Yael Zeira
Associate Professor, Political Science
Degree
Ph.D., New York University, 2012
Biography
Yael Zeira
was previously an assistant professor of political science and international studies
at the University of Mississippi. She examines the causes and consequences of
public opinion and political behavior in authoritarian and conflict settings,
with a regional focus on the Middle East. She wrote The Revolution Within: State Institutions and Unarmed Resistance in
Palestine (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and has published in journals
that include Comparative Political
Studies and the Journal of Conflict
Resolution. Her work has been supported by the Project on Middle East
Political Science, New York University, Stanford University, the University of
Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, among others. She
earned a PhD in politics from New York University (2012).