Academic Positions

  • presentJune 2014

    Research Program Manager

    Social and Economic Survey Research Institute · Qatar University

  • June 2014Sep 2011

    Senior Researcher

    Social and Economic Survey Research Institute · Qatar University

  • 20132012

    Adjunct Lecturer

    Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University in Qatar

Teaching History

  • Dec 2015May 2015

    The Resource Curse in the Middle East and North Africa, Ph.D. candi- dates, 2015 Middle East and North Africa Workshop

    American Political Science Association

  • Spring 2013Spring 2013

    Survey Data Analysis, undergraduate

    Weinberg College of Arts and Sci- ences, Northwestern University in Qatar

  • Fall 2012Fall 2012

    Survey Research Methods, undergraduate

    Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University in Qatar

  • Spring 2007Spring 2007

    The Arab-Israeli Conflict, undergraduate

    Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

  • Fall 2006Fall 2006

    Introduction to Comparative Politics, undergraduate

    Department of Po- litical Science, University of Michigan

Justin Gengler is Research Program Manager at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University, where he heads the SESRI Policy Unit.  He received his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2011 from the University of Michigan.  Gengler’s research focuses on mass attitudes, political behavior, and group conflict in the Arab Gulf states.  He is the author most recently of Group Conflict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf: Rethinking the Rentier State (Indiana University Press, 2015), and publishes regularly in both scholarly and policy fora on topics related to sectarian politics, Arab Gulf public opinion, and survey methodology in the Middle East context.

Education

  • Ph.D 2011

    Department of Political Science

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Dissertation: Ethnic Con ict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and
the Arab Gulf (Chair: Mark Tessler)
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Second Major Field: World Politics
Cognate: Middle East Studies

  • M.A 2008

    Department of Political Science

    University of Michigan

  • Certicate 2008

    Advanced Arabic

    Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies, Sana`a, Yemen

  • B.A 2005

    Arts, summa cum laude

    James Madison College, Michigan State University

Majors: Political Theory, International Relations (cumulative 4.0 GPA)

Field Experience

  • Field Research, Bahrain (15 months)
  • Field Research, Yemen (3 months)
  • Language Training, Bahrain (15 months)
  • Language Training, Yemen (12 months)

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS

  • 2010-2011
    Rackham Graduate School One-Term Dissertation Writing Fellowship

  • 2009-2010
    Political Science Departmental Thesis Grant

  • 2009
    Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant for Candidates

  • 2009
    IIE Fulbright Scholarship (Bahrain), grant extension

  • 2007-2008
    IIE Fulbright Scholarship (Yemen, Bahrain)

  • 2008
    NSEP Boren Graduate Fellowship (Yemen, Bahrain)

  • 2007-2008
    IIE Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Award (Yemen)

  • 2007
    Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Arabic (Yemen)

  • 2007
    Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant for Pre-Candidates

  • 2007
    University of Michigan International Institute Individual Fellowship

  • 2006
    U.S. Dept. of State Critical Language Scholarship, Arabic (Yemen)

  • 2005-2006
    University of Michigan Regents Fellowship

  • 2005
    Michigan State University Board of Trustees Cumulative 4.0 GPA Scholarship

  • 2005
    James Madison College Jack Chapin Memorial Scholarship for Out- standing Political Theorist

  • 2004
    James Madison College Burton L. and Rosalie P. Gerber Fellowship

  • 2004
    Michigan State University Honors College Genevieve Gillette Fellowship

  • 2003
    Michigan State University Honors College Cole Excellence Award

  • 2003
    James Madison College Dolley Madison Field Experience Scholarship

Grants

  • 2016-2019 $781,882
    To implement Wave 5 of the Arab Barometer survey in the GCC. Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), National Research Priorities Program (NPRP). Co-LPI

  • 2016-2018 $527,345
    To study attitudes toward surveys and survey-taking in Qatar. QNRF, NPRP. LPI

  • 2014-2016 $522,116
    To conduct six-country survey on regional integration and identity in the GCC. QNRF, NPRP. LPI

  • 2014-2016 $448,469
    To implement Wave 4 of the Arab Barometer survey in the GCC. QNRF, NPRP. Co-LPI

  • 2014-2015 $149,599
    To conduct survey experiment on nationality-of-interviewer eects in Qatar. QNRF, NPRP. co-LPI

  • 2013-2014 $150,000
    To conduct undergraduate-led survey of Qatari women. QNRF, Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP). Co-PI

  • 2012-2013 $105,000
    To conduct undergraduate-led survey of Qatari citizens. QNRF, UREP. Co-PI

  • 2013 $20,000
    To support data collection for UREP grant. Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Co-PI

  • 2007-2009 $41,885
    To support dissertation eldwork in Yemen and Bahrain. Institute for International Education, Fulbright Fellowship

  • 2007-2008 $41,885
    To support Arabic language training and dissertation eld- work in Bahrain. David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship, Na- tional Security Education Program

Conferences and Workshops

  • 2016
    Carnegie Middle East Center, Workshop on Sectarianism

  • 2016
    Princeton University, Princeton-American University of Beirut Confer- ence on Arab Uprisings

  • 2015
    European Survey Research Association, Annual Meeting

  • 2014
    Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Center for International and Regional Studies, Monthly Speaker Series (invited)

  • 2014
    International Political Science Association, Annual Meeting

  • 2014
    Qatar University, Qatar University-London School of Economics Con- ference on Labor and Migration in the GCC

  • 2013
    German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Conference on Ethnic Power-Sharing in the Middle East

  • 2012
    American University of Beirut, Conference on Arab Uprisings

  • 2012
    Brookings Doha Center, Symposium on First Anniversary of Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (invited panelist)

  • various years
    American Association for Public Opinion Research, Annual Meeting

  • various years
    American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting

  • various years
    Cambridge University, Gulf Research Meeting

  • various years
    Middle East Studies Association, Annual Meeting

  • various years
    Royal Institute of International Aairs (Chatham House), Future Trends in the GCC Workshop

  • various years
    World Association for Public Opinion Research, Annual Meeting

Language

  • Arabic, excellent

Affliations

  • American Association for Public Opinion Research
  • American Political Science Association
  • Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies
  • International Political Science Association
  • Middle East Studies Association
  • World Association for Public Opinion Research