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Department of Political Science and International Studies

Dr. Nilay Saiya
Assistant Professor
Director of International Studies
226 Albert W. Brown Building
585-395-5948
nsaiya@brockport.edu

Courses Taught:

PLS 111: Introduction to International Relations
PLS 333: American Foreign Policy
PLS 444: National Security
PLS 475: Political Geography

Education:

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2013
MA, Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2010
MA, Political Science, Villanova University, 2006
BA, Political Science, Lebanon Valley College, 2004

Selected Publications:

Nilay Saiya. “Explaining Religious Violence Across Countries: An Institutional Perspective" in Kevin R. den Dulk and Elizabeth Oldmixon Mediating Religion: Political Institutions and the Policy Process (New York: Palgrave), forthcoming.

Nilay Saiya. “Onward Christian Soldiers: American Dispensationalists, George W. Bush and the Middle East,” Holy Land Studies 11, no. 2(Fall 2012): 175-204.

Nilay Saiya. “The U.S. Recognition of Israel: A Bureaucratic Politics Model Analysis,” Concept 23, no. 1 (Spring2005): 41-63

Events

Mon, Sep 16

Zotero (Education focus)
5 pm - 6:15 pm

Tue, Sep 17

Naturalization Ceremony
11 am - noon

Fri, Sep 20

Leadership Program Kick-off
3:30 pm - 5 pm

Wed, Oct 2

ADP Distinguished Speaker Series "The Audacity to Heal: Our Rape Culture"
7 pm - 9 pm

Thu, Oct 3

Faculty/Staff Campaign Kickoff
noon - 1:30 pm