Joel S. Migdal

Career

Previously he served as an associate professor of government at Harvard University (1975–80) and a lecturer and senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University (1972–75). He came to the University of Washington in 1980 and was named the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in 1994.

Memberships

• Member editorial board, Comparative Political Economy Book Series, School of Government at Peking University, China
• President, Association for Israel Studies, 2003–2005
• Vice-president, Association for Israel Studies, 2001–2003
• Editor, Studies on Israel series of the University of Wisconsin Press
• Member, Visiting Committee, Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Chair, Visiting Committee, Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies
• Member, Editorial Board, Israel Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2001–present.
• Member, Editorial Board, World Politics, 1996–present.
• Member, Editorial Board, Comparative Political Studies, 1992–present.
• Member, American Political Science Association.
• Member of the International Joint Committee for the Near and Middle East, Social Science Research Council, 1988–1996. Chair of Committee, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–96.