About me

Welcome! I’m a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan. My research focuses on the comparative politics of the Middle East and Muslim-majority states with a particular interest in political violence, political Islam and religious institutions. I’m also interested in computational text analysis and spatial statistics.

Prior to arriving at Michigan, I graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in International Relations and Public Policy. Previously, I worked as a researcher at the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society focusing on violent extremism in Canada. I also worked at the House of Commons as a policy assistant.

I can be reached at melshar@umich.edu or via Twitter @SharkawiMostafa.