Diana Greenwald

Diana B. Greenwald's research focuses on the politics of the Middle East, nationalism, conflict, and state-building. She obtained her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 2017. From 2017-8, she was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her current book manuscript examines Palestinian local politics under Israeli occupation. This project draws on elite interviews and local data on policing and taxation collected in the West Bank between 2014 to 2019.

Greenwald's research has been published in PS: Political Science & Politics and her writing has appeared in The National Interest, The Washington Post's Monkey Cage, +972 Magazine, and Foreign Policy. Her work has been supported by RFCUNY, the United States Institute of Peace, the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, and the Project on Middle East Political Science.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Middle East, State-Building, Conflict

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Political Science, University of Michigan, 2017.
• M.A. Political Science, University of Michigan, 2014.
• B.A. Government, Magna Cum Laude, Georgetown University, 2006.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• PSC-CUNY Research Award, City University of New York, 2019-2020 ($11,820).
• Faculty Travel for Grant Development, Research Foundation at City University of New York, 2019 ($750).
• Project on Resources, Development, and Governance Seed Grant, UCLA, 2017 ($8,000).
• One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2017 ($10,200).
• Clark and Robin Chandler Graduate Award, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2016 ($4,000).
• Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship, United States Institute of Peace, 2014-2015 ($20,000).
• Rackham International Research Award, Rackham Graduate School and the International Institute, University of Michigan, 2014 ($8,500).
• Project on Middle East Political Science Travel-Research-Engagement Grant, Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University, 2012 ($3,000).
• Rackham Graduate School Spring/Summer Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2011 ($6,000).
• Foreign Language Area Studies Summer Fellowship, International Institute, University of Michigan, 2011 ($2,500, declined).
• Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Student Fellow, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan, 2010-2011 ($5,000).
• Departmental Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, 2010-2011.
• John Carroll Scholar, Georgetown University, 2002-2006.

TEACHING

• Assistant Professor, City College of New York
• Introduction to World Politics (B.A. course), Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022.
• Middle East Politics and Government (B.A. course), Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2022.
• Comparative and International Political Economy (M.A. course), Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
• Nationalism, Identity, and Ethnic Conflict (B.A. course), Fall 2019, Spring 2021.
• Political Economy of Development (B.A. course), Spring 2019, Fall 2020.