Murat Somer is visiting from Istanbul's Koç University, where he is an associate professor of international relations. His research on ethnic conflict and nationalism, public and private polarization, religious politics and secularism, democratization, political Islam, and the Kurdish question has been published in book volumes and journals such as the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Comparative Political Studies, the Middle East Journal, and Third World Quarterly. At Princeton, Somer will work on a book on religious and secular values and democracy as well as participate in Democracy and Development project activities. Ph.D. University of Southern California–Los Angeles.