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Lincoln Mitchell
International Affairs Building, Room 1337
Arnold A. Saltzman Assistant Professor in the Practice of International Politics
Phone: 212-854-2514
lam13@columbia.edu
Biography:
Lincoln Mitchell joined Columbia University in January of 2006 as the Arnold A. Saltzman Assistant Professor in the Practice of International Politics. Before joining Columbia, Lincoln was a practitioner of political development. His work has primarily been in the areas of political party development and elections. In addition to serving as chief of party for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Georgia from 2002–2004, Lincoln has worked on political development issues in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, and Russia. Lincoln also worked for years as a political consultant in New York City advising and managing domestic political campaigns.
Lincoln's current research includes work on democratic transitions in the former Soviet Union and on the role of democracy promotion in American foreign policy. Lincoln's views on political development and political campaigns have been voiced on New York One, Fox Cable, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Daily News, the New York Post, New York Newsday, El Diario, and numerous publications and television programs in Georgia.
Lincoln earned his PhD in political science from Columbia University in 1996.
Research Interests: Democratization, Caucasus / Georgia / Azerbaijan / Armenia