PhD Candidate in political science at Rutgers University and Fulbright. His dissertation research fellow in Jordan. At Rutgers, Andrew Spath teaches courses on Middle East politics and society and Model United Nations. His research projects focus on social and political activism and civil society development in the Arab World. With Fulbright and Boren fellowships in Jordan from 2012-2014, he is researching the effect of leadership succession on the development of society.