Jawied Nawabi is a Professor at the City University of New York - Bronx Community College, teaching in the field of social sciences which include Sociology, Economics, and International Studies. He has taught at the college and conducted research for the last 18 years. He is the author of the book, Why States Matter in Economic Development: The Socioeconomic Origins of Strong Institutions (Routledge Press 2024) which is a comparative socioeconomic and historical study of state formation of three European states (England, Spain, and France) and three non-European states (India, Brazil, and South Korea).

He is the co-editor of Real-World Globalization textbook readers, published by the Boston Economic Affairs Bureau, where has edited nine editions of the textbook and has published several articles on topics of economic development, sociological roots of development, and political economy.

His research interests are focused on the role of inequality and state/institutional development, political economy, and international relations.

He is a first-generation Afghan American immigrant and earned his Ph.D in Sociology and Masters in Economics from The New School for Social Research (NSSR) and a B.A. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University in New York. He is fluent in Farsi/Dari and Hindi/Urdu, and conversational in Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.

Courses

Introduction to Sociology (Soc-11)
Social Inequality (Soc-37)
Sociology of Social Movements (Soc-40)
Sociology of Development
Introduction to Microeconomics (Eco-11)
Introduction to Macroeconomics (Eco-12)
Economics of Developing Countries (Eco-71)
International Politics (Pol-70)
Politics of Developing Countries (Pol-71)
Political Economy (Pol-50)