Saul Newman

Adivitional Positions at AU

Department of Government Chair, 2002-2005

SPA Rank and Tenure Committee, 2008-2009

Member, University General Education Committee

Degrees

PhD, Politics Princeton University -1989 MA, Politics Princeton University -1984 BA, Political Science Columbia University - 1982

Languages Spoken

Hebrew - Read, speak and write French - Read, some speaking ablility Italian and German - Read, some limited speaking ability Spanish - Read

Favorite Spot on Campus

My Office

Book Currently Reading

David D. Laitin, Nations, States and Violence

Bio

Saul Newman is an associate professor in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC. He received his PhD in 1989 from the Department of Politics, Princeton University. Since then he has taught at American University and at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His publications include Ethnoregional Conflict in Democracies as well as journal articles on nationalism, ethnic politics and terrorism. Presently, he is conducting research on the decline of settler nationalism in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Israel and its impact on resolving disputes between settler and native nationalist movements.

Fall 2018

GOVT-130 Comparative Politics