Magda Boutros
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Social movements, policing, criminology, race and ethnicity, law and society
Postdoctoral Fellows
The Watson Institute offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for outstanding young scholars in the social sciences. The aims of the program are to support participants in their own research, enhance their interdisciplinary literacy and contribute to meaningful and enduring collaborative exchange. Our current fellows are listed below, and a list of former postdoctoral fellows is also available.
Jori Breslawski
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Political Violence, Rebel Governance, Civilian Agency in War, Aid and Conflict
Chase Michael Foster
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Political economy of regulation, Political development of the regulatory state, European Union, Comparative public policy, European public opinion.
- +1 401 863 9072
- chase_foster@brown.edu
Gabriel Koehler-Derrick
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, State Building, Development, Politics of Religion, Middle East and North Africa
Mahasan Offutt-Chaney
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity
Areas of Interest: Education, race and social policy, history of education, Federal education policies, punishment, policing, school discipline.
- +1 401 863 9750
- mahasan_chaney@brown.edu
Aalyia Sadruddin
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Demographic transformations; political culture; post-conflict recovery, security and governance; Central-East Africa (Rwanda)
Madeline Woker
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Colonialism, fiscal history, French colonial history, racial capitalism, international taxation, history of inequality