Professor Massoud studies the politics of law and human rights. His current project is based on extensive field research in Sudan. He studies how different historical actors -- colonial administrators, post-colonial political leaders, and the international aid community -- use law as a desperate attempt to construct stability in a nation struggling with decades of warfare.

Massoud is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including grants from Fulbright-Hays and the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. His writing awards include the Edward S. Corwin Award for best dissertation in public law, American Political Science Association (2009); Best Dissertation Prize (2009) and Graduate Student Paper Prize (2008), Law and Society Association; and the Steven C. Poe Award for writing in human rights, International Studies Association (2008).

PhD University of California, Berkeley

JD University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

MA University of Notre Dame (Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)

BA University of Notre Dame