Adria Lawrence 4/3/21 Adria Lawrence 4/3/21

Colonialism and Foreign Intervention in the Middle East and Africa

In this seminar, students learn about the history of colonialism and foreign intervention through examining cases of British, French, and American imperialism. They also analyze claims about cause and effect, considering the logic and evidence that scholars rely on to support their claims. This is a writing-intensive seminar in which students receive feedback on written work and write a research paper. For an overview of the course, see the syllabus here.

Adria Lawrence 4/2/21 Adria Lawrence 4/2/21

States, Regimes & Contentious Politics

This introductory comparative politics course addresses the sources of order and disorder in modern states. In the first part of the course, students consider how political order is built and maintained in different ways through a variety of institutions, rules, and policies that serve to regulate conflict both among citizens of contemporary states, and between citizens and rulers. The second part of the course looks at challenges to state order, including non-violent protest, civil war, and revolution. A sample syllabus is available here.

Adria Lawrence 4/1/21 Adria Lawrence 4/1/21

Methods & Research Design

Professor Lawrence has taught graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on research design. These courses consider questions such as: What makes one study more persuasive than another? How do social scientists assess scholarly research? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the main methods used in research in the social sciences? What are the elements that go into designing a research project? She has also offered courses in qualitative methods that teach specific methods such as process tracing, archival research, field research, and ethnography.

Courses taught include:

Research & Inquiry in the Social Sciences

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Qualitative Methods 
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Qualitative Field Research
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Research & Inquiry in International Affairs

For syllabi, please email: adria.lawrence at jhu.edu

Adria Lawrence 3/10/21 Adria Lawrence 3/10/21

Autocracy and Contentious Politics

Authoritarian regimes wield a variety of tools to suppress dissent and maintain compliance. Yet resistance, including institutional challenges, peaceful protest, and violent rebellion, occurs periodically within most autocratic regimes. This course examines the differences between democracies and authoritarian regimes, looking at the tools autocrats use to stay in power, and the ways that different types of authoritarian regimes function. Drawing on cases from the 2011 Arab Uprisings, participants consider how and why societal actors engage in contentious acts of protest to challenge authoritarian rule.

Adria Lawrence 3/7/19 Adria Lawrence 3/7/19

Other courses

Introduction to Comparative Politics (undergraduate lecture)
Middle East Exceptionalism (undergraduate seminar)
Great Powers in the Middle East and North Africa (graduate seminar)
Research and Writing (graduate seminar)