Dr. Salih Yasun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science. His research focuses on the intersection of political behavior and institutional change.
Dr. Yasun received his MsC in Applied Statistics and PhD in Political Science from Indiana-University-Bloomington. He has conducted extensive fieldwork research in Tunisia and published his articles on local governance, development and voting behavior for journals such as Party Politics, Middle East Law and Governance, and Journal of the Middle East and Africa. He is fluent in Turkish and Arabic (fusha).聽 Undergraduate course offerings include Techniques of Computer Analysis and Politics of Middle East.