Biographical Sketch
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Laurie A. Brand (Ph.D. Columbia University, 1985) is professor of international relations at the University of Southern California. She served as director of the Center for International Studies from 1997-2000, and currently serves as Director of the School of International Relations. A past president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (2004), and currently chair of its Committee on Academic Freedom, she specializes in Middle East international relations and inter-Arab politics. A Carnegie Scholar for 2009-10 and a four-time Fulbright scholar to the Middle East and North Africa, she is the author of Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution Building and the Search for State (Columbia University Press, 1988), Jordan’s Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making (Columbia University Press, 1994), and Women, the State and Political Liberalization (Columbia University Press, 1998); and Citizens Abroad: States and Migration in the Middle East and North Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Her current research interests include emigration, state-expatriate relations and national narrative construction. She has carried out fieldwork in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Kuwait. She is fluent in Arabic and French, highly proficient in Spanish, and has a basic working knowledge of Hebrew and German.
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Education
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 B.S. French, Georgetown University, 1/1978
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M.A. International Affairs, Columbia University, 1/1981
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Ph.D. Comparative Politics, Columbia University, 1/1985
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1999-
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Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1995-08/1999
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Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1989-08/1995
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Assistant Director, Institute for Palestine Studies, Washington, D.C., 12/1984-07/1989
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Brand researches Middle East international relations, Middle East regional and domestic political economies and inter-Arab politics. Her current research focuses on emigration and the state, with an emphasis on the relations between Middle Eastern and North African states and their communities of nationals resident abroad. Her mosr recent work is on the place of emigration in national narratives and on the development of external voting (voting from abroad) under Middle East and North African authoritarian systems. Her next book project will examine the historical evolution of the relationship between Islam and Arab nationalism by focusing on post-independence Arab state discourse in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Research Keywords
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migration and diaspora, citizenship,international politics and security, Middle East affairs, regional studies - Middle East, North Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian Affairs, Arab-Israeli peace.
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Research Specialties
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Migration, citizenship and diaspora. State-expatriate relations. Voting from abroad. National narratives. International politics & security; Middle East and North African affairs;
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Other Research
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Member of research cluster funded by Luce Foundation Grant on Religion, Identity and Global Governance, of the School of International Relations and the Center for International Studies, USC, 2006-2007
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Publications
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Book
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Brand, L.
(2006).
Citizens Abroad: State and Emigration in the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Brand, L. A.
(1998).
Women, The State and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern and North African Experiences. Columbia University Press.
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Brand, L.
(1995).
Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making. New York: Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making/Columbia University Press.
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Brand, L.
(1988).
Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution-Building and the Search for State, New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
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Honors and Awards
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Carnegie Corporation Scholar, 5/2008-8/2010
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Winner of the Concours National of the Alliance Francaise of the United States,
Spring
2007
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Fulbright Award, Regional Research Award for Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, 5/2002-12/2002
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2002
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Fulbright Award, Islamic Civilization Research Grant, 1990
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Fulbright Award, Regional Research Award for Jordan, Kuwait and Tunisia, 7/1986-10/1986
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Fulbright Award, Dissertation grant, 9/1983-9/1984
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Stanford Series in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures, Stanford University Press, 08/16/2004-12/15/2004
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Professional Memberships
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Palestine American Research Center, member of the board, 2003-
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American Institute for Maghrebi Studies, 1998-
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Pacific Council on International Policy, 1995-
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Middle East Studies Association, 1992-
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American Political Science Association, 1989-
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Middle East Studies Association, member of the board, 2003-2005
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President, Middle East Studies Association, 2004
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American Institute for Maghrebi Studies, member of the board, 1999-2001
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