Additionally, he is an expert on Russian and post-Soviet law and author of multiple articles, book chapters, presentations, and an authoritative book on post-Soviet Russia’s constitutional transformation titled Russia’s Constitutional Revolution: Legal Consciousness and the Transition to Democracy, 1985-1996.
Before joining the Aggie family, Dean Ahdieh held several visiting professorships at Princeton University, Columbia University School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center, among others.
From 2000-2018 he served in multiple capacities at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta including as a professor, vice dean, associate dean of faculty, and director of the Center on Federalism and Intersystemic Governance.
His higher education journey began at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he studied abroad at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B.
Ahdieh then went on to earn his J.D. from renowned Yale Law School.
Prior to joining the world of academia, he held the prestigious law clerk position for Judge James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before making waves as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
In his spare time, Dean Ahdieh’s professional engagement runs the gamut as:
