Tristan James Mabry
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Tristan James Mabry is an American political scientist in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School
in Monterey, California. He is also the Executive Director of the Joint Foreign Area Officer Skill Sustainment Pilot Program
, a Department of Defense
project to enhance resources and training for military experts in the politics and cultures of world regions. His research addresses the comparative politics
of nationalism
, ethnic conflict, language and Islam, with a particular focus on the mobilization of Muslim minority independence movements. Mabry’s doctoral dissertation was based on field work interviews with the separatist leaders of Kurds in Iraq, Uighurs in China, Sindhis in Pakistan, Kashmiris in India, the Acehnese people
in Indonesia and the Moro people in the Philippines.
He taught previously at Bryn Mawr College
and Haverford College
in Pennsylvania, as well as Georgetown University
in Washington, DC. Mabry is a graduate of McGill University
, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Pennsylvania
, where he studied under the supervision of Brendan O'Leary
. He is now an Associate Fellow of the Penn Program on Ethnic Conflict.
Mabry moved to higher education after a first career in journalism, working as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal
covering economics, and as a producer for CNN
where he worked closely with anchor and correspondent, Kitty Pilgrim
.
Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, Engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees...
in Monterey, California. He is also the Executive Director of the Joint Foreign Area Officer Skill Sustainment Pilot Program
Foreign area officer
A Foreign Area Officer is a commissioned officer from any of the four branches of the United States Armed Forces who is a regionally focused expert in political-military operations. Such officers possess a unique combination of strategic focus and regional expertise, with political, cultural,...
, a Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
project to enhance resources and training for military experts in the politics and cultures of world regions. His research addresses the comparative politics
Comparative politics
Comparative politics is a subfield of political science, characterized by an empirical approach based on the comparative method. Arend Lijphart argues that comparative politics does not have a substantive focus in itself, but rather a methodological one: it focuses on "the how but does not specify...
of nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
, ethnic conflict, language and Islam, with a particular focus on the mobilization of Muslim minority independence movements. Mabry’s doctoral dissertation was based on field work interviews with the separatist leaders of Kurds in Iraq, Uighurs in China, Sindhis in Pakistan, Kashmiris in India, the Acehnese people
Acehnese people
The Acehnese are a people in Aceh, Indonesia. Their homeland is located in the northern-most tip of the island of Sumatra and had a history of political struggle against the Dutch...
in Indonesia and the Moro people in the Philippines.
He taught previously at Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh....
and Haverford College
Haverford College
Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia...
in Pennsylvania, as well as Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in Washington, DC. Mabry is a graduate of McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, where he studied under the supervision of Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary is an Irish political scientist, who is Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director of the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was formerly Director of the now-closed Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict...
. He is now an Associate Fellow of the Penn Program on Ethnic Conflict.
Mabry moved to higher education after a first career in journalism, working as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
covering economics, and as a producer for CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
where he worked closely with anchor and correspondent, Kitty Pilgrim
Kitty Pilgrim
Kathryn Pilgrim , known professionally as Kitty Pilgrim , was a New York-based anchor and correspondent for CNN for 24 years. Pilgrim anchored her own broadcast, Early Edition, in 1998 and 1999 and served as an anchor for CNN, CNNI, CNNfn, and Headline News for more than a decade...
.