Lydia Rose Shaw
Biography
Lydia is a PhD student in Political Science studying Comparative Politics and Methodology. Her research focuses on political behavior and institutions in the Middle East, with particular interests in Islamism, political parties, and contentious politics. Lydia is a Presidential Fellow at MIT. She holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University where she graduated as Valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude.
Biography
Lydia is a PhD student in Political Science studying Comparative Politics and Methodology. Her research focuses on political behavior and institutions in the Middle East, with particular interests in Islamism, political parties, and contentious politics. Lydia is a Presidential Fellow at MIT. She holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University where she graduated as Valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude.