Mashail Malik holds a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University and is an incoming Assistant Professor at Harvard University. Her book project is centered on the politics of ethnicity in Karachi – Pakistan’s largest megacity. Besides her focus on how social identification affects political life, her research agenda further includes topics on political violence, state repression, civil-military relations, and changing prejudicial attitudes toward outgroups. As an undergraduate at Beloit College, she double-majored in Economics and Philosophy and minored in Political Science. She also holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago. She is a native of Islamabad, Pakistan