Lamis Abdelaaty

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Courses

2024 Fall
- PSC 691 Logic of Political Inquiry
- PSC 310 Refugees in International Politics
2024 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
2023 Fall
- PSC 767 International Human Rights
- PSC 310 Refugees in International Politics
2023 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
- PSC 752 International Law and Organizations

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

International relations, human rights and humanitarian action, asylum and migration

Research Grant Awards and Projects

"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

Selected Publications

Book
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees. Oxford University Press, 2021.
Journal Articles
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "‘The Greatest and Most Important Human Right’: Citizenship and Bureaucratic Indifference in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence." Migration Politics, 2024.
- Steele, L. G., Abdelaaty, L. E. and Than, N., "Attitudes about Refugees and Immigrants Arriving in the United States: A Conjoint Experiment." Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Do Rights Violations Deter Refugees?." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023.
- Thorson, E. A., Abdelaaty, L. E., "Misperceptions about Refugee Policy." American Political Science Review, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Steele, L. G., "Explaining Attitudes toward Refugees and Immigrants in Europe." Political Studies , 2022.
- Steele, L. G., Bostic, A., Lynch, S. M. and Abdelaaty, L. E., "Measuring Ethnic Diversity." Annual Review of Sociology, 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary: Introduction to Special Issue." Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies , 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Refugees and Guesthood in Turkey." Journal of Refugee Studies , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Rivalry, Ethnicity, and Asylum Admissions Worldwide." International Interactions , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "The Relationship Between Human Rights and Refugee Protection: An Empirical Analysis." International Journal of Human Rights , 2021.
Book Chapter
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "Forced Migration and Refugee Flows." In Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century. Money, J., Lockhart, S. P. (eds.) Routledge, 2021.
Essays
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Refugee Status Determination by UNHCR: Difficulties and Dilemmas." Forced Migration Review, 2020.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Explaining State Responses to Refugees." In Migration and Citizenship: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship. , 2016.
Newspaper Articles
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "European Countries Are Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees. It Was a Different Story in 2015." Washington Post: Monkey Cage, 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "Migrants’ or ‘Refugees’? It’s the Wrong Question." Washington Post: Monkey Cage, 2015.

Honors and Accolades

Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (2024 - 2025)

Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association, Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies section (2023)

Best Book Award, American Political Science Association, Migration and Citizenship section (2022)

2020-2021 Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Teaching Recognition Award for Early Career Performance, Syracuse University (2021)

Best Dissertation Award, Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association (2015)