amalik@holycross.edu

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross. During the 2024-2025 academic year, I am a Visiting Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. I study Comparative Politics with regional specializations in Africa and South Asia. My substantive interests include the study of political violence, gender-based violence, and social movements and contentious politics. I earned my PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University and my MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, where I studied as a Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Kenya, South Africa, Conflict and Violence, Elections, Social Movements.