Tenzin Dorjee is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, working in the international relations and comparative politics subfields. His research examines the influence of religious beliefs on political preferences and conflict behavior, and the links between transnational repression and political participation. He received his B.A. in international relations from Brown University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. His research and writings have been published by Foreign Affairs, Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Journal of Democracy, Migration Information Source, Washington Post, China Brief, and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. He is a Senior Researcher at Tibet Action Institute, the inaugural Stephanie G. Neuman Fellow (2021-2022) at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and a Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow (2023-2024) with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars.
