Jaimie Bleck
Ford Family Assistant Professor of Political Science
(PhD, Cornell University)
217 O’Shaughnessy
(574) 631-5069
email: Jaimie.Bleck.1@nd.edu
website: http://jaimiebleck.weebly.com/
Geographic focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
Thematic interests: Democracy and citizenship; education and social service provision
Current research: Education and citizenship in Mali; parties and political issues in Africa; Islamic politics in the Sahel; information brokerage and political mobilization in rural Africa
Selected publications: With Nicolas van de Walle, “Parties and Issues in Francophone West Africa: Towards a Theory of Non-mobilization,” Democratization 18, 5 (2011).