Joel S. Migdal

Joel S. Migdal is the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. He is a political scientist specializing in comparative politics.

Education

He received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1967. He then earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Government of Harvard University.

Previously he served as an associate professor of government at Harvard University and a lecturer and senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University. He came to the University of Washington in 1980 and was named the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in 1994.

Member editorial board, Comparative Political Economy Book Series, School of Government at Peking University, China
President, Association for Israel Studies, 2003–2005
Vice-president, Association for Israel Studies, 2001–2003
Editor, Studies on Israel series of the University of Wisconsin Press
Member, Visiting Committee, Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Chair, Visiting Committee, Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies
Member, Editorial Board, Israel Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2001–present.
Member, Editorial Board, World Politics, 1996–present.
Member, Editorial Board, Comparative Political Studies, 1992–present.
Member, American Political Science Association.
Member of the International Joint Committee for the Near and Middle East, Social Science Research Council, 1988–1996. Chair of Committee, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–96.

Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 2009–2010
Provost Distinguished Lecturer, University of Washington, 2008
Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Mentor Award, University of Washington, 2006
Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002–2003
Governor's Writers Award, 1994, for Palestinians: The Making of a People
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington, 1993
Student Service Award, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 1992
Yavor Prize for the best work on developing countries, 1986, awarded by the David Horowitz Institute for the Research of Developing Countries for Strong Societies and Weak States: State Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third World.
Principal Investigator for three major federal grants totalling well over $1 million
World Society Fellowship
Fulbright Research Fellowship
Fulbright-Hayes Research Fellowship
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University Graduate Prize Fellowship
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship

"Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East",
"Boundaries and Belonging: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices", .
"The Palestinian People: A History", .
"Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society",.
"State-in-Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another":.
Joel S. Migdal, Atul Kohli, Vivienne Shue, eds., State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World.
Joel S. Migdal, "Palestinians: The Making of a People": . Paperback edition, Harvard University Press, 1994. Italian edition, La Nuova Italia, 1994—second Italian edition, 2003; Hebrew edition, Keter, 1999. Serialized by Al-Ithihad, Jan.-March 2000. Arabic edition, The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies, 2001.
Ellis Goldberg, Resat Kasaba, and Joel S. Migdal, eds., "Rules and Rights in the Middle East: Democracy, Law and Society",.
"Strong Societies and Weak States: State-Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third World",.
Joel S. Migdal, et al., "Palestinian Society and Politics",.
John D. Montgomery, Harold D. Lasswell, and Joel S. Migdal, eds., "Patterns of Policy: Com-parative and Longitudinal Studies of Population Events".
"Peasants, Politics, and Revolution: Pressures Towards Political and Social Change in the Third World" Chinese edition, 1996.