Dr. Amanda Edgell
Assistant Professor
- abedgell@ua.edu
- ten Hoor Hall 314
- Website
Education
- PhD, University of Florida
- MA, Texas A&M University
- BS, Appalachian State University
Research Areas
- Comparative politics
About
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 3:45pm-4:45pm or By appointment
Research interests:
- Authoritarianism and democratization
- Women and politics
- African politics
- Political institutions
- International norms
Teaching interests:
- Introduction to comparative politics
- Authoritarianism
- Democratization
- African politics
- Politics of foreign aid
Selected Publications
- Bernhard, Michael, Amanda B. Edgell, and Staffan I. Lindberg. (2020). Institutionalizing electoral uncertainty and authoritarian regime survival. European Journal of Political Research, 59 (2), 465–487.
- Nzau, Mumo and Amanda B. Edgell. (2019). Judicial independence and civil liberties in transitional democracies: The case of Kenya. Human Rights Quarterly, 41 (2), 454–496.
- Edgell, Amanda B., Valeriya Mechkova, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, and Staffan I. Lindberg. (2018). When and where do elections matter? A global test of the democratization by elections hypothesis, 1900–2010. Democratization, 25 (3), 422–444.
- Edgell, Amanda B. (2018). Vying for a man seat: Gender quotas and sustainable representation in Africa. African Studies Review, 61 (1), 185–214.
- Edgell, Amanda B. (2017). Foreign aid, democracy, and gender quota laws. Democratization, 24 (6), 1103–1141.