Biography
Dr. Rizkallah holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA and was a pre-doctoral
research fellow in the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy
School of Government. With a focus on the Middle East, her research examines the political
legacies of war, identity politics and political party development in weak states,
social solidarity in post-war contexts, and the role that civil society can play in
mobilizing for political change across identity groups. Her research has been funded
by a Belfer Center Middle East Initiative (MEI) fellowship, an Institute on Global
Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) Herb York Global Security fellowship, a Project on
Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) TRE grant, and the Department of Education's
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) summer fellowship.
Education
- PhD, Political Science, UCLA, 2016
- MA, Political Science, UCLA, 2010
- BA, Political Science, UCLA, 2008, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Articles:
- The Local Effects of Foreign Intervention: Urban Politics in Post-War Beirut. International
Security 48 (3): 86–128. Rizkallah, Amanda. (2024).
- The Effects of Civil War on Post-War Political Development. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia
of Politics. Kelmendi, Pëllumb and Rizkallah, Amanda. (2018).
- The Paradox of Power-sharing: Stability and Fragility in Postwar Lebanon. Ethnic and
Racial Studies, 40(12), 2058-2076. Rizkallah, Amanda. (2017).
Book Chpaters:
- Transcending Sectarian Politics: The Case of Beirut Madinati. Rizkallah, Amanda. (2019).
In Rizkallah, Amanda, Gengler, Justin, Reedy, Kathleen, & Carpenter, Ami (2019). Countering
Sectarianism in the Middle East (p. 15-40). RAND Corporation.
- Seaver College Faculty-Student Partnership for Diversifying Courses Grant, 2023
- Pepperdine Vice Provost Research Grant, 2021
- Seaver College Pandemic Research Recovery Grant, 2021-22 (with Felicity Vabulas)
- Seaver College Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative Award, 2019-2020
- Pepperdine Center for Teaching Excellence Pedagogy Enhancement Grant, 2018-2019
- Seaver College Summer Undergraduate Research Program Award, 2018, 2020
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government Middle East Initiative Pre-doctoral Research
Fellowship, 2015-2016
- UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) Herbert F. York Global Security
Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016
- APSA Annual Meeting Travel Grant, 2015
- UCLA Political Science Department nominee for Distinguished Teaching Award, 2015
- UCLA Collegium of University Teaching Fellows Fellowship, 2014-2015
- UCLA Department of Political Science Summer Travel/Research Grant, 2009, 2011, 2013,
2014, 2015
- UCLA Foundation Alumni Scholarship 2013-2014
- Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Travel-Research-Engagement Grant,
2013
- UCLA Graduate Division Charles F. Scott Fellowship, 2012-2013
- UCLA Graduate Division Affiliates Scholarship, 2012-2013
- UCLA Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship, 2011-2012
- UCLA Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2010
- U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship,
2009
