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Jacob Shapiro

Department/Program(s):

Politics
WWS

Position: Current Faculty

Title: Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School.

Area(s):

International Relations

Field: International Relations, Organization Theory, Terrorism, Insurgency, Political Violence, Security Policy

Office: 032 Corwin Hall

Phone: 609-258-2256

Email: jns@princeton.edu

Homepage: http://www.princeton.edu/~jns/

Office Hours: By appointment only

Curriculum Vitae

Jacob N. Shapiro is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and co-directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. His research focuses on political violence, economic development in conflict zones, and security policy. He is the author of The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations. He has published in Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Perspectives on Politics, Political Analysis, Public Opinion Quarterly, Security Studies, World Politics, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Military Operations Research, Terrorism and Political Violence, and a number of edited volumes. Shapiro is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an Associate Editor of World Politics, a Faculty Fellow of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS), a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), and served in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve.

Ph.D. Political Science, M.A. Economics, Stanford University. B.A. Political Science, University of Michigan.