Faculty & Staff

Denis J. Sullivan

OFFICE LOCATION: 210P Renaissance Park
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4409
EMAIL: d.sullivan@neu.edu

OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday 3-4
Thursday 3-4

CURRICULUM VITAE: D. Sullivan CV

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan (1987)

COURSES TAUGHT:
Middle East Studies; America, Islam, and the Middle East (“open classroom”); Dialogue of Civilizations (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Balkans); Arab-Israeli Conflict; International Conflict & Negotiations; Senior Capstone (IAF); Gov't & Politics in the Middle East; Comparative Politics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Egypt’s “2nd Republic” (post-Mubarak); Islamists and electoral politics: Egypt, Palestine, and Jordan; US Policy in the Middle East; NGOs & Civil Society in Egypt, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon

PUBLICATIONS (sample listing):

Books

Egypt: Global Security Watch, with Kimberly Jones, (Praeger 2008)

The World Bank and the Palestinian NGO Project: From Service Delivery to Sustainable Development (Jerusalem: PASSIA, 2001)

Islam in Contemporary Egypt: Civil Society vs. the State, with Sana Abed-Kotob (Boulder: L. Rienner, 1999)

Private Voluntary Organizations in Egypt: Islamic Development, Private Initiative, and State Control (University Press of Florida, 1994)

Privatization & Liberalization in the Middle East, co-edited with Iliya Harik (Indiana University Press, 1992).

Articles

"Will the Muslim Brotherhood 'Run' in 2010?" Arab Reform Bulletin

"The Struggle For Egypt's Future," Current History

"NGOs and Development in Egypt: Developing a Partnership Between Government and Civil Society," Middle East Insight

"State & Civil Society in Conflict in Egypt" Middle East Affairs Journal

"NGOs in Palestine: Agents of Development & Foundation of Civil Society," Journal of Palestine Studies

"The Failure of U.S. Foreign Aid: An Examination of Causes and a Call for Reform," Global Governance

Chapters

"Egypt," Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance. Freedom House

"The U.S.-Egypt Partnership: Are Human Rights Included?" Human Rights Implementation Project. US Institute of Peace

Anwar el-Sadat, a political biography. The World Book Encyclopedia