstrating just how much a deepened knowledge of the region contributes to social science knowledge across a wide range of subjects." --Mark R. Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, Princeton University

"The fifty scholars who contributed to The Political Science of the Middle East have provided a useful guide to their field in the wake of the disruptive events of the last decade. It is a good corrective to certain dubious narratives and misconceptions that are picked up by the media, activists, or think-tank analysts who are often guided by ideology more than a solid understanding of the region's realities." -- Samuel Sweeney, Russell Kirk Center