Sahar Shafqat, Ph.D., was a lecturer at the Archer Center, where she taught undergraduate and graduate internship courses and led discussion sections in the Politics of National Memory class. Dr. Shafqat is also the associate dean of faculty and a professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she focuses on political parties, social and political movements, democratization, ethnic conflict and nationalism, and gender and sexuality studies. Dr. Shafqat received a B.A. in economics and international relations from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D. in political science from Texas A&M University. Dr. Shafqat has previously taught at Southwestern University in Texas and Habib University in Karachi. She has published articles in academic journals like "Law and Social Inquiry" and "Asian Survey", in publications like the Express Tribune and the Baltimore Sun. She has made media appearances with outlets such as Al Jazeera and Democracy Now.