Dilshod Achilov

faculty

Dilshod Achilov, PhD

Associate Professor

Political Science

Contact

508-910-6489

Liberal Arts 317

Education

University of ArizonaPhD

Teaching

  • Comparative and International Politics
  • Research Methods
  • Democratization
  • Civil Society
  • Political Islam

Programs

Courses

Comparative analysis of the political processes, ideologies, development, and governmental structure of countries from different regions of the world.

Writing in Political Science. Variable topics course used for instruction in political science writing methods.

The political and cultural history of Islam. Students will learn about the contemporary revolutionary religious movements in Muslim countries and their effect on world politics.

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Students will learn how to study politics "scientifically" using theories, hypotheses, and concepts to explore the relationships among variables. Students will also learn how to define and critique concepts commonly used in professional journals. The course includes an overview of descriptive statistics using the SPSS software, exposure to some inferential statistics, and their application to data analysis in Political Science. Students learn how to present quantitative data in a manner consistent with the expectations of the discipline.

Comparative analysis of the political processes, ideologies, development, and governmental structure of countries from different regions of the world.
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Examining the statistical methods used in science and everyday life and addresses the problem of pedagogy and statistical misconceptions. The course also examines the modern educational technology and software used in data analysis. Mathematical concepts are aligned with the middle and high school mathematic standards of the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks.
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Professor Achilov's research specializations include comparative and international politics, research methods, democratization, civil society, and political Islam.  Prof. Achilov's research focuses on the politics of the Islamic world, with an emphasis on Middle East politics.  He is author of the book The Routledge Handbook of Central Asian Politics (Routledge Press) and he recently coauthored a paper entitled "Modeling Islamist Extremist Communications on Social Media using Contextual Dimensions: Religion, Ideology, and Hate"  His research has been published in journals such as the International Political Science Review, Social Science Quarterly, Politics and Religion, Religion State and Society, Mediterranean Politics, Democratization, and the Journal of Central Asian Studies.  Prof. Achilov was previously a fellow at the National Council for US-Arab Relations and a Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center for Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.