Assistant Professor
Departments of Political Science,
International Studies & Africana Studies
Vassar College
B.A. Tufts University
M.A. Columbia University
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Zachariah Mampilly's research focuses on the nature of contemporary conflict processes, with an emphasis on Africa and South Asia. Based on field-work behind insurgent lines in D.R. Congo, Sri Lanka and Sudan, his first book, Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War, was published by Cornell University Press in 2011. In addition, he has an interest in international relations theory and the global South and is working on a project examining contemporary Indian - African relations.
Mampilly teaches courses on civil wars and rebel movements; terrorism; race, ethnicity and nationalism; and the international relations of the Third World.