Professor Schwedler studies political culture, protest and policing in Jordan as well as neoliberalism and identity politics. She is the author of Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen, which explores the relationships between political inclusion and group ideological change. She is also co-editor of Understanding the Contemporary Middle East as well as Policing and Prisons in the Middle East: Formations of Coercion. She earned her Ph.D. at New York University and was formerly the Chair of the Board of Directors (2001-2009) and member of the Editorial Committee (1995-2001) of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), publishers of the quarterly magazine, Middle East Report. Professor Schwedler will speak at Nocmes events in April 2012.