Martha Crenshaw in Morocco

Martha Crenshaw joined the Stanford faculty in 2007. She is a senior fellow emerita in Stanford’s prestigious international-focused institutions: the Center for International Security and Cooperation, part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She is also a professor emerita of political science by courtesy in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford and a professor emerita at Wesleyan University, where she taught from 1974 to 2007 and was the Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor of Global Issues and Democratic Thought. Much sought after to speak at universities, governmental agencies, and political forums on her primary areas of research—international conflict and political violence, including that associated with contemporary right-wing extremism in the United States—Dr. Crenshaw is an affiliate of NCITE, a Center of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Mapping Militants Project. Previously she was a lead investigator with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism.

 She continues to conduct research on the rise and expansion of violent Islamism in the Maghreb as well as in the Sahel region. In addition to Morocco, Dr. Crenshaw has led Stanford trips to Egypt, India, and southeast Asia, as well as the Mediterranean coast. On this trip, Dr. Crenshaw will lecture on how Morocco and other monarchies largely escaped the turmoil of the Arab Spring and on Morocco's relations with other countries in North Africa. She will also discuss the often-overlooked history of Moroccan nationalism and resistance to French colonialism. Finally, she will expand upon the country’s role as an international ally and as a moderate force in the region today.

• Coauthor of Countering Terrorism; author of Revolutionary Terrorism: The FLN in Algeria, 1954–1962 and Explaining Terrorism: Causes, Processes and Consequences

• Director, Mapping Militants Project

• Professor of political science by courtesy, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, 2007–2019

• At Wesleyan University: professor of government, 1987–2007; chair, department of government, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1996–97; director of international studies, 1993–94

• Wesleyan University Award for Teaching Excellence, 1995

• Guggenheim Fellow, 2005

• International Studies Association Distinguished Scholar Award, 2016

• Corresponding fellow, British Academy

• BA, political science, Newcomb College of Tulane University; PhD, University of Virginia