Welcome
Adria Lawrence is the Aronson Associate Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. Her research examines violent and non-violent conflict in colonial and authoritarian regimes.
Background
Adria Lawrence holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is currently the Program Chair for the International Studies Program at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. In her historical research, she studies the politics of colonialism and anti-colonialism. She has also written on contemporary social movements and autocracy in North Africa. She teaches courses on colonial rule and foreign intervention, state formation, contentious politics, research design and qualitative methods. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Vassar college.
Regional Focus
Professor Lawrence studies politics in the Middle East and North Africa. She specializes in places that experienced French colonial rule, such as Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Vietnam and Senegal. She has lived, worked, and done field research in Morocco and she has conducted archival and historical research in France and Tunisia.