Feyaad Allie
Assistant Professor of Government
Profile
Profile
Feyaad Allie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. His research centers on democracy, identity, and intergroup relations with a regional focus in South Asia, primarily India. Feyaad studies the challenges to creating an inclusive political system in multi-ethnic societies. He is working on a book project based on his doctoral dissertation that examines the causes and consequences of political representation in India. In other work, he focuses on the drivers of majority-minority tensions and political party responses to majoritarianism. Feyaad’s research is mixed-methods in nature, drawing on administrative data, original surveys, and in-depth elite and voter interviews during fieldwork.
He has received several awards for his research, including the Gabriel A. Almond Award (2024) for the best dissertation in comparative politics and the Sage Best Paper Award (2023) from the APSA Comparative Politics section. Feyaad received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University and a BA in Government from Dartmouth College.
Contact
Email: feyaadallie@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1597
Additional Website: https://www.feyaadallie.com/
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