Yonatan Morse
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Comparative Politics, African Studies
Ph.D. Georgetown University
Dr. Yonatan Morse researches issues related to authoritarian institutions and electoral authoritarianism in the African context, where he has conducted extensive fieldwork. Previous to arriving at UConn he was Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, and the Associate Director of the Democracy and Governance Program. He has published articles in the journals World Politics, Democratization, Comparative Politics, and International Political Science Review. He is currently completing a book manuscript titled Electoral Authoritarianism in Africa: Parties, Patrons, and the Sources of Competition, and developing a new project that examines the origins of social protection in Africa. He has received grants from Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy and Civil Society, and was the recipient of Georgetown’s Glassman Award for Distinction in the Social Sciences. In addition, Dr. Morse has been a consultant and advisor for Freedom House, PITF, V-Dem, USAID, the State Department, the NDI, and is a contributor to the blog Democracy in Africa.
Select Publications:
Morse, Yonatan L. “Electoral Authoritarianism and Weak States in Africa: Parties vs. Presidents
in Tanzania and Cameroon” International Political Science Review (Forthcoming)
Morse, Yonatan L. “From Single-Parties to Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: Party Capacity and
the Sources of Electoral Hegemony and Competitiveness in Post-Cold War Africa”
Comparative Politics 48, no. 1 (October 2015): p.126-151
Morse, Yonatan L. “Party Matters: The Institutional Origins of Tanzania’s Competitive Hegemony”
Democratization 21, no.4 (2014): p.655-677
Morse, Yonatan L. “The Era of Electoral Authoritarianism” World Politics 64, no.1 (January
2012): p.161-198

yonatan.morse@uconn.edu | |
Phone | (203) 251-9508 |
Curriculum Vitae | Yonatan Morse-CV |
Office Location | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6357022433?pwd=aUZCN1RFYWtWMVcyaVlLYXlaM20vZz09 |
Campus | Stamford |
Office Hours | Tues 3:30-5pm |