Abdullah Aydogan, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science at Columbia University. He was a research scholar at Rice University's Baker Institute from 2015 to 2019, and a senior research specialist at Princeton University from 2020 to 2021. He was also a visiting fellow at the Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg, Germany (Summer 2019). His research primarily focuses on political parties, parliaments, democratization, and Middle East politics. His recent studies were published (or forthcoming) in academic journals such as Party Politics, Electoral Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Representation, and Parliamentary Affairs. He also published various articles in venues including the Washington Post "Monkey Cage," Sada Journal, and the Houston Chronicle.
Dr. Aydogan received the Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from the University of Houston and the B.S. in mathematics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.
