Rana Shabb, Ph.D.

Rana Shabb is the associate director for the Middle East, and for data and analysis, in the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in quantitative economics and international relations from Tufts University, a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a doctorate in international affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Shabb previously worked on U.S. policy toward the Middle East in Washington, D.C. Internationally, she has worked with The Carter Center designing, fundraising, managing, and implementing peace-promoting projects in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. She worked with the U.N. and a rural NGO in Lebanon to help build community resilience and sustainable livelihoods to undercut incentives to engage in violent conflict. Her research interests center on international development, specifically focusing on the connection between the private sector and conflict longevity and peace.