PROFESSOR HAKAWATI
Political Analysis • Public Scholarship
Civic Education • Institutional Stewardship
Professor Hakawati is the public scholarship platform of political scientist M. Ahad Hayaud-Din. Through writing, keynote speaking, civic seminars, and interdisciplinary briefings, the project explores democracy, institutional leadership, higher education, political culture, citizenship, and the stories societies tell about power.
ABOUT
Scholar. A political scientist working at the intersection of democracy, governance, higher education, and media culture — with graduate research on U.S. foreign policy, political culture, and the forces that shape institutional power.
Educator. More than two decades teaching political science, international relations, comparative politics, and government — and building civic-education infrastructure that reaches well beyond a single classroom.
Storyteller. Hakawati means storyteller. The writing, briefings, and seminars treat narrative as analysis — because institutions alone never explain why democracies thrive or decline. Stories do.
ACADEMIC RECORD & PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
The teaching is the foundation; the civic and institutional work grew out of it. What follows is the verifiable record behind the writing.
A complete record of appointments, leadership, scholarship, awards, and public service. View Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
RESEARCH PROJECTS & PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
A long-form civic and cultural analysis of power, normalization, institutional decline, and democratic psychology.
EXPLORE →Strategic civic seminars and interdisciplinary briefings for institutions and public audiences.
REQUEST BRIEFING →Protecting faculty governance, academic freedom, and the people who sustain the democratic mission of higher education.
LEARN MORE →Protecting academic freedom, faculty governance, and the democratic mission of higher education.
LEARN MORE →POLITICAL ESSAYS & PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
Essays, briefings, and public scholarship on power, citizenship, institutions, memory, and democratic life.
VISIT THE WRITING ARCHIVE →LATEST INSIGHT
USA @ 250
How a Bicentennial quarter prepared me for stewardship, citizenship, and hope over five decades.
A personal reflection on memory, inheritance, citizenship, and the stories a republic chooses to carry forward as America approaches its 250th birthday.
READ THE ESSAY →KEYNOTE SPEAKING & CIVIC SEMINARS
BASED IN FLORIDA • A MOBILE SEMINAR MODEL
The Hawk brings strategic civic briefings and interdisciplinary seminars on the road — a mobile seminar model for public scholarship and civic education, available for universities, nonprofits, leadership groups, media organizations, and serious public audiences navigating complex political and institutional realities.
VISIT HAWK BRIEFINGS →FREQUENTLY ASKED
Professor Hakawati is the public scholarship platform of M. Ahad Hayaud-Din, a political scientist, professor, and public scholar with more than two decades teaching political science, international relations, and comparative politics. The work explores democracy, institutions, governance, higher education, and political culture for public audiences.
Keynote talks and civic seminars focus on power and democracy, institutional leadership, higher education governance, academic freedom, political culture, citizenship, and political storytelling — connecting rigorous political analysis to public life.
The Hakawati Project is a public scholarship platform that brings political science to broad audiences through writing, keynote speaking, civic seminars, and interdisciplinary briefings on democracy, institutions, and the stories societies tell about power.
The Empire Strikes Back is a work-in-progress book and serial essay project — a long-form civic and cultural analysis of power, normalization, institutional decline, and democratic psychology, written by Professor Hakawati.
Hakawati Briefings are strategic civic seminars and interdisciplinary briefings for universities, nonprofits, leadership groups, media organizations, and public audiences navigating complex political and institutional realities.
Universities, nonprofits, civic and leadership organizations, media outlets, and public institutions engage Professor Hakawati for keynote speaking, strategic briefings, political science seminars, scholarly collaboration, and media commentary.
Yes. Professor Hakawati is available as a keynote speaker on democracy and political science, and for strategic civic briefings, seminars, and media commentary. Inquiries can be sent through the contact form below.
CONTACT
Available for keynote speaking, strategic civic briefings, media commentary, scholarly collaboration, and institutional seminars. Send the details below and you'll hear back directly.