Lamis Abdelaaty
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Courses
- 2024 Fall
- PSC 691 Logic of Political Inquiry
- PSC 310 Refugees in International Politics
- 2024 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
- 2023 Fall
- PSC 767 International Human Rights
- PSC 310 Refugees in International Politics
- 2023 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
- PSC 752 International Law and Organizations
Highest degree earned
Areas of Expertise
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Gerda Henkel Stiftung.
Selected Publications
- Book
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees. Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Journal Articles
- Steele, L. G., Abdelaaty, L. E. and Than, N., "Attitudes about Refugees and Immigrants Arriving in the United States: A Conjoint Experiment." Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Do Rights Violations Deter Refugees?." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023.
- Thorson, E. A., Abdelaaty, L. E., "Misperceptions about Refugee Policy." American Political Science Review, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Steele, L. G., "Explaining Attitudes toward Refugees and Immigrants in Europe." Political Studies , 2022.
- Steele, L. G., Bostic, A., Lynch, S. M. and Abdelaaty, L. E., "Measuring Ethnic Diversity." Annual Review of Sociology, 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary: Introduction to Special Issue." Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies , 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Refugees and Guesthood in Turkey." Journal of Refugee Studies , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Rivalry, Ethnicity, and Asylum Admissions Worldwide." International Interactions , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "The Relationship Between Human Rights and Refugee Protection: An Empirical Analysis." International Journal of Human Rights , 2021.
- Steele, L. G., Abdelaaty, L. E., "Ethnic Diversity and Attitudes towards Refugees." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , 2019.
- Essay
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Explaining State Responses to Refugees." In Migration and Citizenship: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship. , 2016.
- Journal Review
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Review of Refugees in International Relations." Betts, A., Loescher, G. (eds.) Journal of Politics , 2012.
- Newspaper Article
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "Migrants’ or ‘Refugees’? It’s the Wrong Question." Washington Post: Monkey Cage, 2015.
Presentations and Events
Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture, University of Oxford, "Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (November 16, 2023)
Abdelaaty, L. E., Blinder, S., Hamlin, R., 29th International Conference of Europeanists, Council of European Studies, "The Effect of Economic Versus Legal and Moral Arguments on Attitudes toward Refugees" (June 27, 2023)
Migration Politics Residential Fellowship, "The Emissary Speaks: Political Agency in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence" (May 22, 2023)
International Conference on Forced Migration, University of California, Los Angeles, "The Emissary Speaks: Political Agency in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence" (April 14, 2023)
Honors and Accolades
Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association, Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies section (2023)
Best Book Award, American Political Science Association, Migration and Citizenship section (2022)
2020-2021 Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Teaching Recognition Award for Early Career Performance, Syracuse University (2021)
Best Dissertation Award, Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association (2015)
Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation, University of Michigan National Center for Institutional Diversity (2013)