Dr. Graham Cornwell leads the Elliott School’s research portfolio. He earned his Ph.D. in Middle East History from Georgetown University, where his work was supported by an ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, and an American Institute for Maghrib Studies Long-Term Research Grant. He served as a research consultant on the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States at the United States Institute of Peace and helped manage the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, sponsored by the US Embassy-Baghdad and hosted by Meridian International Center. He is also a proud alum of the Elliott School with his M.A. in Middle East Studies, and he holds a B.A. from Carleton College.