Dolunay Bulut holds a PhD in Politics from the New School for Social Research. Her research grapples with the contemporary authoritarian phenomenon in constitutional settings and vis-a-vis the international rule of law. Before joining the University of Arizona School of Government, she worked in UN-CEDAW projects in Turkey, gender equity and urban development research projects in Turkey and USA, and presented her work on the new directions of constitutional-political knowledge production and transmission through education and religious institutions.