Jonah D. Levy received his Ph.D. in political science from MIT in 1994. He teaches courses in the areas of comparative political economy, French and West European politics, and welfare policy. Levy is Vice-Chair of the Department of Political Science as well as Director of Undergraduate Studies; he serves as a Faculty Liaison for the Disabled Students Program (DSP); and he is the Director of Berkeley's Center of Excellence in French Studies. Levy has a forthcoming book entitled Contested Liberalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Conflict in France (Cambridge University Press, 2023) that describes and analyzes the contentious politics surrounding economic liberalization in France. Levy also has a forthcoming book with Edward Elgar entitled, Rethinking Economic Liberalization. Levy is a member of the Board of Polity and of the International Advisory Board for the journal, French Politics. He has received a Phi Beta Kappa award for excellence in teaching and been selected as the UC Berkeley, Undergraduate Political Science Association Professor of the Year.
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Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies
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