Recent Writing

“How will the Iran war affect pro cycling? We asked an expert what's next for the sport's Middle Eastern races and teams” interview by the Escape Collective, April 29, 2026.

“The Two-State Solution: Dead, and Buried?” in the Tel Aviv Review of Books Spring 2025 issue.

A review of Rob Geist Pinfold’s Understanding Territorial Withdrawal in Middle East Policy.

An article The ‘One-State Reality’ After October 7” in Currents: Briefs on Contemporary Israel, Issue 9, Spring 2024.

The Palestinians, Israel, and BDS: Strategies and Struggles in Wars of Position, coauthored with Ian Lustick in the Israel Studies Review.

About

I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Amherst College.

Previously, I taught at Wellesley and Bryn Mawr and held a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. I received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

My research and teaching interests span the Political Science subfields of comparative politics, international relations, and political theory, with a primary regional focus on the Middle East.

Please email me for a copy of my cv.

Contact: nshils@amherst.edu