Nimah Mazaheri is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Mazaheri earned a B.A. in English from the University of Dayton, M.A. in International Studies from from DePaul University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Washington.
His research primarily concerns the political economy of natural resources in the Middle East and South Asia.
Representative Publications
Mazaheri, Nimah, et al. “Leadership and Institutional Change in the Public Provision of Transportation Infrastructure: An Analysis of India’s Bihar.” The Journal of Development Studies 49.1 (2013): 19-35.
Mazaheri, Nimah. “Iraq and the Domestic Political Effects of Economic Sanctions.” The Middle East Journal 64.2 (2010): 253-268.
Howard, Philip N., and Nimah Mazaheri. “Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World.” World Development 37.7 (2009): 1159-1169.