Ani Sarkissian
- Associate Professor
- Comparative Politics
- Department of Political Science
- 321 S. Kedzie Hall
- 368 Farm Lane
- East Lansing MI 48823
- 517-355-2166
- asarkiss@msu.edu
CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHY
Ani Sarkissian is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University where she specializes in the study of religion and politics, democratization, authoritarianism, and civil society. She is the author of The Varieties of Religious Repression: Why Governments Restrict Religion (Oxford University Press, 2015), and her work has appeared in academic journals including Democratization, Politics and Religion, and the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), and the John Templeton Foundation. At MSU, she is a core faculty member of the Muslim Studies Program.
Sarkissian earned her Ph.D. in 2006 in political science from UCLA and joined MSU in 2007.