Mahmood Monshipouri is a lecturer in global studies and International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley. He specializes in human rights, identity construction, and globalization in the Muslim world. He has published and edited several books, including Democratic Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa: Youth, Technology, and Modernization (2013); Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of Law (2012); Human Rights in the Middle East: Frameworks, Goals, and Strategies (2011); Muslims in Global Politics: Identities, Interests, and Human Rights (2009); and Islam and Human Rights: Advocacy for Social Change in Local Contexts (2006). He co-edited Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization (2003).