Gabriel Koehler-Derrick

Gabriel Koehler-Derrick is a political scientist focused on economic and political development, state building, and the politics of religion, with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa. He is currently working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled The Colonial Origins of Local Inequality, which examines the legacies of colonialism for local development across North Africa.

Gabriel completed his PhD in Government from Harvard University in 2020. From 2020 until 2022, he was a Postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute at Brown University. From 2010 until 2014, he worked in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy. Prior to West Point, Gabriel completed an MA at Columbia University and a BA at Tufts University.

Education:

• Harvard University Cambridge, MA PhD, Government 2014 - 2020
• Columbia University New York, NY MA, International Affairs 2008 - 2010
• Tufts University Medford, MA BA, International Relations 2001 - 2005

Research Areas:

Development; State building; MENA region; Religious politics

Academic Employment

• Division of Social Sciences, NYU Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Assistant Professor of Political Science 2022 -
• Watson Institute, Brown University Providence, RI Postdoctoral Research Associate 2020 - 2022
• Department of Social Science, United States Military Academy West Point, NY. Assistant Professor 2010 - 2014

Courses Taught

• SOCSC-UH 1011 Global Economic, Political and Social Development