Safa Al-Saeedi

Program Area(s): Comparative Politics; Methods
Regional Specialization(s): Middle East
Dissertation Title:
The Quest for Influence: Media Changes and Reform Politics in Saudi Arabia
Dissertation Committee: Wendy Pearlman (Chair), James Mahoney, Sirus Bouchat, Rachel Riedl (Cornell University), Timur Kuran (Duke University)
Research Interest(s): Political Communication; Research Methods; Middle East politics
Publications:
- Safa Al-Saeedi, "The Arab spring: why did the uprisings miss the monarchies?" Contemporary Politics, December 7, 2021, 1-26.
Select Conferences:
- Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS)- Princeton, 2022
- American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting 2021
- American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting 2020
- American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2019
- Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2019
- Economic Sociology Summer Conference, Columbia University, 2019
- Chicago Area Comparative and Historical Social Sciences, 2019
- Duke-UNC Annual Middle East Studies Conference, Duke University, 2014
Select Conference Presentations:
- Communication as Power: Effects of the Internet on Authoritarian Politics, Economic Sociology Summer Conference, Columbia University, 2019
- The Arab Spring: Why Did the Uprisings Miss the Monarchies? American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2019 and Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2019
- The Politics of Religious Reforms in the Arab World: Evidence from Egypt and Lebanon, Chicago Area Comparative and Historical Social Sciences, 2019
Awards:
- The National Science Foundation-APSA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2020
- The Humane Studies Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, 2019
- The Dispute Resolution Research Center Grant, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, 2020
- The Graduate Research Grant, The Graduate School, Northwestern University, 2020
- Data Acquisition Research Grant, Northwestern University Library, 2020
- American Political Science Association Travel Grant, 2019
- Graduate Research Fund, Political Science Department, Northwestern University, 2019
- Northwestern Political Science Graduate Research Fund, 2018
- Minar Memorial Summer Award, Political Science Department, Northwestern University, 2017
- Mellon Foundation Fellowship, the Northwestern Middle East and North Africa Program, 2016