Brian J Mello
Education
- Ph.D. and M.A., University of Washington
- B.A., Fairfield University
Teaching Interests
I teach courses on the Middle East, Europe, and in conflict and peace studies. My courses focus on the politics of identity, gender, nation building and the politics of protest and social movements. I also teach courses in political ideologies including Islamism as radical political ideology and practice. I have taught courses on Turkey, which have included short-term study abroad experiences with students.
Research and Scholarship
My research focuses on social movement politics and broadly on state-society relations. I have conducted specific research on the labor movement in Turkey as well as on Islamist politics in Turkey. I also have done research projects on the Arab Spring and on the Islamic State that focus on applications of political theory. My current research examines gender in American conflict in the Middle East.
- American Foreign Policy
- Contemporary Protest in the Middle East
- CUE: Senior Capstone Seminar
- FYS: American Places, American Dreams
- Introduction to International Studies
My most recent article, Islamic State: Violence and Ideology in a Post-Colonial Revolutionary Regime, was published in the Journal International Political Sociology in May 2018. An article applying Hannah Arendt to the Egyptian Arab Spring uprisings is currently under consideration at the journal Arendt Studies. I am also working on an article on bringing integrative learning into the political science classroom that focuses on my approach to teaching European government and politics.
- Paul C. Empie Award, May 2019
Political Economy and Public Policy
Political Science
Contact: brianmello@muhlenberg.edu