Douglas Christensen is the Advocacy Associate at TIMEP. He holds an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and a BA in Government with minors in Arabic and Mathematics from St. Lawrence University. Prior to joining TIMEP, he was the Liaison for US Government Affairs at Arab Center Washington DC as well as a research intern with the State Department's Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy, and Labor. He has published numerous policy papers with Arab Center Washington DC and has published an academic article in the journal Protest. You can follow him on Twitter: @d_christensen9.