Gamze Cavdar (Yasar)

Education:
Ph.D., University of Utah, 2006
B.A., Ankara University, 1995

Specializing in:
Comparative politics, Middle East politics

Current Research Interests:
Current projects involve Islamist movements in Turkey and the Arab world, obstacles to democratization, gender and politics

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

•  “Elections and Electoral Manipulation under Occupation: Iraqi and Palestinian Legislative Elections,” in Policing the Vote: Detecting and Preventing Election Fraud, edited by M. Alvarez, T. Hall, and S. Hyde (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute Press, 2008)
• “The Paradox of the Egyptian Political Reform,” Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 30, no. 4 (Summer 2007)
• “Islamist New Thinking in Turkey: A Model for Political Learning?” Political Science Quarterly, vol. 121, no. 3 (Fall 2006)

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS:

• Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Utah (2004-2005)
• Barbara and Norman Tanner Center Graduate Fellowship for the Prevention of Violence (2003-2004)