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Laurie A. Brand
Laurie Brand is the Robert Grandford Wright Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California, where she has served as a director of the Center for International Studies, School of International Relations and Middle East Studies Program. A four-time Fulbright grantee, she is the recipient of Carnegie, Rockefeller and numerous other fellowships. Brand has conducted field research in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. She is the author of: Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution Building and the Search for State; Jordan’s Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance-Making; Women, the State and Political Transitions; Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa; and Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria. A former president of the Middle East Studies Association, she has chaired its Committee on Academic Freedom since 2007. Her research interests include migration and diaspora, inter-Arab relations, national narratives and the politics of educational reform.