Erridah, Tunisia
Welcome! I received my doctorate in politics from Princeton University with a specialization in comparative politics and a focus on the Middle East in June 2017. I joined Yale's political science faculty as an assistant professor in July 2018. During AY2017-2018, I was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
My research explores political behavior in authoritarian contexts, religion and politics, and the origins of coercive institutions. I use a variety of survey, voting, archival, and interview evidence, and incorporate quantitative, qualitative, and experimental methodologies.
My book manuscript, tentatively titled The Psychology of Repression: Identity and Polarization in Authoritarian Regimes, develops and tests an original theory of state repression and its effects on processes of polarization in authoritarian contexts. The project employs a mixed methods approach, including lab experimental tests of the theory’s micro-foundational psychological mechanism and case studies of repression and polarization in Egypt and Tunisia based on in-depth fieldwork in both countries.
I served as an AY2007-2008 Fulbright Fellow in Cairo, Egypt and have conducted fieldwork for a variety of projects in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. I hold a B.A. in Arabic and an M.A. in Arab Studies, both from Georgetown University.
On this website, you will find links to my CV, publications, working papers, and non-academic writing. Please do not hesitate to contact me at elizabeth.nugent@yale.edu with any questions or to request copies of my work.
Welcome! I received my doctorate in politics from Princeton University with a specialization in comparative politics and a focus on the Middle East in June 2017. I joined Yale's political science faculty as an assistant professor in July 2018. During AY2017-2018, I was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
My research explores political behavior in authoritarian contexts, religion and politics, and the origins of coercive institutions. I use a variety of survey, voting, archival, and interview evidence, and incorporate quantitative, qualitative, and experimental methodologies.
My book manuscript, tentatively titled The Psychology of Repression: Identity and Polarization in Authoritarian Regimes, develops and tests an original theory of state repression and its effects on processes of polarization in authoritarian contexts. The project employs a mixed methods approach, including lab experimental tests of the theory’s micro-foundational psychological mechanism and case studies of repression and polarization in Egypt and Tunisia based on in-depth fieldwork in both countries.
I served as an AY2007-2008 Fulbright Fellow in Cairo, Egypt and have conducted fieldwork for a variety of projects in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. I hold a B.A. in Arabic and an M.A. in Arab Studies, both from Georgetown University.
On this website, you will find links to my CV, publications, working papers, and non-academic writing. Please do not hesitate to contact me at elizabeth.nugent@yale.edu with any questions or to request copies of my work.