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David A. Dow

Assistant ProfessorDept. of National Security AffairsNaval Postgraduate School

I am an Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Department of National Security Affairs, where I study questions of political violence, state-building, and governance. 

My first book project focuses on how post-conflict countries manage the reconstruction process to simultaneously consolidate political support and minimize threats from new insurgencies. Additionally, my research agenda focuses on three main themes: 1) policing in the developing world; 2) the connections between electoral politics, conflict, and local development; and 3) the factors shaping the reintegration of deportees. My work on these topics has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, and Social Science & Medicine. 

Previously, I was a Research Scientist at the University of Arizona and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Duke University. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. I am originally from Albuquerque, NM where I attended the University of New Mexico and received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.