Alexandra Domike Blackman,  Assistant Professor in Cornell University’s Department of Government.

In 2019-2020, Alexandra was a Post-Doctoral Associate at New York University - Abu Dhabi. Blackman’s work focuses on the development of and appeal to religious identities in the political sphere, the challenges facing female politicians, and political party development in the Middle East. Her work has appeared in Political Behavior, Politics & Religion, and Middle East Law and Governance. Blackman was a Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellow in Cairo, Egypt (2010-2011) and a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC (2011-2012). 

Read the GLD interview with Alexandra here!