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Ahmet T. Kuru

Ahmet T. Kuru is Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. He received his PhD from the University of Washington and held a postdoc position at Columbia University. His 2019 book, “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison” (Cambridge University Press) received American Political Science Association's International History and Politics Section Award. Kuru is also the author of award-winning "Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey" (Cambridge, 2009) and the co-editor (with Alfred Stepan) of "Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey" (Columbia, 2012).