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Jillian Schwedler
Publication Awards:
2021. Selected by the Editorial Board as one of the twenty most influential articles published by Social Movement Studies on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary for “Cop Rock: Protest, Identity, and Dancing Riot Police in Jordan,” Social Movement Studies 4, no. 2 (September 2005): 155–175.
2007 Best Book in Comparative Democratization, American Political Science Association, for Faith in Modertion: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Fellowships and Grants:
2022–2023. Distinguished CUNY Scholar, Advanced Research Collaborative, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (August through January)
2020. Fulbright Senior Scholar, International and Global Studies Program, Universidad de Salamanca, Spring semester, to teach graduate courses and develop a new book project, Salamanca, Spain
2016. Project on Middle East Political Science TRE Grant, “Consuming Protests: Neoliberalism and Closing Spaces of Dissent in Amman, Jordan,” for field research in Amman, Jordan
2006–2008. United States Institute of Peace grant #SG-073-06S, “Does Cooperation Equal Pluralism? A Comparison of Two Amman Neighborhoods”
2005–2008. National Science Foundation grant # 0527339, “The RepressionDissent Nexus in the Middle East.” Recipient of three-year team grant with Christian Davenport, Deborah Gerner, Craig Jenkins, Katherine Meyer, Philip Schrodt, and Mary Ann Tétreault
2005. “Cooperation across Ideological Divides,” Rockefeller Foundation International Conference Center grant, August 5–8, Bellagio, Italy
2003. Fulbright New Century Scholar, a calendar-year fellowship on the theme, “Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic, and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders”; individual project titled, “If You Build It, They Will Divide: Protest, Policing, and Ethnic Identity in Jordan”
1998. American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellow, for six months of research in Yemen
1996–1997. Fulbright Scholar, for nine months of research in Jordan
1996. Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellow, multi-country research award (declined)
1995. Social Science Research Council Predissertation Research Fellow, for six months of research in Jordan and Yemen
Teaching and Service Awards:
2019. Service Award, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), in recognition of ten years of service on various governance bodies
2011. University Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2010. Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2006. Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, highest mentoring honor bestowed across all campuses of the University System of Maryland
2006. Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Behavioral and Social Science, University of Maryland
2003–2004. Outstanding Professor of a Graduate-Level Course, the Graduate Student Government and the Graduate School of the University of Maryland
1996. President’s Service Award for Leadership, New York University
2022–2023. Distinguished CUNY Scholar, Advanced Research Collaborative, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (August through January)
2020. Fulbright Senior Scholar, International and Global Studies Program, Universidad de Salamanca, Spring semester, to teach graduate courses and develop a new book project, Salamanca, Spain
2016. Project on Middle East Political Science TRE Grant, “Consuming Protests: Neoliberalism and Closing Spaces of Dissent in Amman, Jordan,” for field research in Amman, Jordan
2006–2008. United States Institute of Peace grant #SG-073-06S, “Does Cooperation Equal Pluralism? A Comparison of Two Amman Neighborhoods”
2005–2008. National Science Foundation grant # 0527339, “The RepressionDissent Nexus in the Middle East.” Recipient of three-year team grant with Christian Davenport, Deborah Gerner, Craig Jenkins, Katherine Meyer, Philip Schrodt, and Mary Ann Tétreault
2005. “Cooperation across Ideological Divides,” Rockefeller Foundation International Conference Center grant, August 5–8, Bellagio, Italy
2003. Fulbright New Century Scholar, a calendar-year fellowship on the theme, “Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic, and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders”; individual project titled, “If You Build It, They Will Divide: Protest, Policing, and Ethnic Identity in Jordan”
1998. American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellow, for six months of research in Yemen
1996–1997. Fulbright Scholar, for nine months of research in Jordan
1996. Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellow, multi-country research award (declined)
1995. Social Science Research Council Predissertation Research Fellow, for six months of research in Jordan and Yemen
Teaching and Service Awards:
2019. Service Award, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), in recognition of ten years of service on various governance bodies
2011. University Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2010. Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2006. Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, highest mentoring honor bestowed across all campuses of the University System of Maryland
2006. Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Behavioral and Social Science, University of Maryland
2003–2004. Outstanding Professor of a Graduate-Level Course, the Graduate Student Government and the Graduate School of the University of Maryland
1996. President’s Service Award for Leadership, New York University