Bio

Lisa Blaydes is Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is the author of Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak’s Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein (Princeton University Press, 2018). Her articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, Governance, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Middle East Journal, Studies in Comparative International Development and World Politics. During the 2008-9 and 2009-2010 academic years, Professor Blaydes was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. During the 2015-16 academic year, she was a Fellow at the Center for Advance Study in the Behavior Sciences. She holds degrees in Political Science (PhD) from the University of California, Los Angeles and International Relations (BA, MA) from Johns Hopkins University.

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Abbasi Program for Islamic Studies (2017 - Present)
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2015 - 2016)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2014 - 2018)
  • National Fellow, Hoover Institution (2012 - 2013)
  • Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University (2008 - 2010)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2007 - 2014)
  • Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (2004 - 2005)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Article Award, European Politics & Society Section, American Political Science Association (2017)
  • Outstanding Article Award, International History & Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2017)
  • Mary Parker Follett Prize, Politics & History Section, American Political Science Association (2014)
  • Outstanding Article Award, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association (2014)
  • Best Paper Award, Women & Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2011)
  • Paul J. Weber Award, Religion & Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2011)
  • Gabriel Almond Best Dissertation Award, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2009)
  • Juan Linz Best Dissertation Prize, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association (2009)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Chair, Jervis and Schroeder Book Prize Committee, International Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association (2018 - Present)
  • Chair, Luebbert Book Prize Committee, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2017 - 2017)
  • Conference Chair, Association for Analytic Learning on Islam and Muslim Societies (2016 - 2016)
  • Member, Gabriel Almond Award Committee, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2016 - 2016)
  • Chair, Best Paper Prize Committee, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association, 2015 (2015 - 2015)
  • Member, Mary Parker Follett Prize Committee, Politics & History Section, American Political Science Association (2015 - 2015)
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2013 - 2014)
  • Nominating Committee Member, International Studies Association (2012 - 2015)
  • Executive Committee Member, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association (2012 - 2014)
  • Best Paper Prize Committee Member, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association (2012 - 2012)
  • Conference Chair, Association for Analytical Learning on Islam and Muslim Societies, Stanford University (2012 - 2012)
  • Graduate Admissions Committee Member, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2011 - 2012)
  • Section Head, Politics of the Middle East, Midwest Political Science Association (2011 - 2011)
  • Steering Committee Member and Secretary, Association for Analytical Learning on Islam and Muslim Societies (ALLIMS) (2010 - Present)
  • Omnibus Faculty Search Committee Member, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2010 - 2011)
  • Graduate Admissions Committee Member, Department of Political Science, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
  • Member, Midwest Political Science Association (2002 - Present)
  • Member, American Political Science Association (2000 - Present)
  • Member, Middle East Studies Association (2000 - Present)
  • Member, American Institute for Maghrebi Studies (1998 - Present)

Program Affiliations

  • Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Program in International Relations

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science (2008)
  • M.A., John Hopkins University, International Economics and Middle Eastern Studies (1998)
  • B.A., John Hopkins University, International Relations (1997)

Contact

  • Academic
    blaydes@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Political Science Position: Professor
    University - Faculty Department: FSI Position: FSI Senior Fellow

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 6055

Links

2019-20 Courses

Stanford Advisees

  • Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
    Ashley Fabrizio, Haemin Jee, Tongtong Zhang
  • Orals Chair
    Karem Said
  • Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
    Caroline Abadeer
  • Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
    Ala' Alrababa'h, Salma Mousa, Christiana Parreira, Scott Williamson
  • Doctoral (Program)
    Valentin Figueroa, Natalya Rahman

All Publications

  • Mamluks, Property Rights, and Economic Development: Lessons from Medieval Egypt POLITICS & SOCIETY Blaydes, L. 2019; 47 (3): 395–424

    View details for DOI 10.1177/0032329219861756

    View details for Web of Science ID 000479666400001

  • Mirrors for Princes and Sultans: Advice on the Art of Governance in the Medieval Christian and Islamic Worlds JOURNAL OF POLITICS Blaydes, L., Grimmer, J., McQueen, A. 2018; 80 (4): 1150–67

    View details for DOI 10.1086/699246

    View details for Web of Science ID 000445660100009

  • State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein Blaydes, L. Princeton University Press . 2018
  • State Building in the Middle East ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Blaydes, L. 2017; 20: 487-504
  • The Impact of Holy Land Crusades on State Formation: War Mobilization, Trade Integration, and Political Development in Medieval Europe INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Blaydes, L., Paik, C. 2016; 70 (3): 551-586

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0020818316000096

    View details for Web of Science ID 000382993200004

  • Social Capital and Dispute Resolution in Informal Areas of Cairo and Istanbul STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Belge, C., Blaydes, L. 2014; 49 (4): 448-476

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s12116-014-9165-z

    View details for Web of Science ID 000346914700003

  • How Does Islamist Local Governance Affect the Lives of Women? GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS Blaydes, L. 2014; 27 (3): 489-509

    View details for DOI 10.1111/gove.12054

    View details for Web of Science ID 000337512600007

  • Religiosity-of-Interviewer Effects: Assessing the Impact of Veiled Enumerators on Survey Response in Egypt POLITICS AND RELIGION Blaydes, L., Gillum, R. M. 2013; 6 (3): 459-482

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S1755048312000557

    View details for Web of Science ID 000324828600001

  • The Feudal Revolution and Europe's Rise: Political Divergence of the Christian West and the Muslim World before 1500 CE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Blaydes, L., Chaney, E. 2013; 107 (1): 16-34

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055412000561

    View details for Web of Science ID 000315340600002

  • Elite Competition, Religiosity, and Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Blaydes, L., Linzer, D. A. 2012; 106 (2): 225-243

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055412000135

    View details for Web of Science ID 000304830500001

  • The Autumn of Dictatorship: Fiscal Crisis and Political Change in Egypt under Mubarak (Book Review) PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS Book Review Authored by: Blaydes, L. 2012; 10 (1): 205-206

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S1537592711004671

    View details for Web of Science ID 000301199800060

  • One man, one vote, one time? A model of democratization in the Middle East JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS Blaydes, L., Lo, J. 2012; 24 (1): 110-146

    View details for DOI 10.1177/0951629811423121

    View details for Web of Science ID 000298002300006

  • Comment on Eric Chaney's "Democratic Change in the Arab World, Past and Present" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Blaydes, L. 2012
  • Counting Calories: Democracy and Distribution in the Developing World INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY Blaydes, L., Kayser, M. A. 2011; 55 (4): 887-908

    View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00692.x

    View details for Web of Science ID 000297509900001

  • Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East: Kin Mutual Aid Associations in Jordan and Lebanon (Book Review) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Book Review Authored by: Blaydes, L. 2011; 43 (3): 583-585

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0020743811000821

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293545900045

  • Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak's Egypt Blaydes, L. Cambridge University Press. 2011
  • Anti-Americanism and the American World Order. (Book Review) PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY Book Review Authored by: Blaydes, L. 2010; 74 (2): 395-397

    View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfq020

    View details for Web of Science ID 000278731600011

  • Spoiling the Peace? Peace Process Exclusivity and Political Violence in North-central Africa Civil Wars Blaydes, L., De Maio, J. 2010; 12 (1)
  • Women's Electoral Participation in Egypt: The Implications of Gender for Voter Recruitment and Mobilization MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL Blaydes, L., El Tarouty, S. 2009; 63 (3): 364-380

    View details for DOI 10.3751/63.3.11

    View details for Web of Science ID 000268419600002

  • The State of Political Competition in Egypt Democracy Review Blaydes, L. 2009
  • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WOMEN'S SUPPORT FOR FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM Annual Meeting of the American-Political-Science-Association Blaydes, L., Linzer, D. A. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2008: 576-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000260285400002

  • Ideological reorientation and counterterrorism: Confronting militant Islam in Egypt TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE Blaydes, L., Rubin, L. 2008; 20 (4): 461-479

    View details for DOI 10.1080/09546550802257168

    View details for Web of Science ID 000259761800001

  • Intraparty Competition and Egypt's National Democratic Party Democracy Review Blaydes, L., El-Tarouty, S. 2008
  • 'Rewarding Impatience' revisited: A response to Goodrich INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Blaydes, L. 2006; 60 (2): 515-525

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0020818306060164

    View details for Web of Science ID 000237364900008

  • Formal and Informal Political Institutions in Egypt Al-Ahram Blaydes, L. 2005
  • Formal and Informal Political Institutions in Egypt Democracy Review Blaydes, L. 2005
  • Rewarding impatience: A bargaining and enforcement model of OPEC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Blaydes, L. 2004; 58 (2): 213-237

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0020818304582012

    View details for Web of Science ID 000221787100001