The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University has named Pauline Jones among its 2025-26 fellows class, comprising 33 researchers in social and behavioral sciences. A leading incubator of human-centered knowledge, CASBS brings interdisciplinary thinkers together each year to study contemporary societal problems and contribute to evidence-based policy and solutions.
Pauline Jones is a Professor of Political Science, a Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, and the Edie N. Goldenberg Endowed Director for the Michigan in Washington Program.
She is an expert on politics in the former Soviet Union (including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia) and on assessing the impact of mass protest in authoritarian regimes.
Jones is the director of the Michigan in Washington Program, and the founder and director of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC). Previously, she served as the Director of UM’s Islamic Studies Program (2011-14) and the International Institute (2014-20).
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science degree and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.
Jones joined the Department of Political Science in 2012.
The 2025-26 CASBS class will arrive in early September.
“With leadership change occurring at a pivotal moment in the affairs of the country and world, it’s imperative that the Center ensures an enduring constant: its assembly of a community of superb cross-disciplinary thinkers as members of its residential fellows program. Today’s difficult societal questions and problems demand no less,” said Sally Schroeder, CASBS’s deputy director. “The 2025-26 class continues a 71-year tradition; we can’t wait to see the ways in which the fellows further advance this renowned institution’s legacy and record of excellence.”
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