Marsha Pripstein Posusney

Department: History and Social Sciences

Title: Professor of Political Science

Contact Information: marsha2p@leonardo.bryant.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
• B.A. in Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1974

Academic Interests: Political economy of developing countries, with area expertise in the Arab countries of the Middle East.

Teaching:

• Politics of the Middle East, Comparative and International
• Comparative Politics
• International Political Economy
• Politics of Third World Development
• Political Parties and Elections

Professional Activities and Awards:

• Member of the Governing Council, American Political Science Association, September 2002 to present.
• Co-winner of the 1998 Albert Hourani Prize for outstanding original scholarly book on the Middle East, awarded by the Middle East Studies Association.
• Recipient of Bryant College Annual Faculty Research Award, 1999.

Selected Recent Publications:

• Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East; Gender, Economy, and Society. Co-edited with Eleanor Doumato. Lynne Rienner Press, 2003.
• Privatization and Labor: Responses and Consequences in Global Perspective. Co-edited with Linda Cook. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.
• Labor and the State in Egypt: Workers, Unions, and Economic Restructuring. Columbia University Press, 1997.

For more information, see Professor Posusney's web page.