Farida Jalalzai

Farida Jalalzai joined the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences as its first associate dean for global initiatives and engagement on July 1, 2020. In this newly created position, she seeks to enhance the college’s already robust international profile.

Jalalzai has also been appointed a professor in the Department of Political Science. Her research focuses heavily on the representation and behavior of women and minorities in politics and the role of gender in the political arena.

She is the author of three books — Shattered, Cracked or Firmly Intact? Women and the Executive Glass Ceiling Worldwide (Oxford University Press), Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties (Routledge); Women’s Empowerment and Disempowerment in Brazil: The Rise and Fall of President Dilma Rousseff (with Pedro A.G. dos Santos, Temple University Press) and co-editor of Measuring Women’s Political Empowerment Worldwide across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research (Palgrave).

She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and African and Afro-American studies from SUNY College at Brockport, and she earned both her master’s degree and her doctorate in political science from the University of Buffalo.