Dr. Mounah Abdel-Samad

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Primary Email: [email protected]

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Primary Phone: 6195945456

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Adams Humanities - 4111
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182

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Bio

Dr. Mounah Abdel-Samad is an Associate Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University, where he teaches administrative theory and comparative public administration and the Director of the Social and Economic Vulnerabilities Initiative (SEVI). Dr. Abdel-Samad specializes in legislators’ behaviors, and the interaction between legislators, societal actors such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and homelessness. He has conducted field research in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Iraq, and Tunisia on legislative institutions and democratic reform. He is currently studying factors affecting homelessness in San Diego and coordinating a large number of research projects focusing on homelessness in SEVI. He is Also conducting research on legislative advocacy by NGOs in North Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Abdel-Samad has consulted on issues related to public administration reform and public policy in Lebanon and Iraq. He is interested in both theoretical and practical application of public administration concepts and believes that change comes from applying theories for the good of society.

Publications

Abdel-Samad, Mounah (2018).   "”You are an Embarrassment”: Un-housed people’s understandings of policing in downtown San Diego" Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law and Society

Abdel-Samad, Mounah and Flanigan, Shaw (2018).   "Social accountability in diaspora organizations aiding Syrian migrants" International Migration

Welsh, M., Abdel-Samad, M. (2018).   "You’re an Embarrassment: Un-Housed People’s Understandings of Policing in Downtown San Diego." Law and Society.

Abdel-Samad, M., Flanigan, S. (2018).   "The Use of Social Accountability Mechanisms in Navigating Complex Operational Environments: Evidence from Diaspora Non-Profits and the Syrian Crisis." International Migration.

Abdel-Samad, Mounah (2017).   "Tunisian Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Opportunity: Legislators’ need for Civil Society Expertise" Nonprofit Policy Forum

Flanigan, S. and Abdel-Samad, M. (2016).   "Syrian Diaspora Members as Transnational Civil Society Actors: Perspectives from a Network for Refugee Assistance." Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest.

Abdel-Samad, M. (2016).   "ISIS as an Existential Threat to the Druze: The Struggle for Survival." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.

Abdel-Samad, M. (2015).   "Legislative Advocacy under Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Civil Society in Jordan." Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.