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Associate Professor of Political Science in Arts & Sciences Expertise: comparative politics, race and ethnicity, institutions, comparative methods Bio: Parikh, an expert on political issues in India and Pakistan, conducts research on comparative politics, institutions and race, and ethnicity. She has published a book on the institutional development of affirmative action in the United States and India, using comparative historical and rational-choice methods. Other interests include a project that combines quantitative and qualitative data to analyze the effects of ethnicity and politics on violence in India from 1970 to 1993. She has also written on law and politics, education, and social movements in the United States and India, and is interested in studying comparative legislatures, especially in federal systems, in these countries and in Europe. WUSTL Contact Information:
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Additional Background: Parikh joined Washington University in 1997, coming from Columbia University where she taught in political science since 1989 and in the School of International and Public Affairs since 1993. She earned three degrees from the University of Chicago -- a bachelor's in political science and a master's in social sciences, both in 1982, and a doctorate in political science in 1990. |
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