Madiha Afzal Address: 4129 Van Munching Hall Office phone: (301 ...

Conference/Invited Seminar Presentations:
2013: APPAM Annual Conference, FC College Center for Public Policy and Governance (Lahore),
APSA Annual Meeting, ISA Annual Convention, UCSD (Development and Conflict Research program
and the Project on International Affairs), UMD Public Policy, CISSM Forum
2012: Woodrow Wilson Center, NPSA Annual Meeting , University of Kentucky Patterson School Fall
Conference (part of invited expert panel), ISAC/ISSS/TISS Annual Conference, APSA Annual Meeting,
CGD, Brookings Institution, MPSA Annual Meeting (presenter, discussant), IFPRI (International Food
Policy Research Institute)
2011: CISSM Forum (Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland), START Terrorism
Research Center
2010: AEA Annual Meeting, Atlanta; CGD/JHU SAIS Joint Development Seminar (discussant); MPSA
Annual Meeting (presenter, chair, discussant)
2009: CGD/Johns Hopkins SAIS Joint Development Seminar (presenter, discussant); NEUDC (Northeast
Universities Development Consortium) Conference, Tufts University (presenter and discussant);
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
2008: University of Maryland, Economics Dept and School of Public Policy; Center for Global
Development (CGD); NERA Economic Consulting; Cornerstone Research; Hamilton College; Williams
College; University of Virginia
2007: Yale Trade and Development Workshop; Northeast Universities Development Consortium
Conference, Harvard University (presenter and discussant); Leitner Political Economy Workshop, Yale
University; Pacific Development Conference, UC Davis
2006: Student Political Economics Conference held at the NBER (presenter and discussant); UC Berkeley
Development Lunch
Media Interviews:
2013: The New Republic
2012: CNN.com, Voice of America Daybreak Asia (radio), Voice of America Urdu TV
Completed PhD Dissertations supervised (on committee) (with first placement):
Charles Harry, 2013 (Department of Defense)
Soumya Chattopadhyay, 2013 (Brookings Institution)
Namrata Chindarkar, 2012 (National University of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy)
Naratunya Chuluunbaat, 2012
Alexandru Cojocaru, 2012 (World Bank)
Axel Radics, 2012
Referee Service: Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, Public Choice,
Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence, Rationality and Society, Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities, Public Budgeting & Finance
Service to the Profession: MPSA 2013 Annual Meeting Economic Development Section Head
Professional and Academic Organizations: American Economic Association, American Political Science
Association, APPAM
Languages: English (native); Urdu (native); Punjabi (good); French (intermediate); Hindi (spoken)
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