2002, Ph.D., Political Science, University of Toronto
1993, M.A., Political Science, McGill University
1991, B.A., Middle East Studies and Political Science, McGill University

• International Studies 100 - INTRO TO INTERNATNL RELATIONS

• International Studies 243 - GOVT & POLITICS OF MIDDLE EAST

• International Studies 244 - ISSUES IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

• International Studies 300 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY

• International Studies 432 - TOPICS:POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT

Book

2006   The Kurdish Nationalist Movement. Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles

Forthcoming “Women in post-Saddam Iraq: One step forward or two steps back?” (Co-authored with Lucy Brown).  NWSA (National Women′s Studies Association) Journal (expected Fall 2006).

2006  “Conducting research in the Middle East’s conflict zones.” PS: Political Science & Politics, 39:3.

2005  “Whose house is this anyway?  IDP and refugee return policies in post-Saddam Iraq.” Oxford Journal of Refugee Studies, 18:4.

2004  “Globalization, Extremism and Violence: Why Market Liberalization Fosters Turmoil in Some Poor Countries but Not in Others.”  (Co-authored with Richard Sandbrook). Third World Quarterly,  25:6.

2002  “Modern communications technology in ethnic nationalist hands: the case of the Kurds.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 35:1.

1999  “The environment of insecurity and the Kurdish question in Turkey.” (Co-authored with Ahmet Icduygu and Ibrahim Sirkeci), Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22:6.  

Academic Book Chapters

Forthcoming  “Regional Organisations, Regional Identities and Minorities: The Arabs and the Kurdish Question,” (co-authored with Lucy Brown), in Cilja Harders, Matteo Legrenzi (ed.), Beyond Regionalism? Regional Cooperation, Regionalism and Regionalisation in the Middle East, London: Ashgate (expected in early 2007).

2006  “The Palestinians.”  (Co-authored with Rex Brynen).  In Rick Fawn and Raymond Hinnebusch, eds., The Iraq War: Causes and Consequences, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006.

2005  “Cyprus” and “Ethnicity: Impact on Politics and Society.” Entries in The Encyclopedia of the Developing World, New York: Routledge Reference.

2004  “Safe Havens as Political Projects: The Case of Iraqi Kurdistan.” In Paul Kingston and Ian Spears, eds., States Within States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post-Cold War Era, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..