I was born in Seattle in 1966 and then lived in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the United States before returning to Everett, WA where I graduated from Everett High School in 1984.\u00a0 I obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Middle East Studies at The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA in 1988.\u00a0 I lived in Washington DC for two years, working for Middle Eastern political magazines, before attending graduate school at Columbia University where I obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Politics with a specialization in the Middle East.\u00a0 I taught international politics at American University and Georgetown University in Washington DC, as well as a one-year position at Clark University in Worcester, MA in 1998.\u00a0 I began teaching at The Evergreen State College in 1999.<\/p>\n
Professional and Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n The Evergreen State College<\/strong>, Member of the Faculty, Fall, 1999 to present.\u00a0 Converted to permanent faculty in 2003 (“Associate Professor”).\u00a0 <\/strong>Classes and Programs taught include<\/em>: Imagining the Middle East and South Asia; Landscapes of Faith and Power in the Middle East; Memory and Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean; Cultural and Political Landscapes of the Eastern Mediterranean; Culture and Violence: Middle East and Latin America; Human Rights: Culture and Context; Seeking Justice: Restitution, Reconciliation; The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Poetics and Power; Transforming the Art of War; War: Consequences and Alternatives; U.S. Foreign Policy and the Roots of Terrorism; Cities and Foreign Policy.\u00a0 Faculty Academic Advisor, 2007.<\/p>\n Clark University<\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and International Relations, Fall 1998-Spring 1999. Courses taught:\u00a0 FALL:\u00a0 Intro. to IR, Arab-Israeli Conflict, SPRING: Culture and Conflict in Global Politics, Rise and Fall of the Nation-State System, Modern Political Theory<\/p>\n Georgetown University<\/strong>, Adjunct Professor, Senior Seminar in the Program in Justice and Peace, Spring, 1998.<\/p>\n American University<\/strong>, Adjunct Professor, Peace & Conflict Resolution Semester, Washington Semester Program,\u00a0 Fall, 1997. Co-organized and co-lead 26 students on a three-week study\/tour of the Middle East to examine the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n American University<\/strong>, Lecturer, School of International Service, Fall and Spring, 1994-1995. Courses taught: Theories of International Politics, Introduction to World Politics, and Beyond Sovereignty inWorld Politics.<\/p>\n Columbia University<\/strong>, Coordinator, Graduate International Relations Seminar, 1993-1994.<\/p>\n Council for International\u00a0 Exchange of Scholars<\/strong>, (CIES, Fulbright Scholars Program), Education Materials Assistant Coordinator, 1989-1990.<\/p>\n Middle East Report<\/strong> (Middle East Research and Information Project, MERIP), Editorial Assistant, Occasional Staff Writer, 1988-89.<\/p>\n Washington Report on Middle East Affairs<\/strong>, (American Educational Trust), Assistant to Office Manager and Circulation Department, 1988.<\/p>\n Ph.D.\u00a0 Columbia University<\/strong>, New York, NY.\u00a0 Political Science, 2003. Major field: International Relations, minor field: Political Theory, area specialization: Middle East.<\/p>\n B.A.\u00a0 University of Virginia<\/strong>, Charlottesville, VA.\u00a0 Government and Foreign Affairs, 1988. Concentration:\u00a0\u00a0 Foreign Affairs, Middle East politics and Political Philosophy.<\/p>\n Arabic<\/strong>:\u00a0 Above Intermediate Written and Spoken Dialects<\/strong> Bir-Zeit University, Intensive summer semester, written and colloquial. Columbia University, 4 Semesters written standard. American University in Cairo, Intensive summer semester, written and colloquial. Middle East Institute, Washington D.C., 1 semester written and 1 semester spoken. University of Virginia, 6 Semesters written standard.<\/p>\n French:\u00a0 Reading<\/strong> The American University, 1 Semester reading class. Columbia University, 1 Semester intensive review. Everett High School, 3 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Biographical Notes I was born in Seattle in 1966 and then lived in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the United States before returning to Everett, WA where I graduated from Everett High School in 1984.\u00a0 I obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Middle East Studies at The University of Virginia in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/steveniva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Education<\/h3>\n
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