Faculty and Researchers
Mai Hassan
Faculty Director, MIT-Africa Program
Associate Professor of Political Science
Mai Hassan is an associate professor of political science at MIT. Her work examines topics that span across authoritarian regimes, bureaucracy and public administration, and contentious politics.
Her first book, Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya, was selected as a Best Book of 2020 by Foreign Affairs, won the American Political Science Association’s 2021 Robert A. Dahl Award, and was the recipient of the African Studies Association 2021 Bethwell A. Ogot Award. Professor Hassan’s other research has been published in numerous outlets, including the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, and the Journal of Politics. She earned her PhD in government from Harvard University. Before arriving at MIT, she was an associate professor at the University of Michigan.
Email
mhass@mit.edu
Expertise
International education
Political science
Authoritarian regimes
Bureaucracy and public administration
Contentious politics
