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  • Jeannie L. Sowers is Professor and Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Department at the University of New Hampshire. Her research explores political and environmental change in the Middle East and North Africa, with a recent focus on protracted conflicts and environmental infrastructures.

    Her books include Environmental Politics in Egypt: Experts, Activists, and the State (Routledge, 2013), Modern Egypt: What Everyone Needs to Know with Bruce Rutherford (Oxford University Press, 2019), The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt (Verso, 2012), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics (2023), and a number of articles and book chapters. She is currently a non-resident fellow at the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution, and in 2021-22 held a Faculty Leave Fellowship at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University.

    At UNH, Prof. Sowers teaches courses in environmental politics, Middle East politics, comparative politics, and international relations for the Department of Political Science and International Affairs. She is a member of the graduate faculty for the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science Ph.D. program.

    Prof Sowers serves on the editorial board of Global Environmental Politics, is a member of Environmental Studies Executive Committee for the International Studies Association (ISA), and and a former editorial board member for Middle East Report. She holds a BA from Harvard University and PhD. from Princeton University. She has held postdoctoral fellowships and visiting appointments at Brandeis University, Harvard University and Oxford University. Her research has been funded by Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, and the American Council of Overseas Research Centers, among others.
  • Teaching Activities

  • Politics &Policy Warming World Taught course
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2024
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2023
  • Independent Study Taught course 2023
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course 2022
  • Independent Study Taught course 2021
  • Comp Environmental Politics Taught course 2021
  • Global Issues Intrntnl Affairs Taught course 2020
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course 2020
  • Comp Environmental Politics Taught course 2020
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2020
  • Independent Study in IA Taught course 2019
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2018
  • Politics &Policy Warming World Taught course 2018
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course 2018
  • Seminar Taught course 2016
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course 2016
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2016
  • Pro-Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Comp Environmental Politics Taught course 2015
  • States and Societies Mid East Taught course 2014
  • Comp Politics of Middle East Taught course 2014
  • Comparative Government&Society Taught course 2014
  • Rsrch Exp/Political Science Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A., Harvard University
  • M.A. Political Science & Government, Princeton University
  • Ph.D. Political Science, Princeton University
  • Full Name

  • Jeannie Sowers
  • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire

    Department of Political Science and International Affairs

    Horton Social Science Center, Rm. 321, 20 Academic Way

    Durham, NH  03824

    United States