CISSM FORUM | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
POSTPONED "The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Madiha Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. Afzal received her Bachelor's degree (with honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank and conducted fieldwork and participated in survey design and analysis for a qualitative gender study in Pakistan. Her research interests range from studying elections to the functioning of the bureaucracy, to examining ethnic violence, community participation, decentralization and corruption in South Asia. Afzal grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
About the CISSM Forum
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
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