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Ranjit Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science, holds a Ph.D. (2005) from the University of Virginia, an M.A. (1992) in Arab studies from Georgetown University, and a B.A. (1989) from Mary Washington College. He is the 2007 recipient of UMW’s Giving Tree Award for outstanding faculty or staff.
He served as an accredited international observer to elections in South Africa, Namibia, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Bangladesh, Liberia and Afghanistan, including the 1996, 2005, and 2006 Palestinian national elections and the 2009 presidential and provincial election in Afghanistan.
Dr. Singh spent seven years living and working in the Middle East, including Egypt, Syria, Jordan, the Persian Gulf, Israel, and the Palestinian Occupied Territories. He was a program officer for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There he spent two years designing and implementing democracy programs funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID in support of 1996 Palestinian elections. He managed offices and programs in the Occupied Territories for 18 months and consulted regularly with senior Palestinian and Israeli officials, political party leaders, and international organizations.
From 1995 to 1996, he was chief facilitator for the Palestinian Domestic Monitoring Committee, a nonpartisan coalition of 40 local nongovernmental organizations. He also has worked as a consultant for a member of the ruling family in Bahrain, conducting historical and legal research on the territorial and maritime boundary disputes between Bahrain and Qatar, and was an Arabic-English translator in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Singh is the author of several scholarly works on the Middle East, including articles that have appeared in Middle East International, Middle East Report, and The Digest of Middle East Studies. He also writes frequent op-eds for local and national newspapers.
In addition, he is a member of the American Center for Oriental Research, the American Political Science Association, and the Middle East Studies Association.
UMW Faculty to Discuss Anniversary of Iraq War
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UMW faculty members will discuss the 10 year anniversary of the Iraq War during a roundtable on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The discussion will begin at 4 p.m. in Combs Hall, Room 139 and is free and open to the public.
The roundtable will feature Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, Eric Bonds, assistant professor of sociology, Jason Davidson, associate professor of political science and Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies. All four faculty members have published scholarly research on aspects of the war. Ranjit Singh, associate professor of political science, will serve as the moderator.
For more information, contact Jason Davidson at jdavidso@umw.edu or (540) 654-1509.
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- Ranjit Singh
Rep. Rob Wittman Presents at UMW’s National Security Lecture Series
Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia’s 1st Congressional District spoke at UMW’s Dahlgren campus as part of the National Security Lecture Series. Wittman presented his lecture, “Sequestration and the Federal Budget – Implications for the Department of Defense and National Security,” on Wednesday, Oct. 10. First elected in 2007, Wittman is running for reelection this November [...]UMW Political Science Professor Discusses ‘Arab Spring’ on Public Radio Show
University of Mary Washington Associate Professor of Political Science Ranjit Singh will reflect on his experience with Bahrain’s royal family in relation to last year’s uprising in the Middle East during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program beginning Saturday, January 7. The interview can be heard on January 7 at 4:30 [...]
