Biography
Tenzin Dorjee is a doctoral candidate in the political science department 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. in political science from Columbia University. Before joining the PhD program, he worked at the National Endowment for Democracy, Students for a Free Tibet, and Tibet Action Institute. 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 was the inaugural Stephanie G. Neuman Fellow (2021-2022) at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and is a Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow (2023-2024) with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars.
